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 · 2026

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Zili Zhen and co-authors pair two epigenetic drugs in 2026 against a deadly child brain tumor called diffuse midline glioma. The tumor carries a histone fault that scrambles gene control genome-wide. Stem-like tumor cells from brainstem and spinal tumors of patients fed drug tests. Two blockers, one for each of two gene-silencing systems, were tried alone and together.

The pair worked far better together than alone across the cell panel. Growth, self-renewal, and division programs fell while death and maturation signals rose. Stem-cell share dropped by more than ninety percent under the pair. In mouse implants, the pair shrank tumors, cut spinal spread, and lengthened survival.

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CREATORZili Zhen, Qiang Gao, Yong Ai, Zhihong Qian, Yukui Shang, Yafang Deng, Shuai Chen, Xin Ni, Wei Zhang
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE47 KB
LICENSEhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13476686

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