The MYC oncogene — the grand orchestrator of cancer growth and immune evasion

R Dhanasekaran, A Deutzmann… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
The MYC proto-oncogenes encode a family of transcription factors that are among the most
commonly activated oncoproteins in human neoplasias. Indeed, MYC aberrations or …

Burkitt lymphoma

C López, B Burkhardt, JKC Chan, L Leoncini… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is an aggressive form of B cell lymphoma that can affect children and
adults. The study of BL led to the identification of the first recurrent chromosomal aberration …

Cancer metabolism: phenotype, signaling and therapeutic targets

JH Park, WY Pyun, HW Park - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aberrant metabolism is a major hallmark of cancer. Abnormal cancer metabolism, such as
aerobic glycolysis and increased anabolic pathways, has important roles in tumorigenesis …

MYC: a multipurpose oncogene with prognostic and therapeutic implications in blood malignancies

SE Ahmadi, S Rahimi, B Zarandi, R Chegeni… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
MYC oncogene is a transcription factor with a wide array of functions affecting cellular
activities such as cell cycle, apoptosis, DNA damage response, and hematopoiesis. Due to …

Current challenges in understanding the role of enhancers in disease

JB Zaugg, P Sahlén, R Andersson… - Nature structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
Enhancers play a central role in the spatiotemporal control of gene expression and tend to
work in a cell-type-specific manner. In addition, they are suggested to be major contributors …

MYC, metabolism, and cancer

ZE Stine, ZE Walton, BJ Altman, AL Hsieh, CV Dang - Cancer discovery, 2015 - AACR
The MYC oncogene encodes a transcription factor, MYC, whose broad effects make its
precise oncogenic role enigmatically elusive. The evidence to date suggests that MYC …

Autophagy in malignant transformation and cancer progression

L Galluzzi, F Pietrocola, JM Bravo‐San Pedro… - The EMBO …, 2015 - embopress.org
Autophagy plays a key role in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. In healthy cells,
such a homeostatic activity constitutes a robust barrier against malignant transformation …

Targeting transcription cycles in cancer

SJ Vervoort, JR Devlin, N Kwiatkowski, M Teng… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate control of gene expression is essential for normal development and dysregulation
of transcription underpins cancer onset and progression. Similar to cell cycle regulation …

MYC deregulation in primary human cancers

M Kalkat, J De Melo, KA Hickman, C Lourenco… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
MYC regulates a complex biological program by transcriptionally activating and repressing
its numerous target genes. As such, MYC is a master regulator of many processes, including …

Germinal centres and B cell lymphomagenesis

K Basso, R Dalla-Favera - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2015 - nature.com
Germinal centres (GCs) are involved in the selection of B cells secreting high-affinity
antibodies and are also the origin of most human B cell lymphomas. Recent progress has …