Epi-drugs to fight cancer: from chemistry to cancer treatment, the road ahead

A Mai, L Altucci - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2009 - Elsevier
In addition to genetic events, a variety of epigenetic events have been widely reported to
contribute to the onset of many diseases including cancer. DNA methylation and histone …

Understanding failure and improving treatment using HDAC inhibitors for prostate cancer

Z Rana, S Diermeier, M Hanif, RJ Rosengren - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
Novel treatment regimens are required for castration-resistant prostate cancers (CRPCs)
that become unresponsive to standard treatments, such as docetaxel and enzalutamide …

miR-449a targets HDAC-1 and induces growth arrest in prostate cancer

EJ Noonan, RF Place, D Pookot, S Basak, JM Whitson… - Oncogene, 2009 - nature.com
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are frequently overexpressed in broad range of cancer
types, where they alter cellular epigenetic programming to promote cell proliferation and …

Chemical targeting of the innate antiviral response by histone deacetylase inhibitors renders refractory cancers sensitive to viral oncolysis

TLA Nguyên, H Abdelbary, M Arguello… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Intratumoral innate immunity can play a significant role in blocking the effective therapeutic
spread of a number of oncolytic viruses (OVs). Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) are …

[PDF][PDF] MicroRNAs and prostate cancer

V Coppola, R De Maria, D Bonci - Endocrine-related cancer, 2010 - Citeseer
Despite much progress in prostate cancer management, new diagnostic, prognostic and
therapeutic tools are needed to predict disease severity, choose among the available …

The role of histone deacetylases in prostate cancer

A Abbas, S Gupta - Epigenetics, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Epigenetic modifications play a key role in the patho-physiology of prostate cancer. Histone
deacetylases (HDACs) play major roles in prostate cancer progression. HDACs are part of a …

The epigenome as a therapeutic target in prostate cancer

AS Perry, RWG Watson, M Lawler… - Nature Reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
During cancer development and progression, tumor cells undergo abnormal epigenetic
modifications, including DNA methylation, histone deacetylation and nucleosome …

Vorinostat in advanced prostate cancer patients progressing on prior chemotherapy (National Cancer Institute Trial 6862) Trial results and interleukin‐6 analysis: A …

D Bradley, D Rathkopf, R Dunn, WM Stadler, G Liu… - Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: This phase 2 trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy of vorinostat in
chemotherapy‐pretreated patients with metastatic castration‐resistant prostate cancer …

CCL2 is induced by chemotherapy and protects prostate cancer cells from docetaxel‐induced cytotoxicity

DZ Qian, BLS Rademacher, J Pittsenbarger… - The …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Metastatic prostate cancer is either inherently resistant to chemotherapy or
rapidly acquires this phenotype after chemotherapy exposure. In this study, we identified a …

Epigenetic modulators as therapeutic targets in prostate cancer

I Graça, E Pereira-Silva, R Henrique, G Packham… - Clinical …, 2016 - Springer
Prostate cancer is one of the most common non-cutaneous malignancies among men
worldwide. Epigenetic aberrations, including changes in DNA methylation patterns and/or …