DNA methylation, methyltransferases, and cancer

KD Robertson - Oncogene, 2001 - nature.com
DNA methyltransferases or DNMT's. I will then discuss the role of methylation in genetic
disease and cancer … one of the best studied DNA methyltransferases and why these interactions …

DNA methyltransferases in cancer: biology, paradox, aberrations, and targeted therapy

J Zhang, C Yang, C Wu, W Cui, L Wang - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
DNA methyltransferases are an essential class of modifiers in epigenetics. In mammals,
DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B participate in DNA methylation to regulate normal biological …

DNA methyltransferases, DNA damage repair, and cancer

B Jin, KD Robertson - Epigenetic alterations in oncogenesis, 2012 - Springer
… The maintenance DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) 1 and the de novo methyltransferases
promoter region with de novo DNA methyltransferase DNMT3B and promotes differentiation-…

The role of epigenetic transcription repression and DNA methyltransferases in cancer

FI Daniel, K Cherubini, LS Yurgel, MAZ de Figueiredo… - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methyltransferases are the enzymes … of DNA methyltransferases may contribute to
tumor progression through methylation-mediated gene inactivation in various human cancers. …

The role of DNA methylation and DNA methyltransferases in cancer

DJ Weisenberger, R Lakshminarasimhan… - DNA Methyltransferases …, 2022 - Springer
… Here, we describe the aberrant DNA methylation changes in human cancers and how they
DNA hypermethylation-based gene silencing, human cancers also display gene body DNA

Misregulation of the expression and activity of DNA methyltransferases in cancer

IK Mensah, AB Norvil, L AlAbdi, S McGovern… - … cancer, 2021 - academic.oup.com
DNA methyltransferases (DNMT) (1,2). The structures and catalytic mechanisms of DNA
methyltransferases … mammals; thus, DNA methylation is the most prevalent DNA modification (3). …

Dysregulated transcriptional and post-translational control of DNA methyltransferases in cancer

RK Lin, YC Wang - Cell & bioscience, 2014 - Springer
… several significant human diseases including various cancers, neuron disorder, psychosis,
… of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) [9–13]. DNMTs are the enzymes responsible for DNA

DNA methyltransferase inhibitors and the development of epigenetic cancer therapies

F Lyko, R Brown - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2005 - academic.oup.com
… directly at the DNA level. Consequently, in this review, we will focus on the role of DNA
methyltransferase inhibitors in the further development of epigenetic cancer therapies. We also …

DNA methylation and cancer

PW Laird, R Jaenisch - Human molecular genetics, 1994 - academic.oup.com
… to methyltransferase-facilitated deamination. Support for a role of DNA methyltransferase
as a mutator enzyme is provided by work with a prokaryotic DNA methyltransferase under S-…

DNA methyltransferase inhibitors for cancer therapy

B Brueckner, D Kuck, F Lyko - The Cancer Journal, 2007 - journals.lww.com
… of treating cancer by reducing DNA methyltransferase activity… the mouse Dnmt1 DNA
methyltransferase strongly suppress … and DNMT3B DNA methyltransferases in human cancer cells …