MYC protein interactors in gene transcription and cancer

C Lourenco, D Resetca, C Redel, P Lin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The transcription factor and oncoprotein MYC is a potent driver of many human cancers and
can regulate numerous biological activities that contribute to tumorigenesis. How a single …

Interrogating open issues in cancer precision medicine with patient-derived xenografts

AT Byrne, DG Alférez, F Amant, D Annibali… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) have emerged as an important platform to elucidate new
treatments and biomarkers in oncology. PDX models are used to address clinically relevant …

Accurate and efficient detection of gene fusions from RNA sequencing data

S Uhrig, J Ellermann, T Walther, P Burkhardt… - Genome …, 2021 - genome.cshlp.org
The identification of gene fusions from RNA sequencing data is a routine task in cancer
research and precision oncology. However, despite the availability of many computational …

KRASG12D inhibition reprograms the microenvironment of early and advanced pancreatic cancer to promote FAS-mediated killing by CD8+ T cells

KK Mahadevan, KM McAndrews, VS LeBleu, S Yang… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary The KRAS G12D mutation is present in nearly half of pancreatic adenocarcinomas
(PDAC). We investigated the effects of inhibiting the KRAS G12D mutant protein with …

Mechanisms of resistance to oncogenic KRAS inhibition in pancreatic cancer

J Dilly, MT Hoffman, L Abbassi, Z Li, F Paradiso… - Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
KRAS inhibitors demonstrate clinical efficacy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC);
however, resistance is common. Among patients with KRAS G12C-mutant PDAC treated …

Increased tumor glycolysis characterizes immune resistance to adoptive T cell therapy

T Cascone, JA McKenzie, RM Mbofung, S Punt… - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) produces durable responses in some cancer patients;
however, most tumors are refractory to ACT and the molecular mechanisms underlying …

A selective WDR5 degrader inhibits acute myeloid leukemia in patient-derived mouse models

X Yu, D Li, J Kottur, Y Shen, HS Kim, KS Park… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Interactions between WD40 repeat domain protein 5 (WDR5) and its various partners such
as mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) and c-MYC are essential for sustaining oncogenesis in …

The role of histone methylation in the development of digestive cancers: a potential direction for cancer management

Y Chen, B Ren, J Yang, H Wang, G Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Digestive cancers are the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide and have high
risks of morbidity and mortality. Histone methylation, which is mediated mainly by lysine …

Syndecan 1 is a critical mediator of macropinocytosis in pancreatic cancer

W Yao, JL Rose, W Wang, S Seth, H Jiang, A Taguchi… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains recalcitrant to all forms of cancer
treatment and carries a five-year survival rate of only 8%. Inhibition of oncogenic KRAS …

Discovery of a dual WDR5 and Ikaros PROTAC degrader as an anti-cancer therapeutic

D Li, X Yu, J Kottur, W Gong, Z Zhang, AJ Storey… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract WD repeat domain 5 (WDR5), an integral component of the MLL/KMT2A lysine
methyltransferase complex, is critically involved in oncogenesis and represents an attractive …