Alternative approaches to target Myc for cancer treatment

C Wang, J Zhang, J Yin, Y Gan, S Xu, Y Gu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
The Myc proto-oncogene family consists of three members, C-MYC, MYCN, and MYCL,
which encodes the transcription factor c-Myc (hereafter Myc), N-Myc, and L-Myc …

Drugging the addict: non‐oncogene addiction as a target for cancer therapy

R Nagel, EA Semenova, A Berns - EMBO reports, 2016 - embopress.org
Historically, cancers have been treated with chemotherapeutics aimed to have profound
effects on tumor cells with only limited effects on normal tissue. This approach was followed …

Identification of ADAR1 adenosine deaminase dependency in a subset of cancer cells

HS Gannon, T Zou, MK Kiessling, GF Gao, D Cai… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Systematic exploration of cancer cell vulnerabilities can inform the development of novel
cancer therapeutics. Here, through analysis of genome-scale loss-of-function datasets, we …

Genomic landscape of DNA repair genes in cancer

YK Chae, JF Anker, BA Carneiro, S Chandra… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA repair genes are frequently mutated in cancer, yet limited data exist regarding the
overall genomic landscape and functional implications of these alterations in their entirety …

Synthetically lethal interactions of ATM, ATR, and DNA-PKcs

OL Kantidze, AK Velichko, AV Luzhin, NV Petrova… - Trends in cancer, 2018 - cell.com
Synthetic lethality occurs when simultaneous perturbations of two genes or molecular
processes result in a loss of cell viability. The number of known synthetically lethal …

Directing the use of DDR kinase inhibitors in cancer treatment

I Brandsma, EDG Fleuren, CT Williamson… - Expert opinion on …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Defects in the DNA damage response (DDR) drive the development of cancer
by fostering DNA mutation but also provide cancer-specific vulnerabilities that can be …

Targeting MYC in cancer therapy: RNA processing offers new opportunities

CM Koh, A Sabò, E Guccione - Bioessays, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
MYC is a transcription factor, which not only directly modulates multiple aspects of
transcription and co‐transcriptional processing (eg RNA‐Polymerase II initiation, elongation …

Capitalizing on synthetic lethality of MYC to treat cancer in the digital age

DKH Thng, TB Toh, EKH Chow - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Deregulation of MYC is among the most frequent oncogenic drivers of cancer. Develo**
targeted therapies against MYC is, therefore, one of the most critical unmet needs of cancer …

Controlling directed protein interaction networks in cancer

K Kanhaiya, E Czeizler, C Gratie, I Petre - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Control theory is a well-established approach in network science, with applications in bio-
medicine and cancer research. We build on recent results for structural controllability of …

Synthetic lethal strategies for the development of cancer therapeutics

NYL Ngoi, D Gallo, C Torrado, M Nardo… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic lethality is a genetic phenomenon whereby the simultaneous presence of two
different genetic alterations impairs cellular viability. Importantly, targeting synthetic lethal …