Targeting the epigenetic regulation of antitumour immunity

SJ Hogg, PA Beavis, MA Dawson… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Dysregulation of the epigenome drives aberrant transcriptional programmes that promote
cancer onset and progression. Although defective gene regulation often affects oncogenic …

The roles of DNA, RNA and histone methylation in ageing and cancer

EM Michalak, ML Burr, AJ Bannister… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Chromatin is a macromolecular complex predominantly comprising DNA, histone proteins
and RNA. The methylation of chromatin components is highly conserved as it helps …

[HTML][HTML] Azacitidine and venetoclax in previously untreated acute myeloid leukemia

CD DiNardo, BA Jonas, V Pullarkat… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have a dismal prognosis,
even after treatment with a hypomethylating agent. Azacitidine added to venetoclax had …

Venetoclax combined with decitabine or azacitidine in treatment-naive, elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia

CD DiNardo, K Pratz, V Pullarkat… - Blood, The Journal …, 2019 - ashpublications.org
Older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) respond poorly to standard induction
therapy. B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) overexpression is implicated in survival of AML cells …

Acute myeloid leukemia, version 3.2019, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

MS Tallman, ES Wang, JK Altman… - Journal of the National …, 2019 - jnccn.org
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common form of acute leukemia among adults
and accounts for the largest number of annual deaths due to leukemias in the United States …

Efficacy, safety, and biomarkers of response to azacitidine and nivolumab in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia: a nonrandomized, open-label, phase II study

N Daver, G Garcia-Manero, S Basu, PC Boddu… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Preclinical models have shown that blocking PD-1/PD-L1 pathways enhances antileukemic
responses. Azacitidine upregulates PD-1 and IFNγ signaling. We therefore conducted this …

Diagnosis and management of AML in adults: 2017 ELN recommendations from an international expert panel

H Döhner, E Estey, D Grimwade… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
The first edition of the European LeukemiaNet (ELN) recommendations for diagnosis and
management of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults, published in 2010, has found …

Acute myeloid leukemia: a comprehensive review and 2016 update

I De Kouchkovsky, M Abdul-Hay - Blood cancer journal, 2016 - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common acute leukemia in adults, with an
incidence of over 20 000 cases per year in the United States alone. Large chromosomal …

Targeting epigenetic modifications in cancer therapy: erasing the roadmap to cancer

HP Mohammad, O Barbash, CL Creasy - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic dysregulation is a common feature of most cancers, often occurring directly
through alteration of epigenetic machinery. Over the last several years, a new generation of …

A phase 3 randomized study of 5-azacitidine maintenance vs observation after transplant in high-risk AML and MDS patients

B Oran, M de Lima, G Garcia-Manero, PF Thall… - Blood …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
This study investigated the efficacy and safety of azacitidine maintenance in the
posttransplant setting based on the encouraging phase 1/2 reports for azacitidine …