The language of chromatin modification in human cancers

S Zhao, CD Allis, GG Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The genetic information of human cells is stored in the context of chromatin, which is
subjected to DNA methylation and various histone modifications. Such a 'language'of …

The 2020 WHO classification: what's new in soft tissue tumor pathology?

ME Kallen, JL Hornick - The American journal of surgical …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The fifth edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of Soft Tissue and
Bone was published in early 2020. The revisions reflect a consensus among an …

Neurofibromatosis type 1

DH Gutmann, RE Ferner, RH Listernick… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a complex autosomal dominant disorder caused by germline
mutations in the NF1 tumour suppressor gene. Nearly all individuals with neurofibromatosis …

Epigenetic balance of gene expression by Polycomb and COMPASS families

A Piunti, A Shilatifard - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND Multicellular organisms depend on the precise orchestration of gene
expression to direct embryonic development and to maintain tissue homeostasis through …

Maintaining cell identity: PRC2-mediated regulation of transcription and cancer

I Comet, EM Riising, B Leblanc, K Helin - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2), the catalytic subunit of Polycomb repressive
complex 2 (PRC2), has attracted broad research attention in the past few years because of …

Transcriptional plasticity promotes primary and acquired resistance to BET inhibition

P Rathert, M Roth, T Neumann, F Muerdter, JS Roe… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Following the discovery of BRD4 as a non-oncogene addiction target in acute myeloid
leukaemia (AML),, bromodomain and extra terminal protein (BET) inhibitors are being …

PRC2 is high maintenance

JR Yu, CH Lee, O Oksuz, JM Stafford… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
As the process that silences gene expression ensues during development, the stage is set
for the activity of Polycomb-repressive complex 2 (PRC2) to maintain these repressed gene …

A RASopathy gene commonly mutated in cancer: the neurofibromatosis type 1 tumour suppressor

N Ratner, SJ Miller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common genetic disorder that predisposes
affected individuals to tumours. The NF1 gene encodes a RAS GTPase-activating protein …

SWI/SNF-mutant cancers depend on catalytic and non-catalytic activity of EZH2

KH Kim, W Kim, TP Howard, F Vazquez, A Tsherniak… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Human cancer genome sequencing has recently revealed that genes that encode subunits
of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes are frequently mutated across a wide variety …

Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: models, biology, and translation

BN Somatilaka, A Sadek, RM McKay, LQ Le - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are aggressive, invasive cancer that
comprise around 10% of all soft tissue sarcomas and develop in about 8–13% of patients …