The SWI/SNF complex in cancer—biology, biomarkers and therapy

P Mittal, CWM Roberts - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer genome-sequencing studies have revealed a remarkably high prevalence of
mutations in genes encoding subunits of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodelling complexes …

Endogenous retroelements and the viral mimicry response in cancer therapy and cellular homeostasis

R Chen, CA Ishak, DD De Carvalho - Cancer discovery, 2021 - aacrjournals.org
Features of the cancer epigenome distinguish cancers from their respective cell of origin and
establish therapeutic vulnerabilities that can be exploited through pharmacologic inhibition …

A single-cell and spatially resolved atlas of human breast cancers

SZ Wu, G Al-Eryani, DL Roden, S Junankar, K Harvey… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Breast cancers are complex cellular ecosystems where heterotypic interactions play central
roles in disease progression and response to therapy. However, our knowledge of their …

ARID1A suppresses R-loop-mediated STING-type I interferon pathway activation of anti-tumor immunity

MB Maxwell, MS Hom-Tedla, J Yi, S Li, SA Rivera, J Yu… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Clinical trials have identified ARID1A mutations as enriched among patients who respond
favorably to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) in several solid tumor types independent of …

Epigenetic therapy induces transcription of inverted SINEs and ADAR1 dependency

P Mehdipour, SA Marhon, I Ettayebi, A Chakravarthy… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Cancer therapies that target epigenetic repressors can mediate their effects by activating
retroelements within the human genome. Retroelement transcripts can form double …

Tazemetostat for tumors harboring SMARCB1/SMARCA4 or EZH2 alterations: results from NCI-COG pediatric MATCH APEC1621C

SN Chi, JS Yi, PM Williams… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background National Cancer Institute-Children's Oncology Group Pediatric
Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice assigns patients aged 1-21 years with refractory …

Single-cell analyses highlight the proinflammatory contribution of C1q-high monocytes to Behçet's disease

W Zheng, X Wang, J Liu, X Yu, L Li, H Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic vasculitis characterized by systemic immune aberrations.
However, a comprehensive understanding of immune disturbances in BD and how they …

Small-cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type–genetics, new treatment targets, and current management guidelines

M Tischkowitz, S Huang, S Banerjee… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - aacrjournals.org
Small-cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is a rare and highly
aggressive ovarian malignancy. In almost all cases, it is associated with somatic and often …

Contribution of resident and circulating precursors to tumor-infiltrating CD8+ T cell populations in lung cancer

P Gueguen, C Metoikidou, T Dupic, M Lawand… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), in general, and especially CD8+ TILs, represent a
favorable prognostic factor in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The tissue origin …

The immunological conundrum of endogenous retroelements

G Kassiotis - Annual review of immunology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Our defenses against infection rely on the ability of the immune system to distinguish
invading pathogens from self. This task is exceptionally challenging, if not seemingly …