MYC protein interactors in gene transcription and cancer

C Lourenco, D Resetca, C Redel, P Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The transcription factor and oncoprotein MYC is a potent driver of many human cancers and
can regulate numerous biological activities that contribute to tumorigenesis. How a single …

Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

Strategies to inhibit Myc and their clinical applicability

JR Whitfield, ME Beaulieu, L Soucek - Frontiers in cell and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Myc is an oncogene deregulated in most—perhaps all—human cancers. Each Myc family
member, c-, L-, and N-Myc, has been connected to tumor progression and maintenance …

Emerging agents that target signaling pathways to eradicate colorectal cancer stem cells

VR Silva, LS Santos, RB Dias… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the
second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. The modern concept of cancer biology …

The MYC oncogene is a global regulator of the immune response

SC Casey, V Baylot, DW Felsher - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
The MYC proto-oncogene is a gene product that coordinates the transcriptional regulation of
a multitude of genes that are essential to cellular programs required for normal as well as …

Blocking Myc to treat cancer: reflecting on two decades of omomyc

D Massó-Vallés, L Soucek - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
First designed and published in 1998 as a laboratory tool to study Myc perturbation,
Omomyc has come a long way in the past 22 years. This dominant negative has contributed …

Advancement of cell-penetrating peptides in combating triple-negative breast cancer

M Fatima, MAS Abourehab, G Aggarwal, GK Jain… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extensive research efforts have been made and are still ongoing in the search for an ideal
anti-cancer therapy. Almost all chemotherapeutics require a carrier or vehicle, a drug …

MYC activity at enhancers drives prognostic transcriptional programs through an epigenetic switch

ST Jakobsen, RAM Jensen, MS Madsen… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The transcription factor MYC is overexpressed in most cancers, where it drives multiple
hallmarks of cancer progression. MYC is known to promote oncogenic transcription by …

Intrinsic and extrinsic factors impacting cancer stemness and tumor progression

A Ponomarev, Z Gilazieva, V Solovyeva, C Allegrucci… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Presently, the study of cancer stem cells is important because these cells
increase the cancer complexity, confer tumors the ability to grow, resist treatment, and …

UHRF1 inhibition epigenetically reprograms cancer stem cells to suppress the tumorigenic phenotype of hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Wang, P Hu, F Wang, S Xi, S Wu, L Sun, Y Du… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) contribute to tumor initiation, progression, and recurrence in many
types of cancer, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Epigenetic reprogramming of …