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ReviewCancers2021

Histone Modifying Enzymes as Targets for Therapeutic Intervention in Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Oliver J Pickering, Stella P Breininger, Timothy J Underwood, Zoë S Walters

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Oliver J PickeringSchool of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4100-385X
Stella P BreiningerSchool of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2046-3187
Timothy J UnderwoodSchool of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
Zoë S WaltersSchool of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1835-5868
University of Southampton · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 23924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) has a dismal prognosis, where curable disease occurs in less than 40% of patients, and many of those with incurable disease survive for less than a year from diagnosis. Despite the widespread use of systematic chemotherapy in OAC treatment, many patients receive no benefit. New treatments are urgently needed for OAC patients. There is an emerging interest in epigenetic regulators in cancer pathogenesis, which are now translating into novel cancer therapeutic strategies. Histone-modifying enzymes (HMEs) are key epigenetic regulators responsible for dynamic covalent histone modifications that play roles in both normal and dysregulated cellular processes including tumorigenesis. Several HME inhibitors are in clinical use for haematological malignancies and sarcomas, with numerous on-going clinical trials for their use in solid tumours. This review discusses the current literature surrounding HMEs in OAC pathogenesis and their potential use in targeted therapies for this disease.

Indexed as

biomarkerepigeneticsEZH2HDAChistone modifying enzymesoesophageal cancer

Identifiers

PMID34439236
PMCPMC8392153
OpenAlexW3196105190

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