Epigenetic heterogeneity in cancer

M Guo, Y Peng, A Gao, C Du, JG Herman - Biomarker research, 2019 - Springer
Phenotypic and functional heterogeneity is one of the hallmarks of human cancers. Tumor
genotype variations among tumors within different patients are known as interpatient …

Genetic and epigenetic determinants of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

TJ Bakhshi, PT Georgel - Blood cancer journal, 2020 - nature.com
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of lymphoma and is
notorious for its heterogeneity, aggressive nature, and the frequent development of …

Tumor immune contexture is a determinant of anti-CD19 CAR T cell efficacy in large B cell lymphoma

N Scholler, R Perbost, FL Locke, MD Jain, S Turcan… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) is an anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell
therapy approved for relapsed/refractory large B cell lymphoma (LBCL) and has treatment …

TET2 deficiency causes germinal center hyperplasia, impairs plasma cell differentiation, and promotes B-cell lymphomagenesis

PM Dominguez, H Ghamlouch, W Rosikiewicz… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
TET2 somatic mutations occur in∼ 10% of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) but are
of unknown significance. Herein, we show that TET2 is required for the humoral immune …

Emerging epigenetic-modulating therapies in lymphoma

D Sermer, L Pasqualucci, HG Wendel… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2019 - nature.com
Despite considerable advances in the treatment of lymphoma, the prognosis of patients with
relapsed and/or refractory disease continues to be poor; thus, a continued need exists for …

[HTML][HTML] APOBECs orchestrate genomic and epigenomic editing across health and disease

K Cervantes-Gracia, A Gramalla-Schmitz… - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
APOBEC proteins can deaminate cytosine residues in DNA and RNA. This can lead to
somatic mutations, DNA breaks, RNA modifications, or DNA demethylation in a selective …

Germinal center output is sustained by HELLS-dependent DNA-methylation-maintenance in B cells

C Cousu, E Mulot, A De Smet, S Formichetti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract HELLS/LSH (Helicase, Lymphoid Specific) is a SNF2-like chromatin remodelling
protein involved in DNA methylation. Its loss-of-function in humans causes humoral …

Activation induced cytidine deaminase: An old friend with new faces

E Çakan, G Gunaydin - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Activation induced cytidine deaminase (AID) protein is a member of APOBEC family. AID
converts cytidine to uracil, which is a key step for somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class …

DNA methyltransferases in hematological malignancies

NM Hoang, L Rui - Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) are an evolutionarily conserved family of DNA
methylases, transferring a methyl group onto the fifth carbon of a cytosine residue. The …

Potential pathogenic impact of cow's milk consumption and bovine milk-derived exosomal MicroRNAs in diffuse large B-Cell lymphoma

BC Melnik, R Stadler, R Weiskirchen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epidemiological evidence supports an association between cow's milk consumption and the
risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the most common non-Hodgkin lymphoma …