MYC deregulation in primary human cancers

M Kalkat, J De Melo, KA Hickman, C Lourenco… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
MYC regulates a complex biological program by transcriptionally activating and repressing
its numerous target genes. As such, MYC is a master regulator of many processes, including …

Histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferase KMT2D

E Froimchuk, Y Jang, K Ge - Gene, 2017 - Elsevier
Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase 2D (KMT2D), also known as MLL4 and MLL2 in humans
and Mll4 in mice, belongs to a family of mammalian histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) …

The whole-genome landscape of medulloblastoma subtypes

PA Northcott, I Buchhalter, AS Morrissy, V Hovestadt… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Current therapies for medulloblastoma, a highly malignant childhood brain tumour, impose
debilitating effects on the developing child, and highlight the need for molecularly targeted …

Novel molecular subgroups for clinical classification and outcome prediction in childhood medulloblastoma: a cohort study

EC Schwalbe, JC Lindsey, S Nakjang, S Crosier… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background International consensus recognises four medulloblastoma molecular
subgroups: WNT (MB WNT), SHH (MB SHH), group 3 (MB Grp3), and group 4 (MB Grp4) …

Pan-cancer analysis of somatic copy-number alterations implicates IRS4 and IGF2 in enhancer hijacking

J Weischenfeldt, T Dubash, AP Drainas, BR Mardin… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Extensive prior research focused on somatic copy-number alterations (SCNAs) affecting
cancer genes, yet the extent to which recurrent SCNAs exert their influence through …

[PDF][PDF] Medulloblastoma: from myth to molecular

V Ramaswamy, MD Taylor - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2017 - scholar.archive.org
Current therapies for medulloblastoma were introduced primarily in the 1980s and consist of
predominantly cytotoxic, nontargeted approaches. Mortality from medulloblastoma remains …

Precision oncology based on omics data: the NCT Heidelberg experience

P Horak, B Klink, C Heining, S Gröschel… - … journal of cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Precision oncology implies the ability to predict which patients will likely respond to specific
cancer therapies based on increasingly accurate, high‐resolution molecular diagnostics as …

Screening drug effects in patient‐derived cancer cells links organoid responses to genome alterations

J Jabs, FM Zickgraf, J Park, S Wagner… - Molecular systems …, 2017 - embopress.org
Cancer drug screening in patient‐derived cells holds great promise for personalized
oncology and drug discovery but lacks standardization. Whether cells are cultured as …

Mammalian SWI/SNF complexes in cancer: emerging therapeutic opportunities

RS Pierre, C Kadoch - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2017 - Elsevier
Mammalian SWI/SNF (BAF) chromatin remodeling complexes orchestrate a diverse set of
chromatin alterations which impact transcriptional output. Recent whole-exome sequencing …

[PDF][PDF] UTX/KDM6A loss enhances the malignant phenotype of multiple myeloma and sensitizes cells to EZH2 inhibition

T Ezponda, D Dupéré-Richer, CM Will, EC Small… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Loss or inactivation of the histone H3K27 demethylase UTX occurs in several malignancies,
including multiple myeloma (MM). Using an isogenic cell system, we found that loss of UTX …