Oxygen-sensitive TERT Promoter Methylation Regulates Telomerase Activity

NR Forsyth, F Dogan - 2022 - preprints.org
Telomere repeats at the ends of human chromosomes protect chromosomes from
degradation, and telomerase has a prominent role in telomere maintenance. Telomerase …

TERT Promoter Methylation Is Oxygen-Sensitive and Regulates Telomerase Activity

F Dogan, NR Forsyth - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Telomere repeats protect linear chromosomes from degradation, and telomerase has a
prominent role in their maintenance. Telomerase has telomere-independent effects on cell …

Determining the role of epigenetics in telomerase regulation

F Dogan - 2022 - keele-repository.worktribe.com
Telomeres are guanine-rich 5'-TTAGGG-3'repeats found at the ends of human
chromosomes that protect chromosomes from degradation and also provide stabilization …

Investigation of the TERT promoter DNA methylation status in human cancer

D Lee - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Telomere maintenance is a hallmark of human cancer. In the majority of human cancer,
telomere maintenance is achieved by reactivation of telomerase. TERT–a reverse …

Microenvironmental regulation of telomerase isoforms in human embryonic stem cells

L Radan, CS Hughes, JH Teichroeb… - Stem cells and …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Recent evidence points to extra-telomeric, noncanonical roles for telomerase in regulating
stem cell function. In this study, human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) were cultured in 20 …

Understanding TERT promoter mutations: a common path to immortality

RJA Bell, HT Rube, A Xavier-Magalhaes… - Molecular Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Telomerase (TERT) activation is a fundamental step in tumorigenesis. By maintaining
telomere length, telomerase relieves a main barrier on cellular lifespan, enabling limitless …

Activating somatic and germline TERT promoter variants in myeloid malignancies

V Nofrini, C Matteucci, F Pellanera, P Gorello… - Leukemia, 2021 - nature.com
TERT gene is encoding for the telomerase enzyme catalytic subunit, which maintains
genomic integrity through de novo synthesis of telomere repeats at chromosome ends. It is …

TERT—regulation and roles in cancer formation

M Dratwa, B Wysoczańska, P Łacina, T Kubik… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is a catalytic subunit of telomerase. Telomerase
complex plays a key role in cancer formation by telomere dependent or independent …

Reactivation of telomerase in cancer

SC Akincilar, B Unal, V Tergaonkar - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2016 - Springer
Activation of telomerase is a critical step in the development of about 85% of human
cancers. Levels of Tert, which encodes the reverse transcriptase subunit of telomerase, are …

Alternative splicing and extra-telomeric role of telomerase reverse transcriptase isoforms in human embryonic stem cells

J Kim - 2017 - search.proquest.com
Human telomerase, a ribonucleoprotein complex consisting of a catalytic subunit (hTERT)
and a RNA template component (TERC), prevents telomere attrition in human embryonic …