The i-motif as a molecular target: more than a complementary DNA secondary structure

SL Brown, S Kendrick - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Stretches of cytosine-rich DNA are capable of adopting a dynamic secondary structure, the i-
motif. When within promoter regions, the i-motif has the potential to act as a molecular switch …

Homozygous BCMA gene deletion in response to anti-BCMA CAR T cells in a patient with multiple myeloma

MC Da Vià, O Dietrich, M Truger, P Arampatzi, J Duell… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) is a target for various immunotherapies and a biomarker
for tumor load in multiple myeloma (MM). We report a case of irreversible BCMA loss in a …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct classes of complex structural variation uncovered across thousands of cancer genome graphs

K Hadi, X Yao, JM Behr, A Deshpande… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Cancer genomes often harbor hundreds of somatic DNA rearrangement junctions, many of
which cannot be easily classified into simple (eg, deletion) or complex (eg, chromothripsis) …

RHO GTPases in cancer: known facts, open questions, and therapeutic challenges

XR Bustelo - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2018 - portlandpress.com
RHO GTPases have been traditionally associated with protumorigenic functions. While this
paradigm is still valid in many cases, recent data have unexpectedly revealed that RHO …

Characterizing genetic intra-tumor heterogeneity across 2,658 human cancer genomes

SC Dentro, I Leshchiner, K Haase, M Tarabichi… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Intra-tumor heterogeneity (ITH) is a mechanism of therapeutic resistance and therefore an
important clinical challenge. However, the extent, origin, and drivers of ITH across cancer …

The genomic landscape of 85 advanced neuroendocrine neoplasms reveals subtype-heterogeneity and potential therapeutic targets

J van Riet, HJG van de Werken, E Cuppen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Metastatic and locally-advanced neuroendocrine neoplasms (aNEN) form clinically and
genetically heterogeneous malignancies, characterized by distinct prognoses based upon …

CancerMine: a literature-mined resource for drivers, oncogenes and tumor suppressors in cancer

J Lever, EY Zhao, J Grewal, MR Jones, SJM Jones - Nature methods, 2019 - nature.com
Tumors from individuals with cancer are frequently genetically profiled for information about
the driving forces behind the disease. We present the CancerMine resource, a text-mined …

Enzyme-mediated depletion of methylthioadenosine restores T cell function in MTAP-deficient tumors and reverses immunotherapy resistance

D Gjuka, E Adib, K Garrison, J Chen, Y Zhang, W Li… - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
Chromosomal region 9p21 containing tumor suppressors CDKN2A/B and
methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP) is one of the most frequent genetic deletions in …

Circular RNA circ‐TNPO3 inhibits clear cell renal cell carcinoma metastasis by binding to IGF2BP2 and destabilizing SERPINH1 mRNA

X Pan, B Huang, Q Ma, J Ren, Y Liu… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is a common malignant tumour of the
urinary tract. The major causes of poor prognosis are the lack of early diagnosis and …

MEDICC2: whole-genome doubling aware copy-number phylogenies for cancer evolution

TL Kaufmann, M Petkovic, TBK Watkins, EC Colliver… - Genome biology, 2022 - Springer
Aneuploidy, chromosomal instability, somatic copy-number alterations, and whole-genome
doubling (WGD) play key roles in cancer evolution and provide information for the complex …