LncRNA: a link between RNA and cancer

G Yang, X Lu, L Yuan - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2014 - Elsevier
Unraveling the gene expression networks governing cancer initiation and development is
essential while remains largely uncompleted. With the innovations in RNA-seq technologies …

DNA methylation profiles in cancer diagnosis and therapeutics

Y Pan, G Liu, F Zhou, B Su, Y Li - Clinical and experimental medicine, 2018 - Springer
Cancer initiation and proliferation is regulated by both epigenetic and genetic events with
epigenetic modifications being increasingly identified as important targets for cancer …

Discovery of a first-in-class reversible DNMT1-selective inhibitor with improved tolerability and efficacy in acute myeloid leukemia

MB Pappalardi, K Keenan, M Cockerill, WA Kellner… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation, a key epigenetic driver of transcriptional silencing, is universally
dysregulated in cancer. Reversal of DNA methylation by hypomethylating agents, such as …

Metabolism, biochemical actions, and chemical synthesis of anticancer nucleosides, nucleotides, and base analogs

J Shelton, X Lu, JA Hollenbaugh, JH Cho… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Nucleoside, nucleotide, and base analogs have been in the clinic for decades to treat both
viral pathogens and neoplasms. More than 20% of patients on anticancer chemotherapy …

A dual‐bioresponsive drug‐delivery depot for combination of epigenetic modulation and immune checkpoint blockade

H Ruan, Q Hu, D Wen, Q Chen, G Chen… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with advanced melanoma that is of low tumor‐associated antigen (TAA) expression
often respond poorly to PD‐1/PD‐L1 blockade therapy. Epigenetic modulators, such as …

Marked for death: targeting epigenetic changes in cancer

SX Pfister, A Ashworth - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
In the past few years, it has become clear that mutations in epigenetic regulatory genes are
common in human cancers. Therapeutic strategies are now being developed to target …

Integrative genomic and transcriptomic analysis of leiomyosarcoma

P Chudasama, SS Mughal, MA Sanders… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is an aggressive mesenchymal malignancy with few therapeutic
options. The mechanisms underlying LMS development, including clinically actionable …

Clinical implications of (epi) genetic changes in HPV-induced cervical precancerous lesions

RDM Steenbergen, PJF Snijders… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Infection of cervical epithelium with high-risk human papilloma virus (hrHPV) might result in
productive or transforming cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) lesions, the morphology of …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic mechanisms and the hallmarks of cancer: An intimate affair

N Darwiche - American journal of cancer research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic mechanisms comprising DNA methylation, histone modifications, and noncoding
RNAs affect chromatin structure and regulate gene expression. These mechanisms control …

SAM/SAH analogs as versatile tools for SAM-dependent methyltransferases

J Zhang, YG Zheng - ACS chemical biology, 2016 - ACS Publications
S-Adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM) is a sulfonium molecule with a structural hybrid of
methionine and adenosine. As the second largest cofactor in the human body, its major …