Described herein, inter alia, are compounds for treating
cancer and methods of use. This disclosure features chemical entities (e.g., small hairpin RNAs (shRNAs), micro
RNA (miRNAs),
small interfering RNA (siRNAs),
small molecule inhibitors, antisense nucleic acids, peptides, viruses,
CRISPR-sgRNAs, or combinations thereof) that inhibit one or more of m6A writers (e.g.,
methyltransferase like 3 (Mettl3 or MT-A70) or
methyltransferase like-14 (Mettl14)), m6Am writers (e.g., phosphorylated
CTD interacting factor I (PCIF 1), or Mettl3 / 14), m6A erasers (e.g., fat-
mass and
obesity-associated
protein (FTO) or ALKB homolog 5 (ALKBH5)), m6Am erasers (e.g., FTO), m6A readers (e.g., YTH domain-containing family proteins (YTHs)), YTF domain family member 1 (YTHDF 1), YTF domain family member 2 (YTHDF 2), YTF domain family member 3 (YTHDF 3), or
tyrosine-
protein phosphatase non-
receptor type 2 (PTPN2).