Fernández-Serrano, M.; Winkler, R.; Santos, J.C.; Le Pannérer, M.-M.; Buschbeck, M.; Roué, G. Histone Modifications and Their Targeting in Lymphoid Malignancies. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2022, 23, 253.
Fernández-Serrano, M.; Winkler, R.; Santos, J.C.; Le Pannérer, M.-M.; Buschbeck, M.; Roué, G. Histone Modifications and Their Targeting in Lymphoid Malignancies. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 253.
Fernández-Serrano, M.; Winkler, R.; Santos, J.C.; Le Pannérer, M.-M.; Buschbeck, M.; Roué, G. Histone Modifications and Their Targeting in Lymphoid Malignancies. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2022, 23, 253.
Fernández-Serrano, M.; Winkler, R.; Santos, J.C.; Le Pannérer, M.-M.; Buschbeck, M.; Roué, G. Histone Modifications and Their Targeting in Lymphoid Malignancies. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 253.
Abstract
In a wide range of lymphoid neoplasms, the process of malignant transformation is associated to somatic mutations in B cells that affect the epigenetic machinery. Consequential alterations in histone modifications contribute to disease-specific changes in the transcriptional program. Affected genes commonly play important roles in cell cycle regulation, apoptosis-inducing signal transduction and DNA damage response, thus facilitating the emergence of malignant traits that impair immune surveillance and favor the emergence of different B-cell lymphoma subtypes. In the last two decades, the field has made a major effort to develop therapies that target these epigenetic alterations. In this review, we discuss which epigenetic alterations occur in non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma. Furthermore, we aim to present in close to comprehensive manner the current state-of-the-art in the preclinical and clinical development of epigenetic drugs. We focus on therapeutic strategies interfering with histone methylation and acetylation as these are most advanced in being deployed from the bench-to-bedside and have greatest potential to improve the prognosis of lymphoma patients.
Keywords
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Epigenetics; DNA methylation; HAT; HDAC; EZH2; bromodomain inhibitors; Drug combination; clinical testing
Subject
LIFE SCIENCES, Molecular Biology
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