Abstract: Provided herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing, treating, or ameliorating symptoms of cancer, including melanoma, with inhibitors of PRMTS and immune response regulators in combination with checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

Abstract: The ubiquitin ligase, RNF5, regulates the gut microbiota composition and influences the immune checkpoint response to tumors. RNF5 deficient animals exhibit significant inhibition of tumor development as well as an altered gut microbiota composition. Methods of treating cancer by administering to a subject one or more selected bacterial species and/or one or more prebiotics that promote the growth of one or more selected bacterial species are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer by administering to a subject one or more selected bacterial species and/or one or more prebiotics that promote the growth of one or more selected bacterial species in combination with one or more anti-cancer agents.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) using a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor alone or incombination with a RING finger protein 5 (RNF5) inhibitor and/or a retinoblastoma binding protein 4 (RBBP4) inhibitor. Moreover, RNF5 and/or RBBP4 expression or protein levels in a patient can be measured and used to inform individualized treatment options and dosing regiments. For example, AML patients with lower levels of either RNF5 or RBBP4 may be stratified and treated with one or more HDAC inhibitors leading to improved therapeutic results.

Abstract: The ubiquitin ligase, RNF5, regulates the gut microbiota composition and influences the immune checkpoint response to tumors. RNF5 deficient animals exhibit significant inhibition of tumor development as well as an altered gut microbiota composition. Methods of treating cancer by administering to a subject one or more selected bacterial species and/or one or more prebiotics that promote the growth of one or more selected bacterial species are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer by administering to a subject one or more selected bacterial species and/or one or more prebiotics that promote the growth of one or more selected bacterial species in combination with one or more anti-cancer agents.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for treating, reducing, or ameliorating cancer in a subject, comprising administering compositions comprising mucin and/or inulin. In some aspects, described herein is a method of enhancing anti-cancer immunity comprising: (a) administering to a subject a composition comprising mucin, wherein the subject has been identified as having a gut microbiome comprising one more microbial taxa that are members of a Clostridium cluster XIVa or an Actinobacteria phylum; and (b) altering the gut microbiome in the subject, wherein administration of the composition causes an enhanced anti-cancer immunity in the subject.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and compositions for diagnosing, treating, or ameliorating symptoms of cancer, including pancreatic cancer and melanoma, with ASNS synthetic lethal partners.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising quinolinones. The quinolinones and compositions thereof are useful as eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F (eIF4F) complex modulators.

Abstract: The ubiquitin ligase, RNF5, regulates the gut microbiota composition and influences the immune checkpoint response to tumors. RNF5 deficient animals exhibit significant inhibition of tumor development as well as an altered gut microbiota composition. Methods of treating cancer by administering to a subject one or more selected bacterial species and/or one or more prebiotics that promote the growth of one or more selected bacterial species are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer by administering to a subject one or more selected bacterial species and/or one or more prebiotics that promote the growth of one or more selected bacterial species in combination with one or more anti-cancer agents.

Abstract: Provided herein are new therapeutic regimens for treatment of cancer with a combination of a JAK inhibitor and an inhibitor targeting the MAPK pathway, combinations and methods of use thereof. In some embodiments, described herein are methods for treating cancer in an individual in need thereof, comprising administration of a JAK inhibitor and an inhibitor targeting the MAPK pathway to the individual. In some embodiments, the JAK inhibitor is a JAKI inhibitor.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising quinolinones. The quinolinones and compositions thereof are useful as eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F (eIF4F) complex modulators.

Abstract: Methods for the diagnosis or prognosis of cellular proliferative disorders by detecting expression of PKC in cancer cells or tumor cells are provided herein. Also provided are methods for treating a melanocyte proliferative disorder with agents that modulate the translocational activity of ATF2 and/or PKC? activity.

Abstract: The present invention describes an improved method for screening compounds for activity in inhibiting the enzymatic activity of Akt1 protein kinase. In general, the method comprises: (1) providing a plurality of compounds suspected of having Akt1 kinase inhibitory activity; (2) modeling the docking of each of the plurality of the compounds with a target binding site; (3) ranking the docked compounds by goodness of fit; (4) further selecting compounds; (5) optionally, visually analyzing structures of compounds selected in step (4) to remove any compounds with improbable docking geometry; and (6) experimentally testing the selected compounds from step (4) or step (5), if step (5) is performed, to determine their inhibitory activity against Akt1. The invention also encompasses pharmaceutical compositions including compounds whose inhibitory activity against Akt1 is discovered by the screening method, as well as methods of use of the pharmaceutical compositions to prevent and treat cancer and other conditions.

Abstract: Methods for the diagnosis or prognosis of melanoma by detecting expression of ATF2 and MITF in melanocytes are provided herein. Also provided are methods of treating a melanocyte proliferative disorder with agents that modulate the transcriptional activity of ATF2 and/or MITF activity.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods, compounds, and compositions for detection, diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring, treatment, monitoring treatment, and selecting treatment of cancer and metastasis, and for identifying compounds and compositions for such uses. For example, disclosed are methods, compounds, and compositions for detecting a risk of metastasis of cancer in a subject, treating a subject at risk of metastasis of cancer, identifying an inhibitor of HIF1?:FoxA2 function or complex formation, detecting a risk of neuroendocrine differentiation (NED)-associated cancer, determining a prognosis of a cancer, determining a treatment for a cancer, monitoring or determining the effect of treatment of a NED-associated cancer, treating NED-associated cancer, identifying an inhibitor of HIF1?:FoxA2 complex formation, detecting neuroendocrine differentiation (NED)-associated cancer, monitoring the risk of metastasis of cancer in a subject, and treating NED-associated cancer.

Abstract: There are provided methods of inhibiting growth and metastasis of melanoma, methods of sensitizing melanoma cells to apoptosis, and methods of treating a subject having melanoma using acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof. There are further provided derivatives of celastrol and compositions comprising acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is based on the discovery of the tumor suppressor role of activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2) in non-melanoma skin cancer development. Accordingly, the invention provides methods of diagnosing a subject as having or at risk of having skin cancer. Also provided are methods of treating skin cancer in a subject, characterizing skin cancer in a subject, and identifying agents useful for treating skin cancer in a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel therapies for cancer and, in particular, to therapies that are particularly suited to tumor cells resistant to other types of therapies such as radiation, chemotherapy, or combinations of both approaches. The invention provides methods for identifying and implementing strategies to inhibit a transcription factor which, in combination with other factors, renders the cells resistant and inhibits apopotosis of the cells. The invention provides an inhibitory ATF2 N-terminal fragment, specifically a fragment corresponding to amino acid residues 50-100 of ATF2 (termed peptide II). The invention provides methods for inhibiting tumor cell growth with such peptides.

Abstract: There are provided methods of inhibiting growth and metastasis of melanoma, methods of sensitizing melanoma cells to apoptosis, and methods of treating a subject having melanoma using acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof. There are further provided derivatives of celastrol and compositions comprising acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: There are provided methods of inhibiting growth and metastasis of melanoma, methods of sensitizing melanoma cells to apoptosis, and methods of treating a subject having melanoma using acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof. There are further provided derivatives of celastrol and compositions comprising acetyl isogambogic acid, celastrol, or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: The present invention describes an improved method for screening compounds for activity in inhibiting the enzymatic activity of Akt1 protein kinase, also known as Protein Kinase B, an enzyme that is believed to play a key role in the inhibition of apoptosis and thus in the etiology of cancer and other conditions, including neurodegenerative diseases.