Sex disparities matter in cancer development and therapy

S Haupt, F Caramia, SL Klein, JB Rubin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Curing cancer through precision medicine is the paramount aim of the new wave of
molecular and genomic therapies. Currently, whether patients with non-reproductive …

[HTML][HTML] Primary Undifferentiated/Dedifferentiated Cutaneous Melanomas—A Review on Histological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecular Features with Emphasis …

DA Țăpoi, AA Gheorghișan-Gălățeanu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diagnosing cutaneous melanoma is usually straightforward based on these malignancies'
histopathological and immunohistochemical features. Nevertheless, melanomas can imitate …

[HTML][HTML] Escape from X-inactivation in twins exhibits intra-and inter-individual variability across tissues and is heritable

A Zito, AL Roberts, A Visconti, N Rossi… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) silences one X in female cells to balance sex-differences
in X-dosage. A subset of X-linked genes escape XCI, but the extent to which this …

[HTML][HTML] Lysine demethylases: promising drug targets in melanoma and other cancers

G Punnia-Moorthy, P Hersey, AA Emran… - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic dysregulation has been implicated in a variety of pathological processes
including carcinogenesis. A major group of enzymes that influence epigenetic modifications …

[HTML][HTML] KDM6 demethylases and their roles in human cancers

C Hua, J Chen, S Li, J Zhou, J Fu, W Sun… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cancer therapy is moving beyond traditional chemotherapy to include epigenetic
approaches. KDM6 demethylases are dynamic regulation of gene expression by histone …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting miRNA association with melanoma recurrence and metastasis from a machine learning point of view

A Korfiati, K Grafanaki, GC Kyriakopoulos… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The diagnostic and prognostic value of miRNAs in cutaneous melanoma (CM) has been
broadly studied and supported by advanced bioinformatics tools. From early studies using …

[HTML][HTML] A novel signature of 23 immunity-related gene pairs is prognostic of cutaneous melanoma

YN Xue, YN Xue, ZC Wang, YZ Mo, PY Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we aimed to identify an immune-related signature for predicting prognosis in
cutaneous melanoma (CM). Sample data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA; n= 460) …

[HTML][HTML] A combination of epigenetic BET and CDK9 inhibitors for treatment of human melanoma

A Al Emran, HY Tseng, D Gunatilake, SJ Cook… - Journal of Investigative …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dysregulation of epigenetic modifiers is a frequent event in melanoma and underlies many
aspects of melanoma biology, including resistance to targeted therapy and …

Sex bias of females in survival from cancer and infections. Is X the answer?

AA Emran, SJ Gallagher, JC Tiffen, P Hersey - British Journal of Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Major differences in survival of men and women from infectious diseases and cancers have
been highlighted by death rates from COVID-19 infections. In cancer, attention has been …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive gene expression analysis to identify differences and similarities between sex-and stage-stratified melanoma samples

E Chrysanthou, E Sehovic, P Ostano, G Chiorino - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Overall lower incidence and better prognosis are observed in female melanoma patients
compared to males. As sex and stage differences in the context of melanoma gene …