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 …

Targeting the cancer epigenome for therapy

PA Jones, JPJ Issa, S Baylin - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Next-generation sequencing has revealed that more than 50% of human cancers harbour
mutations in enzymes that are involved in chromatin organization. Tumour cells not only are …

The genomic landscape of pediatric and young adult T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Y Liu, J Easton, Y Shao, J Maciaszek, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Genetic alterations that activate NOTCH1 signaling and T cell transcription factors, coupled
with inactivation of the INK4/ARF tumor suppressors, are hallmarks of T-lineage acute …

2-Oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases in cancer

JA Losman, P Koivunen, WG Kaelin Jr - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases (2OGDDs) are a superfamily of enzymes that play
diverse roles in many biological processes, including regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor …

Tumor hypoxia: From basic knowledge to therapeutic implications

C Liao, X Liu, C Zhang, Q Zhang - Seminars in cancer biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Diminished oxygen availability, termed hypoxia, within solid tumors is one of the most
common characteristics of cancer. Hypoxia shapes the landscape of the tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive chromatin remodeling drives glioblastoma stem cell plasticity and drug tolerance

BB Liau, C Sievers, LK Donohue, SM Gillespie… - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor, is propagated by
stem-like cancer cells refractory to existing therapies. Understanding the molecular …

The genetics and mechanisms of T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

L Belver, A Ferrando - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive haematological malignancy
derived from early T cell progenitors. In recent years genomic and transcriptomic studies …

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 …

Tumor-suppressor genes that escape from X-inactivation contribute to cancer sex bias

A Dunford, DM Weinstock, V Savova, SE Schumacher… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
There is a striking and unexplained male predominance across many cancer types. A subset
of X-chromosome genes can escape X-inactivation, which would protect females from …

The genetics and molecular biology of T-ALL

T Girardi, C Vicente, J Cools… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is an aggressive malignancy caused by the
accumulation of genomic lesions that affect the development of T cells. For many years, it …