[HTML][HTML] EZH2: a novel target for cancer treatment

R Duan, W Du, W Guo - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is enzymatic catalytic subunit of polycomb repressive
complex 2 (PRC2) that can alter downstream target genes expression by trimethylation of …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

Y Cheng, C He, M Wang, X Ma, F Mo, S Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic alternations concern heritable yet reversible changes in histone or DNA
modifications that regulate gene activity beyond the underlying sequence. Epigenetic …

EZH2-targeted therapies in cancer: hype or a reality

ML Eich, M Athar, JE Ferguson III, S Varambally - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Next-generation genomic sequencing has identified multiple novel molecular alterations in
cancer. Since the identification of DNA methylation and histone modification, it has become …

Epigenetic tools (The Writers, The Readers and The Erasers) and their implications in cancer therapy

S Biswas, CM Rao - European journal of pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Addition of chemical tags on the DNA and modification of histone proteins impart a distinct
feature on chromatin architecture. With the advancement in scientific research, the key …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments in epigenetic cancer therapeutics: clinical advancement and emerging trends

K Nepali, JP Liou - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetic drug discovery field has evidenced significant advancement in the recent times.
A plethora of small molecule inhibitors have progressed to clinical stage investigations and …

Targeting EZH2 in cancer

KH Kim, CWM Roberts - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Recent genomic studies have resulted in an emerging understanding of the role of
chromatin regulators in the development of cancer. EZH2, a histone methyl transferase …

Indoles as therapeutics of interest in medicinal chemistry: Bird's eye view

N Chadha, O Silakari - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Indoles constitute extensively explored heterocyclic ring systems with wide range of
applications in pathophysiological conditions that is, cancer, microbial and viral infections …

Maintaining cell identity: PRC2-mediated regulation of transcription and cancer

I Comet, EM Riising, B Leblanc, K Helin - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2), the catalytic subunit of Polycomb repressive
complex 2 (PRC2), has attracted broad research attention in the past few years because of …

Germinal centres and B cell lymphomagenesis

K Basso, R Dalla-Favera - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Germinal centres (GCs) are involved in the selection of B cells secreting high-affinity
antibodies and are also the origin of most human B cell lymphomas. Recent progress has …

Disordered methionine metabolism in MTAP/CDKN2A-deleted cancers leads to dependence on PRMT5

KJ Mavrakis, ER McDonald III, MR Schlabach, E Billy… - Science, 2016 - science.org
5-Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) is a key enzyme in the methionine salvage
pathway. The MTAP gene is frequently deleted in human cancers because of its …