Targeting transcription factors in cancer—from undruggable to reality

JH Bushweller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Mutated or dysregulated transcription factors represent a unique class of drug targets that
mediate aberrant gene expression, including blockade of differentiation and cell death gene …

An overview of cancer treatment modalities

Z Abbas, S Rehman - Neoplasm, 2018 - books.google.com
Cancer is a global issue majorly affecting develo** countries. According to a survey, 63%
of deaths due to cancer are reported from develo** countries. There are different …

The ETS family of oncogenic transcription factors in solid tumours

GM Sizemore, JR Pitarresi, S Balakrishnan… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Findings over the past decade have identified aberrant activation of the ETS transcription
factor family throughout all stages of tumorigenesis. Specifically in solid tumours, gene …

The oncogene ERG: a key factor in prostate cancer

P Adamo, MR Ladomery - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
ETS-related gene (ERG) is a member of the E-26 transformation-specific (ETS) family of
transcription factors with roles in development that include vasculogenesis, angiogenesis …

Advances in the development ubiquitin-specific peptidase (USP) inhibitors

S Chen, Y Liu, H Zhou - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ubiquitylation and deubiquitylation are reversible protein post-translational modification
(PTM) processes involving the regulation of protein degradation under physiological …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging role of ubiquitination in the regulation of PD-1/PD-L1 in cancer immunotherapy

X Hu, J Wang, M Chu, Y Liu, Z Wang, X Zhu - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
A growing amount of evidence suggests that ubiquitination and deubiquitination of
programmed death 1 (PD-1)/programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) play crucial roles in the …

Drug development targeting the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) for the treatment of human cancers

X Zhang, S Linder, M Bazzaro - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer cells are characterized by a higher rate of protein turnover and greater demand for
protein homeostasis compared to normal cells. In this scenario, the ubiquitin–proteasome …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular profiling of low grade serous ovarian tumours identifies novel candidate driver genes

SM Hunter, MS Anglesio, GL Ryland, R Sharma… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low grade serous ovarian tumours are a rare and under-characterised histological subtype
of epithelial ovarian tumours, with little known of the molecular drivers and facilitators of …

SPOP promotes ubiquitination and degradation of the ERG oncoprotein to suppress prostate cancer progression

W Gan, X Dai, A Lunardi, Z Li, H Inuzuka, P Liu… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
The ERG gene is fused to TMPRSS2 in approximately 50% of prostate cancers (PrCa),
resulting in its overexpression. However, whether this is the sole mechanism underlying …

Advances in deubiquitinating enzyme inhibition and applications in cancer therapeutics

AM Antao, A Tyagi, KS Kim, S Ramakrishna - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS), the roles of ubiquitinating
and deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) have been widely elucidated. The ubiquitination of …