Insights into pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma research: Challenges and goals

ME Yohe, CM Heske, E Stewart… - Pediatric blood & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Overall survival rates for pediatric patients with high‐risk or relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma
(RMS) have not improved significantly since the 1980s. Recent studies have identified a …

[HTML][HTML] Relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma

CM Heske, L Mascarenhas - Journal of clinical medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Relapsed rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) represents a significant therapeutic challenge. Nearly
one-third of patients diagnosed with localized RMS and over two-thirds of patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical genomics reveals histone deacetylases are required for core regulatory transcription

BE Gryder, L Wu, GM Woldemichael, S Pomella… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Identity determining transcription factors (TFs), or core regulatory (CR) TFs, are governed by
cell-type specific super enhancers (SEs). Drugs to selectively inhibit CR circuitry are of high …

[HTML][HTML] Feasibility of functional precision medicine for guiding treatment of relapsed or refractory pediatric cancers

AM Acanda De La Rocha, NE Berlow, M Fader… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Children with rare, relapsed or refractory cancers often face limited treatment options, and
few predictive biomarkers are available that can enable personalized treatment …

Sodium butyrate inhibits migration and induces AMPK‐mTOR pathway‐dependent autophagy and ROS‐mediated apoptosis via the miR‐139‐5p/Bmi‐1 axis in …

F Wang, H Wu, M Fan, R Yu, Y Zhang, J Liu… - The FASEB …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bladder cancer is one of the most frequently occurring malignant tumors in the urinary
system. Sodium butyrate (NaB) is a histone deacetylase inhibitor and exerts remarkable …

Targeting KDM4 for treating PAX3-FOXO1–driven alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma

S Singh, A Abu-Zaid, H Jin, J Fang, Q Wu… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Chimeric transcription factors drive lineage-specific oncogenesis but are notoriously difficult
to target. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is an aggressive childhood soft tissue …

Targeting SWI/SNF ATPases in H3. 3K27M diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

M Mota, SR Sweha, M Pun… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) including diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) bearing
lysine-to-methionine mutations in histone H3 at lysine 27 (H3K27M) are lethal childhood …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and challenges in the treatment of rhabdomyosarcoma

S Miwa, N Yamamoto, K Hayashi, A Takeuchi… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common soft tissue sarcoma noted in childhood, requires
multimodality treatment, including chemotherapy, surgical resection, and/or radiation …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic regulation of MicroRNA clusters and families during tumor development

J Gregorova, P Vychytilova-Faltejskova, S Sevcikova - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this review, the history of RNA interference discovery and current
knowledge about microRNA biogenesis and post-transcriptional regulation of gene …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting the undruggable: exploiting neomorphic features of fusion oncoproteins in childhood sarcomas for innovative therapies

MML Knott, TLB Hölting, S Ohmura, T Kirchner… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2019 - Springer
While sarcomas account for approximately 1% of malignant tumors of adults, they are
particularly more common in children and adolescents affected by cancer. In contrast to …