Potential strategies overcoming the temozolomide resistance for glioblastoma

S Jiapaer, T Furuta, S Tanaka, T Kitabayashi… - Neurologia medico …, 2018 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly malignant type of primary brain tumor with a high mortality
rate. Although the current standard therapy consists of surgery followed by radiation and …

Lithium and therapeutic targeting of GSK-3

ME Snitow, RS Bhansali, PS Klein - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lithium salts have been in the therapeutic toolbox for better or worse since the 19th century,
with purported benefit in gout, hangover, insomnia, and early suggestions that lithium …

m6A demethylase ALKBH5 maintains tumorigenicity of glioblastoma stem-like cells by sustaining FOXM1 expression and cell proliferation program

S Zhang, BS Zhao, A Zhou, K Lin, S Zheng, Z Lu… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The dynamic and reversible N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) RNA modification installed and
erased by N 6-methyltransferases and demethylases regulates gene expression and cell …

LSD1 inhibition sustains T cell invigoration with a durable response to PD-1 blockade

Y Liu, B Debo, M Li, Z Shi, W Sheng, Y Shi - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Exhausted CD8+ T cells are key targets of immune checkpoint blockade therapy and their
ineffective reinvigoration limits the durable benefit in some cancer patients. Here, we …

Stress-induced epinephrine enhances lactate dehydrogenase A and promotes breast cancer stem-like cells

B Cui, Y Luo, P Tian, F Peng, J Lu… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Chronic stress triggers activation of the sympathetic nervous system and drives malignancy.
Using an immunodeficient murine system, we showed that chronic stress–induced …

USP22 deubiquitinates CD274 to suppress anticancer immunity

X Huang, Q Zhang, Y Lou, J Wang, X Zhao… - Cancer immunology …, 2019 - AACR
Abstract PD-1 (CD279)–PD-L1 (CD274) inhibitory signaling is critical for cancer immune
evasion, and thus has become one of the major targets in anticancer immunotherapy. There …

LSD1/KDM1A, a gate-keeper of cancer stemness and a promising therapeutic target

P Karakaidos, J Verigos, A Magklara - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
A new exciting area in cancer research is the study of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and the
translational implications for putative epigenetic therapies targeted against them …

Molecular pathways: revisiting glycogen synthase kinase-3β as a target for the treatment of cancer

A Walz, A Ugolkov, S Chandra, A Kozikowski… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β), a serine/threonine protein kinase, is a complex
regulator of numerous cellular functions. GSK-3β is a unique kinase which is constitutively …

Arginine methylation‐dependent LSD1 stability promotes invasion and metastasis of breast cancer

J Liu, J Feng, L Li, L Lin, J Ji, C Lin, L Liu, N Zhang… - EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Abstract Histone lysine demethylase 1 (LSD 1), the first identified histone demethylase, is
overexpressed in multiple tumor types, including breast cancer. However, the mechanisms …

Deubiquitylating enzymes in cancer and immunity

J Ren, P Yu, S Liu, R Li, X Niu, Y Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) maintain relative homeostasis of the cellular ubiquitome
by removing the post‐translational modification ubiquitin moiety from substrates. Numerous …