An overview of cancer treatment modalities

Z Abbas, S Rehman - Neoplasm, 2018 - books.google.com
Cancer is a global issue majorly affecting developing countries. According to a survey, 63%
of deaths due to cancer are reported from developing countries. There are different …

Deubiquitinases in cancer: new functions and therapeutic options

JM Fraile, V Quesada, D Rodríguez, JMP Freije… - Oncogene, 2012 - nature.com
Deubiquitinases (DUBs) have fundamental roles in the ubiquitin system through their ability
to specifically deconjugate ubiquitin from targeted proteins. The human genome encodes at …

DNA methylation markers in colorectal cancer

MS Kim, J Lee, D Sidransky - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2010 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) arises as a consequence of the accumulation of genetic and
epigenetic alterations in colonic epithelial cells during neoplastic transformation. Epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] UCHL1 as a novel target in breast cancer: emerging insights from cell and chemical biology

M Mondal, D Conole, J Nautiyal, EW Tate - British journal of cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Breast cancer has the highest incidence and death rate among cancers in women
worldwide. In particular, metastatic estrogen receptor negative (ER–) breast cancer and …

[HTML][HTML] Defining UHRF1 domains that support maintenance of human colon cancer DNA methylation and oncogenic properties

X Kong, J Chen, W Xie, SM Brown, Y Cai, K Wu, D Fan… - Cancer Cell, 2019 - cell.com
UHRF1 facilitates the establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation patterns in
mammalian cells. The establishment domains are defined, including E3 ligase function, but …

Genetics and epigenetics of Parkinson′ s disease

F Coppedè - The Scientific World Journal, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In 1997 a mutation in the a-synuclein (SNCA) gene was associated with familial autosomal
dominant Parkinson's disease (PD). Since then, several loci (PARK1‐15) and genes have …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation, a hand behind neurodegenerative diseases

H Lu, X Liu, Y Deng, H Qing - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic alterations represent a sort of functional modifications related to the genome that
are not responsible for changes in the nucleotide sequence. DNA methylation is one of such …

Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolases: involvement in cancer progression and clinical implications

Y Fang, X Shen - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2017 - Springer
Protein ubiquitination and deubiquitination participate in a number of biological processes,
including cell growth, differentiation, transcriptional regulation, and oncogenesis. Ubiquitin C …

[HTML][HTML] The ubiquitin peptidase UCHL1 induces G0/G1 cell cycle arrest and apoptosis through stabilizing p53 and is frequently silenced in breast cancer

T Xiang, L Li, X Yin, C Yuan, C Tan, X Su, L Xiong… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Breast cancer (BrCa) is a complex disease driven by aberrant gene alterations
and environmental factors. Recent studies reveal that abnormal epigenetic gene regulation …

The tumor suppressor UCHL1 forms a complex with p53/MDM2/ARF to promote p53 signaling and is frequently silenced in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

L Li, Q Tao, H Jin, A Van Hasselt, FF Poon, X Wang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2010 - AACR
Purpose: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is prevalent in southern China and Southeast Asia,
with distinct geographic and ethnic distribution. One candidate susceptibility locus has been …