EZH2: a novel target for cancer treatment

R Duan, W Du, W Guo - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is enzymatic catalytic subunit of polycomb repressive
complex 2 (PRC2) that can alter downstream target genes expression by trimethylation of …

AMPK: restoring metabolic homeostasis over space and time

E Trefts, RJ Shaw - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
The evolution of AMPK and its homologs enabled exquisite responsivity and control of
cellular energetic homeostasis. Recent work has been critical in establishing the …

Epigenetic modulation of antitumor immunity for improved cancer immunotherapy

E Dai, Z Zhu, S Wahed, Z Qu, WJ Storkus, ZS Guo - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetic mechanisms play vital roles not only in cancer initiation and progression, but also
in the activation, differentiation and effector function (s) of immune cells. In this review, we …

The MAPK and AMPK signalings: interplay and implication in targeted cancer therapy

J Yuan, X Dong, J Yap, J Hu - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Cancer is characterized as a complex disease caused by coordinated alterations of multiple
signaling pathways. The Ras/RAF/MEK/ERK (MAPK) signaling is one of the best-defined …

Metformin and cancer hallmarks: shedding new lights on therapeutic repurposing

Y Hua, Y Zheng, Y Yao, R Jia, S Ge… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Metformin is a well-known anti-diabetic drug that has been repurposed for several emerging
applications, including as an anti-cancer agent. It boasts the distinct advantages of an …

Suppression of STING associated with LKB1 loss in KRAS-driven lung cancer

S Kitajima, E Ivanova, S Guo, R Yoshida, M Campisi… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
KRAS-driven lung cancers frequently inactivate TP53 and/or STK11/LKB1, defining tumor
subclasses with emerging clinical relevance. Specifically, KRAS-LKB1 (KL)–mutant lung …

An androgen receptor switch underlies lineage infidelity in treatment-resistant prostate cancer

A Davies, S Nouruzi, D Ganguli, T Namekawa… - Nature cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancers adapt to increasingly potent targeted therapies by reprogramming their phenotype.
Here we investigated such a phenomenon in prostate cancer, in which tumours can escape …

Mechanisms of Polycomb group protein function in cancer

V Parreno, AM Martinez, G Cavalli - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer arises from a multitude of disorders resulting in loss of differentiation and a stem cell-
like phenotype characterized by uncontrolled growth. Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins are …

ASCL1 activates neuronal stem cell-like lineage programming through remodeling of the chromatin landscape in prostate cancer

S Nouruzi, D Ganguli, N Tabrizian, M Kobelev… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment with androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPIs) in prostate cancer
leads to the emergence of resistant tumors characterized by lineage plasticity and …

[HTML][HTML] SETD2 restricts prostate cancer metastasis by integrating EZH2 and AMPK signaling pathways

H Yuan, Y Han, X Wang, N Li, Q Liu, Y Yin, H Wang… - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
The level of SETD2-mediated H3K36me3 is inversely correlated with that of EZH2-catalyzed
H3K27me3. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether these two enzymatic activities are …