Epigenetic regulators of DNA cytosine modification: promising targets for Cancer Therapy

I Jung, J An, M Ko - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic modifications are crucial regulators of gene expression that critically impact cell
lineage differentiation, survival, and proliferation, and dysregulations are commonly …

Contribution of DNA methyltransferases to spared nerve injury induced depression partially through epigenetically repressing Bdnf in hippocampus: Reversal by …

R Liu, X Wu, X He, R Wang, X Yin, F Zhou, M Ji… - Pharmacology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Long-lasting pain can induce depression, which seriously affects life quality of the patients,
but little is known about the underlying mechanism. Chronic neuropathic pain can modulate …

Prognostic and therapeutic significance of phosphorylated STAT3 and protein tyrosine phosphatase-6 in peripheral-T cell lymphoma

JJ Han, M O'byrne, MJ Stenson, MJ Maurer… - Blood cancer …, 2018 - nature.com
Peripheral T cell lymphomas (PTCL) is a heterogenous group of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
and many patients remain refractory to the frontline therapy. Identifying new prognostic …

Insights into the Inhibitory Mechanisms of the Covalent Drugs for DNMT3A

W Yang, J Zhuang, C Li, C Bai, G Cheng - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The perturbations of DNA methyltransferase 3 alpha (DNMT3A) may cause uncontrolled
gene expression, resulting in cancers and tumors. The DNMT inhibitors Azacytidine (AZA) …

DNA demethylation by 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine is imprinted, targeted to euchromatin, and has limited transcriptional consequences

MP Ramos, NA Wijetunga, AS McLellan, M Suzuki… - Epigenetics & …, 2015 - Springer
Background DNA methylation can be abnormally regulated in human disease and
associated with effects on gene transcription that appear to be causally related to …

Unraveling the reaction mechanism of enzymatic C5-cytosine methylation of DNA. A combined molecular dynamics and QM/MM study of wild type and Gln119 variant

J Aranda, K Zinovjev, K Swiderek, M Roca… - Acs Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
M. HhaI is a DNA methyltransferase from Haemophilus hemolyticus that catalyzes the
transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM) to the C5 position of a …

DNA methyltransferase inhibitors: development and applications

M Lopez, L Halby, PB Arimondo - DNA Methyltransferases-Role and …, 2016 - Springer
As described in previous chapters of this book, DNA methylation is involved in numerous
biological processes, and modulation of the activity of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) is a …

Epigenetic targets and drug discovery Part 2: Histone demethylation and DNA methylation

K Liu, Y Liu, JL Lau, J Min - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Chromatin structure is dynamically modulated by various chromatin modifications, such as
histone/DNA methylation and demethylation. We have reviewed histone methyltransferases …

Danhong injection alleviates cardiac fibrosis via preventing the hypermethylation of Rasal1 and Rassf1 in TAC mice

S Li, P Li, W Liu, J Shang, S Qiu, X Li… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background/Aim. Danhong injection (DHI) is a Chinese patent drug used for relieving
cardiovascular diseases. Recent studies have suggested that DNA methylation plays a …

Rational drug design of antineoplastic agents using 3D-QSAR, cheminformatic, and virtual screening approaches

J Vucicevic, K Nikolic… - Current medicinal …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Computer-Aided Drug Design has strongly accelerated the development of
novel antineoplastic agents by helping in the hit identification, optimization, and evaluation …