The SMARCA4 R1157W mutation accelerates colorectal cancer progression by facilitating SMARCA4 recruitment to H4R3me2a and chromatin remodeling

X Zeng, B Yao, J Liu, GW Gong, M Liu, J Li, HF Pan… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
Background: Genomic studies have demonstrated a high frequency of genetic alterations in
components of the SWI/SNF complex including the core subunit SMARCA4. However, the …

Genetic and epigenetic screening for gene alterations of the chromatin‐remodeling factor, SMARCA4/BRG1, in lung tumors

PP Medina, J Carretero, MF Fraga… - Genes …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The SMARCA4/BRG1 gene product is a component of the SWI‐SNF chromatin‐remodeling
complex and regulates gene expression by disrupting histone‐DNA contacts in an ATP …

Abstract A046: Identification of paralog selective degraders of SMARCA2 and SMARCA4 for treatment of various cancers

C Abbineni, K Aithal, L Khare, SD V, B Kuila… - Molecular Cancer …, 2023 - AACR
Abstract Background: The BAF (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complex comprises of two
mutually exclusive ATPases, SMARCA2 (BRM) and SMARCA4 (BRG1), that affect the …

[PDF][PDF] Global regulatory DNA potentiation by SMARCA4 propagates to selective gene expression programs via domain-level remodeling

JE Lazar, S Stehling-Sun, V Nandakumar, H Wang… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
The human genome encodes millions of regulatory elements, of which only a small fraction
are active within a given cell type. Little is known about the global impact of chromatin …

Residual complexes containing SMARCA2 (BRM) underlie the oncogenic drive of SMARCA4 (BRG1) mutation

BG Wilson, KC Helming, X Wang, Y Kim… - … and cellular biology, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Collectively, genes encoding subunits of the SWI/SNF (BAF) chromatin remodeling complex
are mutated in 20% of all human cancers, with the SMARCA4 (BRG1) subunit being one of …

Keeping chromatin quiet: how nucleosome remodeling restores heterochromatin after replication

JE Mermoud, SP Rowbotham, PD Varga-Weisz - Cell cycle, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Disruption of chromatin organization during replication poses a major challenge to the
maintenance and integrity of genome organization. It creates the need to accurately …

SMARCA2 and SMARCA4 participate in DNA damage repair

D Wu, L Yu - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
SMARCA2 and SMARCA4 (SMARCA2/4) are paralogs and act as the key enzymatic
subunits in the SWI/SNF complex for chromatin remodeling. However, the role of …

SMARCA2/4 PROTAC for targeted protein degradation and cancer therapy

RB Kargbo - ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biological Target. SMARCA2 and SMARCA4 Summary. The SMARCA subgroup of genes
belong to the SWI1/SNF1 family that provide instructions for making chromatin remodeling …

Essential roles of Snf21, a Swi2/Snf2 family chromatin remodeler, in fission yeast mitosis

K Yamada, K Hirota, K Mizuno, T Shibata… - Genes & genetic …, 2008 - jstage.jst.go.jp
ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers (ADCRs) convert local chromatin structure into both
transcriptional active and repressive state. Recent studies have revealed that ADCRs play …

DNA repair goes hip-hop: SMARCA and CHD chromatin remodellers join the break dance

MB Rother, H van Attikum - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Proper signalling and repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) is critical to prevent
genome instability and diseases such as cancer. The packaging of DNA into chromatin …