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William A. Weiss

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CRISPR-Cas9 screen reveals a MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma dependency on EZH2.

2018

Pharmacologically difficult targets, such as MYC transcription factors, represent a major challenge in cancer therapy. For the childhood cancer neuroblastoma, amplification of the oncogene MYCN is associated with high-risk disease and poor prognosis. Here, we deployed genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 screening of MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma and found a preferential dependency on genes encoding the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) components EZH2, EED, and SUZ12. Genetic and pharmacological suppression of EZH2 inhibited neuroblastoma growth in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, compared with neuroblastomas without MYCN amplification, MYCN-amplified neuroblastomas expressed higher levels of EZH2. ChIP…

0301 basic medicineCellular differentiationMedical and Health SciencesNeuroblastomaSUZ12Oncogene MYCNCRISPR-Cas SystemCancerPediatricNeuronsN-Myc Proto-Oncogene ProteinTumorEZH2EpigeneticCell DifferentiationGeneral MedicineUp-RegulationGene Expression Regulation NeoplasticOncology5.1 PharmaceuticalsEpigeneticsDevelopment of treatments and therapeutic interventionsHumanResearch ArticlePediatric Research InitiativePediatric CancerImmunologymacromolecular substancesBiologyN-Myc Proto-Oncogene ProteinCell Line03 medical and health sciencesRare DiseasesNeuroblastomaCell Line TumormedicineGeneticsHumansEnhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 ProteinTranscription factorneoplasmsNeoplasticHuman GenomeNeurosciencesGene AmplificationNeuronmedicine.disease030104 developmental biologyGene Expression RegulationCancer researchHistone deacetylaseCRISPR-Cas SystemsThe Journal of clinical investigation
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Autophagy

2012

Klionsky, Daniel J. et al.

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