Loss of tumor suppressor gene function in human cancer: an overview

LH Wang, CF Wu, N Rajasekaran… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2019 - karger.com
Cancer is a disease caused by the accumulation of genetic and epigenetic changes in two
types of genes: tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) and proto-oncogenes. Extensive research …

DNA methylation in solid tumors: functions and methods of detection

A Martisova, J Holcakova, N Izadi, R Sebuyoya… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation, ie, addition of methyl group to 5′-carbon of cytosine residues in CpG
dinucleotides, is an important epigenetic modification regulating gene expression, and thus …

A dual‐bioresponsive drug‐delivery depot for combination of epigenetic modulation and immune checkpoint blockade

H Ruan, Q Hu, D Wen, Q Chen, G Chen… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with advanced melanoma that is of low tumor‐associated antigen (TAA) expression
often respond poorly to PD‐1/PD‐L1 blockade therapy. Epigenetic modulators, such as …

The Ras/MAPK pathway and hepatocarcinoma: pathogenesis and therapeutic implications

B Delire, P Stärkel - European journal of clinical investigation, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still a major health problem, often
diagnosed at an advanced stage. The multikinase inhibitor sorafenib is to date the sole …

The role of tumor microenvironment in cancer immunotherapy

T Frankel, MP Lanfranca, W Zou - Tumor Immune Microenvironment in …, 2017 - Springer
The field of tumor immunology and immunotherapy has undergone a renaissance in the
past decade do in large part to a better understanding of the tumor immune …

Augmenting antitumor immune responses with epigenetic modifying agents

E Héninger, TEG Krueger, JM Lang - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic silencing of immune-related genes is a striking feature of the cancer genome that
occurs in the process of tumorigenesis. This phenomena impacts antigen processing and …

Mechanistic and prognostic significance of aberrant methylation in the molecular pathogenesis of human hepatocellular carcinoma

DF Calvisi, S Ladu, A Gorden, M Farina, JS Lee… - The Journal of clinical …, 2007 - jci.org
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide, accounting for
an estimated 600,000 deaths annually. Aberrant methylation, consisting of DNA …

Role of the Ras-association domain family 1 tumor suppressor gene in human cancers

A Agathanggelou, WN Cooper, F Latif - Cancer research, 2005 - aacrjournals.org
In recent years, the list of tumor suppressor genes (or candidate TSG) that are inactivated
frequently by epigenetic events rather than classic mutation/deletion events has been …

Molecular classification and novel targets in hepatocellular carcinoma: recent advancements

Y Hoshida, S Toffanin, A Lachenmayer… - Seminars in liver …, 2010 - thieme-connect.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of most lethal cancers worldwide. Strategic
decisions for the advancement of molecular therapies in this neoplasm require a clear …

[PDF][PDF] Aberrant methylation of multiple tumor suppressor genes in aging liver, chronic hepatitis, and hepatocellular carcinoma

N Nishida, T Nagasaka, T Nishimura, I Ikai… - …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aberrant DNA methylation is an important epigenetic alteration in hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC). However, the molecular processes underlying the methylator phenotype and the …