Improving cancer immunotherapy by rationally combining oncolytic virus with modulators targeting key signaling pathways

Z Zhu, AJR McGray, W Jiang, B Lu, P Kalinski, ZS Guo - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) represent a new class of multi-modal immunotherapies for cancer,
with OV-elicited antitumor immunity being key to their overall therapeutic efficacy. Currently …

DNA methyltransferases in cancer: biology, paradox, aberrations, and targeted therapy

J Zhang, C Yang, C Wu, W Cui, L Wang - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
DNA methyltransferases are an essential class of modifiers in epigenetics. In mammals,
DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B participate in DNA methylation to regulate normal …

[HTML][HTML] Hexokinase 2-mediated gene expression via histone lactylation is required for hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis

H Rho, AR Terry, C Chronis, N Hay - Cell metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
Lactate was implicated in the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). However, the
mechanism by which lactate exerts its effect remains elusive. Using RNA-seq and CUT&Tag …

Brain microglia serve as a persistent HIV reservoir despite durable antiretroviral therapy

Y Tang, A Chaillon, S Gianella… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Brain microglia (MG) may serve as a human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV) reservoir and
ignite rebound viremia following cessation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), but they have yet …

Inhibition of a G9a/DNMT network triggers immune-mediated bladder cancer regression

C Segovia, E San Jose-Eneriz, E Munera-Maravilla… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Bladder cancer is lethal in its advanced, muscle-invasive phase with very limited therapeutic
advances,. Recent molecular characterization has defined new (epi) genetic drivers and …

Escape from treatment; the different faces of leukemic stem cells and therapy resistance in acute myeloid leukemia

N Van Gils, F Denkers, L Smit - Frontiers in oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Standard induction chemotherapy, consisting of an anthracycline and cytarabine, has been
the first-line therapy for many years to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Although this …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetics in hepatocellular carcinoma development and therapy: The tip of the iceberg

MG Fernández-Barrena, M Arechederra, L Colyn… - Jhep Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a deadly tumour whose causative agents are generally
well known, but whose pathogenesis remains poorly understood. Nevertheless, key genetic …

Immunogenomic identification and characterization of granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells in multiple myeloma

C Perez, C Botta, A Zabaleta, N Puig… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020 - ashpublications.org
Granulocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (G-MDSCs) promote tumor growth and
immunosuppression in multiple myeloma (MM). However, their phenotype is not well …

Novel approaches to epigenetic therapies: from drug combinations to epigenetic editing

A Majchrzak-Celińska, A Warych, M Szoszkiewicz - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer development involves both genetic and epigenetic alterations. Aberrant epigenetic
modifications are reversible, allowing excellent opportunities for therapeutic intervention …

The kinase polypharmacology landscape of clinical PARP inhibitors

AA Antolin, M Ameratunga, U Banerji, PA Clarke… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Polypharmacology plays an important role in defining response and adverse effects of
drugs. For some mechanisms, experimentally map** polypharmacology is commonplace …