Aberrant RNA splicing in cancer; expression changes and driver mutations of splicing factor genes

A Sveen, S Kilpinen, A Ruusulehto, RA Lothe… - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Alternative splicing is a widespread process contributing to structural transcript variation and
proteome diversity. In cancer, the splicing process is commonly disrupted, resulting in both …

The roles of MDM2 and MDMX in cancer

O Karni-Schmidt, M Lokshin… - Annual Review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
For more than 25 years, MDM2 and its homolog MDMX (also known as MDM4) have been
shown to exert oncogenic activity. These two proteins are best understood as negative …

Phase 1 Trial of ALRN-6924, a Dual Inhibitor of MDMX and MDM2, in Patients with Solid Tumors and Lymphomas Bearing Wild-type TP53

MN Saleh, MR Patel, TM Bauer, S Goel… - Clinical Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Purpose: We describe the first-in-human dose-escalation trial for ALRN-6924, a stabilized,
cell-permeating peptide that disrupts p53 inhibition by mouse double minute 2 (MDM2) and …

Dual inhibition of MDMX and MDM2 as a therapeutic strategy in leukemia

LA Carvajal, DB Neriah, A Senecal, L Benard… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
The tumor suppressor p53 is often inactivated via its interaction with endogenous inhibitors
mouse double minute 4 homolog (MDM4 or MDMX) or mouse double minute 2 homolog …

Comparison of RNA-seq and microarray-based models for clinical endpoint prediction

W Zhang, Y Yu, F Hertwig, J Thierry-Mieg, W Zhang… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
Background Gene expression profiling is being widely applied in cancer research to identify
biomarkers for clinical endpoint prediction. Since RNA-seq provides a powerful tool for …

New molecular insights into osteosarcoma targeted therapy

J Yang, W Zhang - Current opinion in oncology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Osteosarcoma is a relatively uncommon cancer, accounting for 5% of childhood cancers
and 8.9% of cancer-related deaths in children. The overall incidence is five cases per million …

TP53 in bone and soft tissue sarcomas

E Thoenen, A Curl, T Iwakuma - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Genomic and functional study of existing and emerging sarcoma targets, such as fusion
proteins, chromosomal aberrations, reduced tumor suppressor activity, and oncogenic …

Antisense oligonucleotide–mediated MDM4 exon 6 skipping impairs tumor growth

M Dewaele, T Tabaglio, K Willekens… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Am Soc Clin Investig
MDM4 is a promising target for cancer therapy, as it is undetectable in most normal adult
tissues but often upregulated in cancer cells to dampen p53 tumor-suppressor function. The …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in targeted therapy for osteosarcoma

W Zhou, M Hao, X Du, K Chen, G Wang… - Discovery …, 2014 - discoverymedicine.com
Osteosarcoma is an aggressive cancer in skeletal system with unknown molecular
mechanisms of etiology and pathogenesis, therefore it remains a challenge for current …

Dual inhibition of MDM2 and MDM4 in virus-positive Merkel cell carcinoma enhances the p53 response

DE Park, J Cheng, C Berrios… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV) contributes to approximately 80% of all Merkel cell
carcinomas (MCCs), a highly aggressive neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. MCV …