Developmental origins shape the paediatric cancer genome

X Chen, W Yang, CWM Roberts, J Zhang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
In the past two decades, technological advances have brought unprecedented insights into
the paediatric cancer genome revealing characteristics distinct from those of adult cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and molecular heterogeneity of synovial sarcoma and associated challenges in therapy

EA Lesovaya, TI Fetisov, BY Bokhyan, VP Maksimova… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Synovial sarcoma (SS) is one of the most common types of pediatric soft tissue sarcoma
(STS) being far less frequent in adults. This STS type is characterized by one specific …

NUP98 fusion proteins and KMT2A-MENIN antagonize PRC1. 1 to drive gene expression in AML

EB Heikamp, C Martucci, JA Henrich, DS Neel… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Control of stem cell-associated genes by Trithorax group (TrxG) and Polycomb group (PcG)
proteins is frequently misregulated in cancer. In leukemia, oncogenic fusion proteins hijack …

Combination of HDAC and FYN inhibitors in synovial sarcoma treatment

K Parker, Y Zhang, G Anchondo, A Smith… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The SS18-SSX fusion protein is an oncogenic driver in synovial sarcoma. At the molecular
level, SS18-SSX functions as both an activator and a repressor to coordinate transcription of …

Biological and therapeutic insights from animal modeling of fusion-driven pediatric soft tissue sarcomas

JP Kucinski, D Calderon… - Disease Models & …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
Survival for children with cancer has primarily improved over the past decades due to
refinements in surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Although these general therapies are …

Cell-of-origin epigenome underlies SS18:: SSX-mediated transformation

LA Hill, RW Scott, LA Martin, M Arostegui, G Davenport… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Synovial sarcoma is an aggressive soft-tissue malignancy that is characterized by a
pathognomonic t (X; 18)(p11. 2; q11. 2) translocation, which produces the fusion oncogene …

[HTML][HTML] Synovial Sarcoma Chromatin Dynamics Reveal a Continuum in SS18: SSX Reprograming

J Hofvander, A Qiu, K Lee, M Bilenky, A Carles, Q Cao… - BioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Synovial sarcoma (SyS) is an aggressive soft-tissue malignancy characterized by a
pathognomonic chromosomal translocation leading to the formation of the SS18:: SSX …

SS18-SSX drives TYK2 expression to activate STAT3/Bcl2 axis, facilitating apoptosis evasion and advancing synovial sarcoma progression

W Qin, C Peng, X Yang, A Jiang, N Zhong, Y Liu… - Cell Biology and …, 2024 - Springer
Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma characterized by high-grade malignancy
and poor prognosis. Preliminary research indicates that apoptosis evasion is a key factor in …

Functional Classification of Fusion Proteins in Sarcoma

M Wachtel, D Surdez, TGP Grünewald, BW Schäfer - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Fusion proteins are an important class of oncogenes in sarcoma.
Approximately 40 percent of all sarcoma entities are driven by one of the more than 100 …

[HTML][HTML] SUMO2 Inhibition Reverses Aberrant Epigenetic Rewiring Driven by Synovial Sarcoma Fusion Oncoproteins and Impairs Sarcomagenesis

R Iyer, A Deshpande, A Pedgaonkar, PA Bala, T Kim… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Synovial Sarcoma (SySa) is an aggressive soft tissue sarcoma that accounts for 5–10% of
all soft tissue sarcomas. Current treatment involves radiation and radical surgery including …