[PDF][PDF] Histone H3. 3 mutations: a variant path to cancer

BTK Yuen, PS Knoepfler - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
A host of cancer types exhibit aberrant histone modifications. Recently, distinct and recurrent
mutations in a specific histone variant, histone H3. 3, have been implicated in a high …

[HTML][HTML] EZH2 cooperates with DNA methylation to downregulate key tumor suppressors and IFN gene signatures in melanoma

J Tiffen, SJ Gallagher, F Filipp, D Gunatilake… - Journal of Investigative …, 2020 - Elsevier
The histone methylase EZH2 is frequently dysregulated in melanoma and is associated with
DNA methylation and silencing of genes involved in tumor suppression. In this study, we …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of the EZH2-MMSET histone methyltransferase regulatory axis in cancer

IA Asangani, B Ateeq, Q Cao, L Dodson, M Pandhi… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Histone methyltransferases (HMTases), as chromatin modifiers, regulate the transcriptomic
landscape in normal development as well in diseases such as cancer. Here, we molecularly …

Genomic insights into cancer-associated aberrant CpG island hypermethylation

D Sproul, RR Meehan - Briefings in functional genomics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Carcinogenesis is thought to occur through a combination of mutational and epimutational
events that disrupt key pathways regulating cellular growth and division. The DNA …

ETS transcription factors control transcription of EZH2 and epigenetic silencing of the tumor suppressor gene Nkx3. 1 in prostate cancer

P Kunderfranco, M Mello-Grand, R Cangemi, S Pellini… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background ETS transcription factors regulate important signaling pathways involved in cell
differentiation and development in many tissues and have emerged as important players in …

CDKN1C (p57KIP2) Is a Direct Target of EZH2 and Suppressed by Multiple Epigenetic Mechanisms in Breast Cancer Cells

X Yang, RKM Karuturi, F Sun, M Aau, K Yu, R Shao… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
CDKN1C (encoding tumor suppressor p57KIP2) is a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)
inhibitor whose family members are often transcriptionally downregulated in human cancer …

Molecular mechanisms of HPV mediated neoplastic progression

R Senapati, NN Senapati, B Dwibedi - Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2016 - Springer
Human Papillomavirus is the major etiological agent in the development of cervical cancer
but not a sufficient cause. Despite significant research, the underlying mechanisms of …

Pluripotent stem cells escape from senescence-associated DNA methylation changes

CM Koch, K Reck, K Shao, Q Lin, S Joussen… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
Pluripotent stem cells evade replicative senescence, whereas other primary cells lose their
proliferation and differentiation potential after a limited number of cell divisions, and this is …

Cancer epigenetics: a brief review

S Virani, JA Colacino, JH Kim, LS Rozek - ILAR journal, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Cancer is a disease that results from the successive accumulation of genetic and epigenetic
alterations. Despite intense study, many unanswered questions about the nature of the …

Evolution of DNA methylome from precancerous lesions to invasive lung adenocarcinomas

X Hu, MR Estecio, R Chen, A Reuben, L Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The evolution of DNA methylome and methylation intra-tumor heterogeneity (ITH) during
early carcinogenesis of lung adenocarcinoma has not been systematically studied. We …