Cancer epigenetics reaches mainstream oncology

M Rodríguez-Paredes, M Esteller - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Epigenetics is one of the most promising and expanding fields in the current biomedical
research landscape. Since the inception of epigenetics in the 1940s, the discoveries …

Dual-target inhibitors based on HDACs: novel antitumor agents for cancer therapy

T Liu, Y Wan, Y Xiao, C Xia, G Duan - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play an important role in regulating target gene expression.
They have been highlighted as a novel category of anticancer targets, and their inhibition …

Combination epigenetic therapy has efficacy in patients with refractory advanced non–small cell lung cancer

RA Juergens, J Wrangle, FP Vendetti, SC Murphy… - Cancer discovery, 2011 - AACR
Epigenetic alterations are strongly associated with the development of cancer. We
conducted a phase I/II trial of combined epigenetic therapy with azacitidine and entinostat …

Pharmacogenomic landscape of patient-derived tumor cells informs precision oncology therapy

JK Lee, Z Liu, JK Sa, S Shin, J Wang, M Bordyuh… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Outcomes of anticancer therapy vary dramatically among patients due to diverse genetic
and molecular backgrounds, highlighting extensive intertumoral heterogeneity. The …

Unraveling the hidden catalytic activity of vertebrate class IIa histone deacetylases

A Lahm, C Paolini, M Pallaoro… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Previous findings have suggested that class IIa histone deacetylases (HDACs)(HDAC4,-5,-
7, and-9) are inactive on acetylated substrates, thus differing from class I and IIb enzymes …

Novel histone deacetylase inhibitors in clinical trials as anti-cancer agents

J Tan, S Cang, Y Ma, RL Petrillo, D Liu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2010 - Springer
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) can regulate expression of tumor suppressor genes and
activities of transcriptional factors involved in both cancer initiation and progression through …

Targeting triple-negative breast cancer cells with the histone deacetylase inhibitor panobinostat

CR Tate, LV Rhodes, HC Segar, JL Driver… - Breast Cancer …, 2012 - Springer
Introduction Of the more than one million global cases of breast cancer diagnosed each
year, approximately fifteen percent are characterized as triple-negative, lacking the …

Rational therapeutic combinations with histone deacetylase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer

KT Thurn, S Thomas, A Moore, PN Munster - Future oncology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) regulate the acetylation of a variety of histone and
nonhistone proteins, controlling the transcription and regulation of genes involved in cell …

Romidepsin: a new therapy for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and a potential therapy for solid tumors

C Grant, F Rahman, R Piekarz, C Peer… - Expert review of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Romidepsin is a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDI), approved by the US FDA for the
treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Although various mechanisms have been …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors as radiosensitisers: effects on DNA damage signalling and repair

B Groselj, NL Sharma, FC Hamdy, M Kerr… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Many cancers display increased expression of histone deacetylases (HDACs) and therefore
transcriptionally inactive chromatin, resulting in the downregulation of genes including …