Targeting the cancer epigenome for therapy

PA Jones, JPJ Issa, S Baylin - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Next-generation sequencing has revealed that more than 50% of human cancers harbour
mutations in enzymes that are involved in chromatin organization. Tumour cells not only are …

Targeting epigenetic modifications in cancer therapy: erasing the roadmap to cancer

HP Mohammad, O Barbash, CL Creasy - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic dysregulation is a common feature of most cancers, often occurring directly
through alteration of epigenetic machinery. Over the last several years, a new generation of …

[HTML][HTML] TP53 and Decitabine in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Myelodysplastic Syndromes

JS Welch, AA Petti, CA Miller, CC Fronick… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The molecular determinants of clinical responses to decitabine therapy in
patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are …

Advances in epigenetic therapeutics with focus on solid tumors

N Jin, TL George, GA Otterson, C Verschraegen… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Epigenetic (“above genetics”) modifications can alter the gene expression without
altering the DNA sequence. Aberrant epigenetic regulations in cancer include DNA …

DNA methylation as a future therapeutic and diagnostic target in rheumatoid arthritis

M Ciechomska, L Roszkowski, W Maslinski - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term autoimmune disease of unknown etiology that leads
to progressive joint destruction and ultimately to disability. RA affects as much as 1% of the …

MYC—master regulator of the cancer epigenome and transcriptome

CJ Poole, J Van Riggelen - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Overexpression of MYC is a hallmark of many human cancers. The MYC oncogene has long
been thought to execute its neoplastic functions by acting as a classic transcription factor …

Acute myeloid leukemia: the good, the bad, and the ugly

A Kuykendall, N Duployez, N Boissel… - American Society of …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) was initially subdivided according to morphology (the French-
American-British system), which proved helpful in pathologic categorization. Subsequently …

Dual inhibition of DNA and histone methyltransferases increases viral mimicry in ovarian cancer cells

M Liu, SL Thomas, AK DeWitt, W Zhou, ZB Madaj… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Ovarian cancer ranks as the most deadly gynecologic cancer, and there is an urgent need to
develop more effective therapies. Previous studies have shown that G9A, a histone …

Epigenetic programming, early life nutrition and the risk of metabolic disease

T Block, A El-Osta - Atherosclerosis, 2017 - Elsevier
Time separates the past from the present, during this period memory are formed-written in
code and decoded to be read while other memories are erased-but when it comes to the …

The translational status of cancer liquid biopsies

S Bratulic, F Gatto, J Nielsen - Regenerative Engineering and …, 2021 - Springer
Precision oncology aims to tailor clinical decisions specifically to patients with the objective
of improving treatment outcomes. This can be achieved by leveraging omics information for …