Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of treating osteoarthritis in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a USP16 inhibitor.

Abstract: The disclosure provides methods and compositions for modulating cellular aging comprising contacting a cell with an inhibitor of USP16. The disclosed methods may be used to improve the efficacy of cell-based therapies, including chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapies, engineered T cell receptor (TCR) therapies, natural killer (NK) cell therapies, hematopoietic stem cell-based therapies, and other adoptive cell therapies.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of medical conditions associated with a reduced rate of stem cell self-renewal or that will be responsive to an increased rate of stem cell self-renewal. Aspects of the methods include inhibiting H2A deubiquitinating enzyme activity in cells, e.g. by administering an effective amount of an H2A deubiquitinating enzyme antagonist. Also provided are screens to identify therapeutics for the treatment of medical conditions associated with a reduced rate of stem cell self-renewal or that will be responsive to an increased rate of stem cell self-renewal.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of medical conditions associated with a reduced rate of stem cell self-renewal or that will be responsive to an increased rate of stem cell self-renewal. Aspects of the methods include inhibiting H2A deubiquitinating enzyme activity in cells, e.g. by administering an effective amount of an H2A deubiquitinating enzyme antagonist. Also provided are screens to identify therapeutics for the treatment of medical conditions associated with a reduced rate of stem cell self-renewal or that will be responsive to an increased rate of stem cell self-renewal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the expression of two genes, CyclinG2 and Sharp1, which correlates with prognosis in individuals having breast cancer. Specifically, this invention provides a method to stratify samples from breast cancer patients in a high or low recurrence risk in the years following primary tumor removal. This classification can be achieved through the analysis of protein or mRNA expression levels for the two identified genes. The invention also illustrates how CyclinG2 and Sharp1 have been identified in mammary cancer cell lines and validated in a large cohort of human patients as powerful metastasis predictors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the expression of two genes, CyclinG2 and Sharp1, which correlates with prognosis in individuals having breast cancer. Specifically, this invention provides a method to stratify samples from breast cancer patients in a high or low recurrence risk in the years following primary tumor removal. This classification can be achieved through the analysis of protein or mRNA expression levels for the two identified genes. The invention also illustrates how CyclinG2 and Sharp1 have been identified in mammary cancer cell lines and validated in a large cohort of human patients as powerful metastasis predictors.