Roles and regulation of histone methylation in animal development

A Jambhekar, A Dhall, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Histone methylation can occur at various sites in histone proteins, primarily on lysine and
arginine residues, and it can be governed by multiple positive and negative regulators, even …

Regulation of EMT in colorectal cancer: a culprit in metastasis

T Vu, PK Datta - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process during which cells lose their
epithelial characteristics, for instance cell polarity and cell–cell contact, and gain …

LSD1 deletion decreases exosomal PD-L1 and restores T-cell response in gastric cancer

DD Shen, JR Pang, YP Bi, LF Zhao, YR Li, LJ Zhao… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Histone lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) expression has been shown to
be significantly elevated in gastric cancer (GC) and may be associated with the proliferation …

Molecular mechanisms of epithelial–mesenchymal transition

S Lamouille, J Xu, R Derynck - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
The transdifferentiation of epithelial cells into motile mesenchymal cells, a process known as
epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), is integral in development, wound healing and …

EMT: 2016

MA Nieto, RYJ Huang, RA Jackson, JP Thiery - cell, 2016 - cell.com
The significant parallels between cell plasticity during embryonic development and
carcinoma progression have helped us understand the importance of the epithelial …

Molecular mechanisms and potential functions of histone demethylases

SM Kooistra, K Helin - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Histone modifications are thought to regulate chromatin structure, transcription and other
nuclear processes. Histone methylation was originally believed to be an irreversible …

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition: epigenetic reprogramming driving cellular plasticity

N Skrypek, S Goossens, E De Smedt, N Vandamme… - Trends in Genetics, 2017 - cell.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process in which epithelial cells lose their
junctions and polarity to gain a motile mesenchymal phenotype. EMT is essential during …

GABA regulates IL-1β production in macrophages

J Fu, Z Han, Z Wu, Y Xia, G Yang, Y Yin, W Ren - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Neurotransmitters have been well documented to determine immune cell fates; however,
whether and how γ-amino butyric acid (GABA) shapes the function of innate immune cells is …

The histone demethylase KDM1A sustains the oncogenic potential of MLL-AF9 leukemia stem cells

WJ Harris, X Huang, JT Lynch, GJ Spencer, JR Hitchin… - Cancer cell, 2012 - cell.com
Using a mouse model of human MLL-AF9 leukemia, we identified the lysine-specific
demethylase KDM1A (LSD1 or AOF2) as an essential regulator of leukemia stem cell (LSC) …

EMT-activating transcription factors in cancer: beyond EMT and tumor invasiveness

E Sánchez-Tilló, Y Liu, O de Barrios, L Siles… - Cellular and molecular …, 2012 - Springer
Cancer is a complex multistep process involving genetic and epigenetic changes that
eventually result in the activation of oncogenic pathways and/or inactivation of tumor …