The MYC oncogene — the grand orchestrator of cancer growth and immune evasion

R Dhanasekaran, A Deutzmann… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
The MYC proto-oncogenes encode a family of transcription factors that are among the most
commonly activated oncoproteins in human neoplasias. Indeed, MYC aberrations or …

Paraganglioma and phaeochromocytoma: from genetics to personalized medicine

J Favier, L Amar, AP Gimenez-Roqueplo - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Paragangliomas and phaeochromocytomas are neuroendocrine tumours whose
pathogenesis and progression are very strongly influenced by genetics. A germline mutation …

Short tandem repeats bind transcription factors to tune eukaryotic gene expression

CA Horton, AM Alexandari, MGB Hayes, E Marklund… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Short tandem repeats (STRs) are enriched in eukaryotic cis-regulatory elements and alter
gene expression, yet how they regulate transcription remains unknown. We found that STRs …

The genetic changes of Wilms tumour

TD Treger, T Chowdhury, K Pritchard-Jones… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Wilms tumour is the most common renal malignancy of childhood. The disease is curable in
the majority of cases, albeit at considerable cost in terms of late treatment-related effects in …

Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma pathogenesis: learning from genetic heterogeneity

PLM Dahia - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2014 - nature.com
The neuroendocrine tumours pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas carry the highest
degree of heritability in human neoplasms, enabling genetic alterations to be traced to …

Advances in the translational genomics of neuroblastoma: From improving risk stratification and revealing novel biology to identifying actionable genomic alterations

KR Bosse, JM Maris - Cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroblastoma is an embryonal malignancy that commonly affects young children and is
remarkably heterogenous in its malignant potential. Recently, the genetic basis of …

[HTML][HTML] Stabilization of the Max homodimer with a small molecule attenuates Myc-driven transcription

NB Struntz, A Chen, A Deutzmann, RM Wilson… - Cell chemical …, 2019 - cell.com
The transcription factor Max is a basic-helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (bHLHLZ) protein that
forms homodimers or interacts with other bHLHLZ proteins, including Myc and Mxd proteins …

Recent achievements and current trajectories of diversity-oriented synthesis

CJ Gerry, SL Schreiber - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2020 - Elsevier
For two decades, diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) has facilitated the assembly of small-
molecule libraries comprising a variety of complex molecular architectures. Here, we …

c-Myc modulation and acetylation is a key HDAC inhibitor target in cancer

A Nebbioso, V Carafa, M Conte, FP Tambaro… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) are promising anticancer drugs.
Although some HDACi have entered the clinic, the mechanism (s) underlying their tumor …

DNA methylation profiling of medulloblastoma allows robust subclassification and improved outcome prediction using formalin-fixed biopsies

EC Schwalbe, D Williamson, JC Lindsey… - Acta …, 2013 - Springer
Molecular subclassification is rapidly informing the clinical management of
medulloblastoma. However, the disease remains associated with poor outcomes and …