Targeting transcription factors for cancer treatment

M Lambert, S Jambon, S Depauw… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Transcription factors are involved in a large number of human diseases such as cancers for
which they account for about 20% of all oncogenes identified so far. For long time, with the …

[PDF][PDF] An overview of recent advances in duplex DNA recognition by small molecules

S Bhaduri, N Ranjan, DP Arya - Beilstein journal of organic …, 2018 - beilstein-journals.org
As the carrier of genetic information, the DNA double helix interacts with many natural
ligands during the cell cycle, and is amenable to such intervention in diseases such as …

“Stripe” transcription factors provide accessibility to co-binding partners in mammalian genomes

Y Zhao, SV Vartak, A Conte, X Wang, DA Garcia… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Regulatory elements activate promoters by recruiting transcription factors (TFs) to specific
motifs. Notably, TF-DNA interactions often depend on cooperativity with colocalized …

Interleukin-10 suppression enhances T-cell antitumor immunity and responses to checkpoint blockade in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

JR Rivas, Y Liu, SS Alhakeem, JM Eckenrode, F Marti… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
T-cell dysfunction is a hallmark of B-cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), where CLL
cells downregulate T-cell responses through regulatory molecules including programmed …

Targeting DNA minor groove by hybrid molecules as anticancer agents

S Nekkanti, R Tokala… - Current Medicinal …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Agents which can recognize and bind specific sequences of DNA offer selective therapy
through the modulation of specific transcription factors or genes. Recently, there has been …

The antitumor antibiotic mithramycin: new advanced approaches in modification and production

J Kormanec, R Novakova, D Csolleiova… - Applied Microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
The aureolic acid-type polyketide mithramycin (MTM) has a remarkable cytotoxicity against a
variety of human tumors and has been used for the treatment of several types of cancer …

A survey of recent unusual high-resolution DNA structures provoked by mismatches, repeats and ligand binding

R Satange, C Chang, MH Hou - Nucleic acids research, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The structure of the DNA duplex is arguably one of the most important biological structures
elucidated in modern history. DNA duplex structure is closely associated with essential …

Identification of diterpenoid compounds that interfere with Fli-1 DNA binding to suppress leukemogenesis

T Liu, L Xia, Y Yao, C Yan, Y Fan, B Gajendran… - Cell Death & …, 2019 - nature.com
The ETS transcription factor Fli-1 controls the expression of genes involved in
hematopoiesis including cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. Dysregulation of Fli-1 …

Mithramycin and its analogs: Molecular features and antitumor action

J Portugal - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2024 - Elsevier
The antitumor antibiotic mithramycin A (MTA) binds to G/C-rich DNA sequences in the
presence of dications. MTA inhibits transcription regulated by the Sp1 transcription factor …

Mithramycin and analogs for overcoming cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer

D Schweer, JR McCorkle, J Rohr, OV Tsodikov… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ovarian cancer is a highly deadly malignancy in which recurrence is considered incurable.
Resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy bodes a particularly abysmal prognosis …