MYC: a multipurpose oncogene with prognostic and therapeutic implications in blood malignancies

SE Ahmadi, S Rahimi, B Zarandi, R Chegeni… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
MYC oncogene is a transcription factor with a wide array of functions affecting cellular
activities such as cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and hematopoiesis. Due to …

Translational control of stem cell function

JA Saba, K Liakath-Ali, R Green, FM Watt - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Stem cells are characterized by their ability to self-renew and differentiate into many different
cell types. Research has focused primarily on how these processes are regulated at a …

Synthesis of portimines reveals the basis of their anti-cancer activity

J Tang, W Li, TY Chiu, F Martínez-Peña, Z Luo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Marine-derived cyclic imine toxins, portimine A and portimine B, have attracted attention
because of their chemical structure and notable anti-cancer therapeutic potential …

The translation inhibitor rocaglamide targets a bimolecular cavity between eIF4A and polypurine RNA

S Iwasaki, W Iwasaki, M Takahashi, A Sakamoto… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
A class of translation inhibitors, exemplified by the natural product rocaglamide A (RocA),
isolated from Aglaia genus plants, exhibits antitumor activity by clamping eukaryotic …

A super-enhancer-regulated RNA-binding protein cascade drives pancreatic cancer

CE Antal, TG Oh, S Aigner, EC Luo, BA Yee… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a lethal malignancy in need of new
therapeutic options. Using unbiased analyses of super-enhancers (SEs) as sentinels of core …

Targeting MYC in multiple myeloma

KK Jovanović, C Roche-Lestienne, IM Ghobrial… - Leukemia, 2018 - nature.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell tumor marked by clonal evolution and preceded by
a premalignant stage, which progresses via molecular pathway deregulation, including MYC …

Molecular comprehension of Mcl-1: from gene structure to cancer therapy

VV Senichkin, AY Streletskaia, B Zhivotovsky… - Trends in Cell …, 2019 - cell.com
Among cell death regulators, members of the Bcl-2 family are of interest because they are
highly conserved across species and represent promising targets for anticancer therapy …

Deregulation and targeting of TP53 pathway in multiple myeloma

KK Jovanović, G Escure, J Demonchy… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Multiple Myeloma (MM) is an incurable disease characterized by a clonal evolution across
the course of the diseases and multiple lines of treatment. Among genomic drivers of the …

Dual targeting of DDX3 and eIF4A by the translation inhibitor rocaglamide A

M Chen, M Asanuma, M Takahashi, Y Shichino… - Cell chemical …, 2021 - cell.com
The translation inhibitor rocaglamide A (RocA) has shown promising antitumor activity
because it uniquely clamps eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 4A onto polypurine RNA for …

Targeting oncogene mRNA translation in B-cell malignancies with eFT226, a potent and selective inhibitor of eIF4A

PA Thompson, B Eam, NP Young, S Fish, J Chen… - Molecular Cancer …, 2021 - AACR
Abstract The PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is often activated in lymphoma through alterations in
PI3K, PTEN, and B-cell receptor signaling, leading to dysregulation of eIF4A (through its …