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ArticleMolecular therapy. Oncology2026

Targeting SMYD2 improves immunotherapy response in experimental hepatocellular carcinoma.

Bárbara Bueloni, Mariel Fusco, Esteban Fiore, Mariana Malvicini, María Jose Cantero, Lucía Lameroli, Mailín Casadei, Brian Martinez Ruiz, Florencia Mercogliano, Eva Santamaría and 5 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Bárbara BueloniHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mariel FuscoFacultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Esteban FioreHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mariana MalviciniFacultad de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
María Jose CanteroHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lucía LameroliHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mailín CasadeiHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Brian Martinez RuizHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Florencia MercoglianoConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Rivadavia 1917, C1033AAJ, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Eva SantamaríaDNA and RNA Medicine Division, Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), University of Navarre, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Catalina AtorrasagastiHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Josepmaria ArgemiDNA and RNA Medicine Division, Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), University of Navarre, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Ali CanbayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
Juan BayoHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Guillermo MazzoliniHepatology and Gene Therapy Program, Instituto de Investigaciones en Medicina Traslacional, CONICET - Universidad Austral, Av. Pte. Perón 1500, B1629AHJ, Pilar, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic options for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remain scarce and limited by resistance, underscoring the need for novel approaches. The lysine methyltransferase SMYD2 is overexpressed in several cancers and regulates oncogenic signaling through histone and non-histone substrates. However, its role in HCC is incompletely defined. We integrated transcriptomic analyses of patient samples with

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beta-cateninimmunosuppressionlysine methyltransferasemacrophage polarizationpharmacological inhibitionTGF-β pathwaytumor microenvironmentWnt signaling

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PMID42306568
PMCPMC13266103

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