ArticleNAR cancer2026
Human DEAH-box helicase 8 regulates HSF1-mediated stress response and cancer-associated pre-mRNA splicing in tumour cells.
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- Fragment-Based Discovery of Potent RNA-Competitive Inhibitors of the DEAH-Box RNA Helicase DHX8.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2026Article
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Transcription factor heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) orchestrates the cellular stress response, promoting malignant transformation, unchecked proliferation, and stress-resilient survival of tumour cells. We set out to discover potentially druggable regulators of HSF1 activation and identified DEAH-box RNA helicase 8 (DHX8). We investigated the role of DHX8 in regulating HSF1 within the broader context of DHX8 function in cancer cells. DHX8 silencing induces intron retention in
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