Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

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 …

Emerging cytokine networks in colorectal cancer

NR West, S McCuaig, F Franchini… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Cytokine networks are crucial aspects of tumour immunology, particularly for colorectal
cancer (CRC), in which inflammation and antitumour immunity are key determinants of …

Emerging role of PI3K/AKT in tumor-related epigenetic regulation

Q Yang, W Jiang, P Hou - Seminars in Cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Epigenetic alterations, along with genetic alterations, have long been regarded as the most
important mechanism participating in carcinogenesis. DNA methylation, histone …

DNA methylation inhibitors in cancer: recent and future approaches

C Gros, J Fahy, L Halby, I Dufau, A Erdmann… - Biochimie, 2012 - Elsevier
This review presents the different human DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), their biological
roles, their mechanisms of action and their role in cancer. The description of assays for …

Epigenetic modulators as therapeutic agents in cancer

E Patnaik, C Madu, Y Lu - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epigenetics play a crucial role in gene regulation and cellular processes. Most importantly,
its dysregulation can contribute to the development of tumors. Epigenetic modifications, such …

Effects of ionizing radiation on DNA methylation: from experimental biology to clinical applications

IR Miousse, KR Kutanzi, I Koturbash - International journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Ionizing radiation (IR) is a ubiquitous environmental stressor with genotoxic and
epigenotoxic capabilities. Terrestrial IR, predominantly a low-linear energy transfer (LET) …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting histone lysine demethylases—progress, challenges, and the future

CC Thinnes, KS England, A Kawamura… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
N-Methylation of lysine and arginine residues has emerged as a major mechanism of
transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes. In humans, N ε-methyllysine residue demethylation …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleosidic DNA demethylating epigenetic drugs–a comprehensive review from discovery to clinic

K Agrawal, V Das, P Vyas, M Hajdúch - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
DNA methylation plays a pivotal role in the etiology of cancer by mediating epigenetic
silencing of cancer-related genes. Since the relationship between aberrant DNA methylation …

DNA methyltransferase-1 inhibitors as epigenetic therapy for cancer

V Singh, P Sharma, N Capalash - Current cancer drug targets, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification involved in gene expression regulation. In
cancer, the DNA methylation pattern becomes aberrant, causing an array of tumor …