Endogenous retroelements and the viral mimicry response in cancer therapy and cellular homeostasis

R Chen, CA Ishak, DD De Carvalho - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Features of the cancer epigenome distinguish cancers from their respective cell of origin and
establish therapeutic vulnerabilities that can be exploited through pharmacologic inhibition …

Towards targeting Transposable elements for cancer therapy

Y Liang, X Qu, NM Shah, T Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) represent almost half of the human genome. Historically
deemed 'junk DNA', recent technological advancements have stimulated a wave of research …

Locus-specific characterization of human endogenous retrovirus expression in prostate, breast, and colon cancers

MC Steiner, JL Marston, LP Iñiguez, ML Bendall… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERV) have been implicated in a variety of diseases
including cancers. Recent research implicates HERVs in epigenetic gene regulation. Here …

Comprehensive Analysis and Drug Modulation of Human Endogenous Retrovirus in Hepatocellular Carcinomas

YS Chang, MH Hsu, CC Chung, HD Chen, SJ Tu… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) plays important roles in the
development of cancer, and most studies use data from The Cancer Genome Atlas to …

Epigenetic drugs and their immune modulating potential in cancers

Y Liang, S Turcan - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic drugs are used for the clinical treatment of hematologic malignancies; however,
their therapeutic potential in solid tumors is still under investigation. Current evidence …

The Role of Human Endogenous Retroviruses in Cancer Immunotherapy of the Post-COVID-19 World

S Logotheti, T Stiewe, AG Georgakilas - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
At the outbreak of the COVID-19 global crisis, diverse scientific groups suggested that this
unprecedented emergency could act as a 'blessing in disguise'. In the aftermath of the …

Association between ten-eleven methylcytosine dioxygenase 2 genetic variation and viral load in people with HIV

DD Murray, B Grund, CR MacPherson, C Ekenberg… - AIDS, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Methods: We assessed whether genetic variation in TET2 was associated with markers of
HIV-pathogenesis using both gene level and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) level …

Mechanism-guided fine-tuned microbiome potentiates anti-tumor immunity in HCC

T Liu, Y Guo, Y Liao, J Liu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microbiome, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses, plays a crucial role in shaping distal and
proximal anti-tumor immunity. Mounting evidence showed that commensal microbiome …

Evolutionary analysis of endogenous intronic retroviruses in primates reveals an enrichment in transcription binding sites associated with key regulatory processes

M Calero-Layana, C López-Cruz, A Ocaña, E Tejera… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Background Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are the result of the integration of retroviruses
into host DNA following germline infection. Endogenous retroviruses are made up of three …

Ewing Sarcoma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Impair Dendritic Cell Maturation and Function, and Upregulate Endogenous Retroelements

HM Gaßmann - 2023 - mediatum.ub.tum.de
Ewing Sarcoma (EwS) is a non-T cell-inflamed, pediatric bone and soft tissue tumor with
high metastatic capacity. Here, we show that EwS extracellular vesicles (EVs) elicit a pro …