Regulation of human telomerase in homeostasis and disease

CM Roake, SE Artandi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex, the catalytic core of which includes the
telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and the non-coding human telomerase RNA (hTR) …

Telomeres in cancer: tumour suppression and genome instability

J Maciejowski, T de Lange - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
The shortening of human telomeres has two opposing effects during cancer development.
On the one hand, telomere shortening can exert a tumour-suppressive effect through the …

Genetics and epigenetics of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

A Mafficini, A Scarpa - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are heterogeneous
regarding site of origin, biological behavior, and malignant potential. There has been a rapid …

[HTML][HTML] Telomere-driven diseases and telomere-targeting therapies

P Martínez, MA Blasco - The Journal of cell biology, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Telomeres, the protective ends of linear chromosomes, shorten throughout an individual's
lifetime. Telomere shortening is proposed to be a primary molecular cause of aging. Short …

Proteolysis‐targeting chimeras in drug development: a safety perspective

K Moreau, M Coen, AX Zhang, F Pachl… - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Proteolysis‐targeting chimeras are a new drug modality that exploits the endogenous
ubiquitin proteasome system to degrade a protein of interest for therapeutic benefit. As the …

The emerging roles of TERRA in telomere maintenance and genome stability

N Bettin, C Oss Pegorar, E Cusanelli - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The finding that transcription occurs at chromosome ends has opened new fields of study on
the roles of telomeric transcripts in chromosome end maintenance and genome stability …

Telomeres, aging, and cancer: the big picture

PM Lansdorp - Blood, The Journal of the American Society of …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
The role of telomeres in human health and disease is yet to be fully understood. The
limitations of mouse models for the study of human telomere biology and difficulties in …

Role of the cGAS–STING pathway in cancer development and oncotherapeutic approaches

LT Khoo, LY Chen - EMBO reports, 2018 - embopress.org
The cyclic GMP‐AMP synthase (cGAS)–stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway
mediates anti‐microbial innate immunity by inducing the production of type I interferons …

The nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase complex in development and disease

J Basta, M Rauchman - Translating epigenetics to the clinic, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex is one of the
major chromatin remodeling complexes found in cells. It plays an important role in regulating …

ALT positivity in human cancers: prevalence and clinical insights

D MacKenzie Jr, AK Watters, JT To, MW Young… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Since it was first described over two decades ago, the Alternative
Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) pathway has been well accepted to hold clinical …