Epigenetic modifications of histones in cancer

Z Zhao, A Shilatifard - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
The epigenetic modifications of histones are versatile marks that are intimately connected to
development and disease pathogenesis including human cancers. In this review, we will …

Carcinogenesis: Failure of resolution of inflammation?

A Fishbein, BD Hammock, CN Serhan… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inflammation in the tumor microenvironment is a hallmark of cancer and is recognized as a
key characteristic of carcinogens. However, the failure of resolution of inflammation in …

Androgen conspires with the CD8+ T cell exhaustion program and contributes to sex bias in cancer

H Kwon, JM Schafer, NJ Song, S Kaneko, A Li… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Sex bias exists in the development and progression of nonreproductive organ cancers, but
the underlying mechanisms are enigmatic. Studies so far have focused largely on sexual …

JNK Signaling Promotes Bladder Cancer Immune Escape by Regulating METTL3-Mediated m6A Modification of PD-L1 mRNA

Z Ni, P Sun, J Zheng, M Wu, C Yang, M Cheng, M Yin… - Cancer research, 2022 - AACR
The RNA N6-methyladenosine (m6A) writer methyltransferase-like 3 (METTL3) is
upregulated in many types of cancer and promotes cancer progression by increasing …

COMPASS Ascending: Emerging clues regarding the roles of MLL3/KMT2C and MLL2/KMT2D proteins in cancer

RJ Fagan, AK Dingwall - Cancer letters, 2019 - Elsevier
The KMT2 (lysine methyltransferase) family of histone modifying proteins play essential
roles in regulating developmental pathways, and mutations in the genes encoding these …

Pparg signaling controls bladder cancer subtype and immune exclusion

T Tate, T Xiang, SE Wobker, M Zhou, X Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Pparg, a nuclear receptor, is downregulated in basal subtype bladder cancers that tend to
be muscle invasive and amplified in luminal subtype bladder cancers that tend to be non …

UTX mutations in human cancer

L Wang, A Shilatifard - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Ubiquitously transcribed tetratricopeptide repeat on chromosome X (UTX, encoded by
KDM6A) is a histone demethylase that targets di-and tri-methylated histone H3 lysine 27 …

Tertiary lymphoid structures in diseases: immune mechanisms and therapeutic advances

L Zhao, S Jin, S Wang, Z Zhang, X Wang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLSs) are defined as lymphoid aggregates formed in non-
hematopoietic organs under pathological conditions. Similar to secondary lymphoid organs …

Immune activation is essential for the antitumor activity of EZH2 inhibition in urothelial carcinoma

A Piunti, K Meghani, Y Yu, AG Robertson… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The long-term survival of patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (UCa) is limited
because of innate resistance to treatment. We identified elevated expression of the histone …

Biological differences underlying sex and gender disparities in bladder cancer: current synopsis and future directions

B Doshi, SR Athans, A Woloszynska - Oncogenesis, 2023 - nature.com
Sex and gender disparities in bladder cancer have long been a subject of interest to the
cancer research community, wherein men have a 4 times higher incidence rate than women …