Determinants of resistance to VEGF-TKI and immune checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

R Sharma, E Kadife, M Myers, G Kannourakis… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGF-TKIs) have been the
mainstay of treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Despite its …

Epigenetic regulation of cancer progression by EZH2: from biological insights to therapeutic potential

L Gan, Y Yang, Q Li, Y Feng, T Liu, W Guo - Biomarker research, 2018 - Springer
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone methyltransferase and a catalytic
component of PRC2, catalyzes tri-methylation of histone H3 at Lys 27 (H3K27me3) to …

Histone modifications in drug-resistant cancers: From a cancer stem cell and immune evasion perspective

ML Jin, KW Jeong - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The development and immune evasion of cancer stem cells (CSCs) limit the efficacy of
currently available anticancer therapies. Recent studies have shown that epigenetic …

Genomic profiling in renal cell carcinoma

N Dizman, EJ Philip, SK Pal - Nature reviews nephrology, 2020 - nature.com
The treatment landscape of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has been revolutionized
over the past two decades, bringing forth an era in which more than a dozen therapeutic …

miR-137 mediates the functional link between c-Myc and EZH2 that regulates cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer

J Sun, X Cai, MMH Yung, W Zhou, J Li, Y Zhang, Z Li… - Oncogene, 2019 - nature.com
Platinum drugs are used in first-line to treat ovarian cancer, but most of the patients
eventually generate resistance after treatment with these drugs. Although both c-Myc and …

Therapeutic advances of targeting receptor tyrosine kinases in cancer

C Tomuleasa, AB Tigu, R Munteanu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), a category of transmembrane receptors, have gained
significant clinical attention in oncology due to their central role in cancer pathogenesis …

CircME1 promotes aerobic glycolysis and sunitinib resistance of clear cell renal cell carcinoma through cis-regulation of ME1

M Zhang, J Wang, C Mo, X Mao, Z Feng, J Li, H Lin… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) play critical roles in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).
However, their involvement in sunitinib resistance remains largely unknown. Herein, we …

Histone acetyltransferase 1 promotes gemcitabine resistance by regulating the PVT1/EZH2 complex in pancreatic cancer

Y Sun, D Ren, Y Zhou, J Shen, H Wu, X Jin - Cell Death & Disease, 2021 - nature.com
The poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer is primarily due to the development of resistance to
therapies, including gemcitabine. The long noncoding RNA PVT1 (lncRNA PVT1) has been …

Molecular mechanisms of resistance to immunotherapy and antiangiogenic treatments in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

PÁ Ballesteros, J Chamorro, MS Román-Gil, J Pozas… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Renal cell carcinoma is particularly characterized by its high
vascularization and dense immune cells infiltration. The angiogenesis blockade in …

Resistance to anti-angiogenic therapies: a mechanism depending on the time of exposure to the drugs

C Montemagno, G Pagès - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from preexisting one, represents a critical
process for oxygen and nutrient supply to proliferating cells, therefore promoting tumor …