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ReviewEpigenomics2020

EZH2 inhibition: a promising strategy to prevent cancer immune editing.

Ning Kang, Mark Eccleston, Pier-Luc Clermont, Maryam Latarani, David Kingsley Male, Yuzhuo Wang, Francesco Crea

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Review in Epigenomics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Targeting MYC-Driven Cancers: From Oncogenic Addiction to Therapeutic Vulnerability.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  5. Epigenetic regulation of EZH2 by ncRNAs: mechanisms and oncogenic implications.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026
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  11. Precision epigenetic therapies in oncology.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ning KangDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer Research Centre, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1L3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1881-6748
Mark EcclestonBelgian Volition SPRL, Parc Scientifique Créalys, Rue Phocas Lejeune 22, BE-5032 Isnes, Belgium.
Pier-Luc ClermontFaculty of Medicine, Université Laval, 1050, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8717-9079
Maryam LataraniCancer Research Group, School of Life Health & Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2104-6054
David Kingsley MaleCancer Research Group, School of Life Health & Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1242-3137
Yuzhuo WangDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, BC Cancer Research Centre, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1L3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9749-8591
Francesco CreaCancer Research Group, School of Life Health & Chemical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4903-2973
The Open University · GBUniversité Laval · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAVolition (Belgium) · BE

Funding

TRANSCRIPTOME AND PROTEOME STRATIFICATION OF PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA PHENOTYPESP50CA097186 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI PETER S NELSON · 2002 to 2026
$58.1M
Cancer Research UK 22592NCI NIH HHS P50 CA097186
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapies are revolutionizing the clinical management of a wide range of cancers. However, intrinsic or acquired unresponsiveness to immunotherapies does occur due to the dynamic cancer immunoediting which ultimately leads to immune escape. The evolutionarily conserved histone modifier enhancer of zeste 2 (EZH2) is aberrantly overexpressed in a number of human cancers. Accumulating studies indicate that EZH2 is a main driver of cancer cells' immunoediting and mediate immune escape through downregulating immune recognition and activation, upregulating immune checkpoints and creating an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. In this review, we overviewed the roles of EZH2 in cancer immunoediting, the preclinical and clinical studies of current pharmacologic EZH2 inhibitors and the prospects for EZH2 inhibitor and immunotherapy combination for cancer treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEpigenesis, GeneticHumansImmunotherapyNeoplasmsTumor EscapeEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinEZH2 protein, humancancer immunotherapyepigeneticsEZH2immune editing

Identifiers

PMID32938196
PMCPMC7607396
OpenAlexW3087177675

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