Research

Identification of Mechanism of Cancer-cell-specific Reactivation of hTERT Offers Therapeutic Opportunities for Blocking Telomerase Specifically in Human Colorectal Cancer (Nucleic Acids Res., June 2022)

Transcriptional reactivation of hTERT is the limiting step in tumorigenesis. While mutations in hTERT promoter present in 19% of cancers are recognized as key drivers of hTERT reactivation, mechanisms by which wildtype hTERT (WT-hTERT) promoter is reactivated, in majority of human cancers, remain unknown.

Identification of Mechanism of Cancer-cell-specific Reactivation of hTERT Offers Therapeutic Opportunities for Blocking Telomerase Specifically in Human Colorectal Cancer (Nucleic Acids Res., June 2022) Read More »

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Organoid Co-cultures Mimic Angiocrine Crosstalk to Generate Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment (Biomaterials, May 22)

Despite approvals of several therapeutics to treat advanced HCC in the past few years, the impact of anti-angiogenic treatment on HCC patient overall survival remains limited. This suggests there may be alternative, perfusion-independent roles of endothelial cells that support tumor progression.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Organoid Co-cultures Mimic Angiocrine Crosstalk to Generate Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment (Biomaterials, May 22) Read More »

Chromatin Rewiring by Mismatch Repair Protein MSH2 Alters Cell Adhesion Pathways and Sensitivity to BET Inhibition in Gastric Cancer (Cancer Res, May 22)

Mutations in the DNA mismatch repair gene MSH2 are causative of microsatellite instability (MSI) in multiple cancers. Here, we discovered that besides its well-established role in DNA repair, MSH2 exerts a novel epigenomic function in gastric cancer (GC).

Chromatin Rewiring by Mismatch Repair Protein MSH2 Alters Cell Adhesion Pathways and Sensitivity to BET Inhibition in Gastric Cancer (Cancer Res, May 22) Read More »

“Cancer fishing”: CSI Singapore Researchers Discover New Mechanisms of Cancer using Zebrafish and Single-cell Sequencing Technology

For decades, scientists and doctors have been searching for the mechanisms underlying the formation of cancers.  Accumulating studies have revealed that each cancer type (e.g. gastric cancer, lung cancer, leukemia,

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Phase Ib/II Dose Expansion Study of Lenvatinib Combined with Letrozole in Post-Menopausal Women with Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer (Clin Cancer Res, Apr 22)

Joline S J Lim 1, Andrea L A Wong 2, Samuel G W Ow 1, Natalie Y L Ngoi 3, Gloria H J Chan 4, Yvonne L E Ang 5, Wan Qin Chong 6, Siew Eng Lim 4, Yi Wan Lim 6, Matilda Lee 4, Joan R E Choo 7, Hon Lyn

Phase Ib/II Dose Expansion Study of Lenvatinib Combined with Letrozole in Post-Menopausal Women with Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer (Clin Cancer Res, Apr 22) Read More »

Non-Coding RNA LEVER Sequestration of PRC2 Can Mediate Long Range Gene Regulation (Commun Biol, Apr 22)

Wei Wen Teo # 1, Xinang Cao # 1 2, Chan-Shuo Wu 1, Hong Kee Tan 1 3, Qiling Zhou 1, Chong Gao 4, Kim Vanuytsel 5 6, Sara S Kumar 5 6, George J Murphy 5 6, Henry Yang 1, Li Chai 7, Daniel G Tenen 8 9 10 Affiliations 1Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.

Non-Coding RNA LEVER Sequestration of PRC2 Can Mediate Long Range Gene Regulation (Commun Biol, Apr 22) Read More »

PLK1 Inhibition Selectively Induces Apoptosis in ARID1A Deficient Cells Through Uncoupling of Oxygen Consumption from ATP Production. (Oncogene, Mar 22)

Upadhyayula S Srinivas # 1, Norbert S C Tay # 1, Patrick Jaynes # 1, Akshaya Anbuselvan 1, Gokula K Ramachandran 1, Joanna D Wardyn 1, Michal M Hoppe 1, Phuong Mai Hoang 1, Yanfen Peng 1, Sherlly Lim 1, May Yin Lee 2, Praveen C Peethala 1, Omer An 1, Akshay Shendre 1, Bryce W Q Tan 1, Sherlyn Jemimah 1, Manikandan Lakshmanan 3, Longyu Hu 4, Rekha

PLK1 Inhibition Selectively Induces Apoptosis in ARID1A Deficient Cells Through Uncoupling of Oxygen Consumption from ATP Production. (Oncogene, Mar 22) Read More »