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ArticleMolecular therapy. Oncology2026

Synergistic cell-cycle repression by HDAC/EZH2 co-targeting in H3K27-altered diffuse midline glioma.

Zili Zhen, Qiang Gao, Yong Ai, Zhihong Qian, Yukui Shang, Yafang Deng, Shuai Chen, Xin Ni, Wei Zhang

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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. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zili ZhenIDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Qiang GaoDepartment of Neurosurgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
Yong AiIDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Zhihong QianThe State Key Laboratory for Complex, Severe, and Rare Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yukui ShangThe State Key Laboratory for Complex, Severe, and Rare Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Yafang DengDepartment of Internal Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
Shuai ChenNeurological Center, Beijing Children's Hospital Shunyi Women's and Children's Hospital, Beijing 101300, China.
Xin NiNational Center for Pediatric Cancer Surveillance, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China.
Wei ZhangIDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.

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Abstract

Diffuse midline glioma (DMG) is an aggressive malignancy driven by the H3K27M oncohistone, leading to global epigenetic dysregulation and limited efficacy of single-agent epigenetic therapies. We previously observed clinical benefit from an HDAC/EZH2 inhibitor-based therapeutic regimen, but the mechanistic basis was unclear. A panel of patient-derived DMG glioma stem cell (GSC) cultures from brainstem and spinal cord tumors was used for drug-response and functional assays, with representative models further analyzed for transcriptomic alterations, cell-cycle distribution, global histone-modification changes, self-renewal, and

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cell-cycle arrestdiffuse midline gliomaepigenetic therapyEZH2 inhibitorglioma stem cellHDAC inhibitorpanobinostattazemetostattherapeutic synergy

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