Chromatin remodellers as therapeutic targets

HA Malone, CWM Roberts - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale cancer genome sequencing studies have revealed that chromatin regulators
are frequently mutated in cancer. In particular, more than 20% of cancers harbour mutations …

Clinical efficacy of ONC201 in H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline gliomas is driven by disruption of integrated metabolic and epigenetic pathways

S Venneti, AR Kawakibi, S Ji, SM Waszak, SR Sweha… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Abstract Patients with H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma (DMG) have no proven
effective therapies. ONC201 has recently demonstrated efficacy in these patients, but the …

Oncohistones in brain tumors: the soil and seed

AF Andrade, CCL Chen, N Jabado - Trends in cancer, 2023 - cell.com
Recurrent somatic mutations in histone 3 (H3) variants (termed 'oncohistones') have been
identified in high-grade gliomas (HGGs) in children and young adults and induce …

[HTML][HTML] Global identification of SWI/SNF targets reveals compensation by EP400

BJE Martin, EF Ablondi, C Goglia, CA Mimoso… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes move and evict nucleosomes at
gene promoters and enhancers to modulate DNA access. Although SWI/SNF subunits are …

Targeting SWI/SNF ATPases in H3. 3K27M diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

M Mota, SR Sweha, M Pun… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) including diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs) bearing
lysine-to-methionine mutations in histone H3 at lysine 27 (H3K27M) are lethal childhood …

Genomic profiling and prognostic factors of H3 K27M‐mutant spinal cord diffuse glioma

RC Chai, H Yan, SY An, B Pang, HY Chen… - Brain …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
H3 K27‐altered diffuse midline glioma is a highly lethal pediatric‐type tumor without
efficacious treatments. Recent findings have highlighted the heterogeneity among diffuse …

Biological, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Insights from (Epi) Genomic Profiling of Pediatric Brain Tumors

A De Cola, A Foss, R Gilbertson… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Pediatric brain tumors comprise a diverse set of diseases.(Epi) genomic analyses have
provided insights into the biology of these tumors, stratifying them into distinct subtypes with …

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 …

Oncohistones and disrupted development in pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma

JK Ocasio, KM Budd, JT Roach, JM Andrews… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2023 - Springer
Recurrent, clonal somatic mutations in histone H3 are molecular hallmarks that distinguish
the genetic mechanisms underlying pediatric and adult high-grade glioma (HGG), define …

BRD9-SMAD2/3 orchestrates stemness and tumorigenesis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Y Feng, L Cai, M Pook, F Liu, CH Chang, MA Mouti… - Gastroenterology, 2024 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The dismal prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is
linked to the presence of pancreatic cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) that respond poorly to …