The roles of histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer therapy

G Li, Y Tian, WG Zhu - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic mutations and abnormal gene regulation are key mechanisms underlying
tumorigenesis. Nucleosomes, which consist of DNA wrapped around histone cores …

CTLs heterogeneity and plasticity: implications for cancer immunotherapy

S Peng, A Lin, A Jiang, C Zhang, J Zhang, Q Cheng… - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) play critical antitumor roles, encompassing diverse subsets
including CD4+, NK, and γδ T cells beyond conventional CD8+ CTLs. However, definitive …

Understanding the role of histone deacetylase and their inhibitors in neurodegenerative disorders: current targets and future perspective

V Kumar, S Kundu, A Singh… - Current …, 2022 - benthamdirect.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are a group of pathological conditions that cause motor
incordination (jerking movements), cognitive and memory impairments result from …

The role of epigenetic modifications in drug resistance and treatment of breast cancer

M Karami Fath, A Azargoonjahromi, A Kiani… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Breast cancer is defined as a biological and molecular heterogeneous disorder
that originates from breast cells. Genetic predisposition is the most important factor giving …

Role of HDACs in normal and malignant hematopoiesis

P Wang, Z Wang, J Liu - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Normal hematopoiesis requires the accurate orchestration of lineage-specific patterns of
gene expression at each stage of development, and epigenetic regulators play a vital role …

Class I HDAC inhibitors enhance antitumor efficacy and persistence of CAR-T cells by activation of the Wnt pathway

M Zhu, Y Han, T Gu, R Wang, X Si, D Kong, P Zhao… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Epigenetic modification shapes differentiation trajectory and regulates the exhaustion state
of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells. Limited efficacy induced by terminal exhaustion …

[HTML][HTML] CD4+ Cytotoxic T cells–phenotype, function and transcriptional networks controlling their differentiation pathways

T Preglej, W Ellmeier - Immunology Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The two major subsets of peripheral T cells are classically divided into the CD4+ T helper
cells and the cytotoxic CD8+ T cell lineage. However, the appearance of some effector …

Tcf1 and Lef1 transcription factors establish CD8+ T cell identity through intrinsic HDAC activity

S **ng, F Li, Z Zeng, Y Zhao, S Yu, Q Shan, Y Li… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract The CD4+ and CD8+ T cell dichotomy is essential for effective cellular immunity.
How individual T cell identity is established remains poorly understood. Here we show that …

Histone deacetylase function in CD4+ T cells

W Ellmeier, C Seiser - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2018 - nature.com
The differentiation of T helper cell subsets and their acquisition of effector functions are
accompanied by changes in gene expression programmes, which in part are regulated and …

Therapeutic potential of tucidinostat, a subtype-selective HDAC inhibitor, in cancer treatment

Y Sun, JH Hong, Z Ning, D Pan, X Fu, X Lu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) is one of the most characterized epigenetic modifiers,
modulating chromatin structure and gene expression, which plays an important role in cell …