EZH2-targeted therapies in cancer: hype or a reality

ML Eich, M Athar, JE Ferguson III, S Varambally - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Next-generation genomic sequencing has identified multiple novel molecular alterations in
cancer. Since the identification of DNA methylation and histone modification, it has become …

[HTML][HTML] Cell of origin and genetic alterations in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma

BG Barwick, VA Gupta, PM Vertino… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
B cell activation and differentiation yields plasma cells with high affinity antibodies to a given
antigen in a time-frame that allows for host protection. Although the end product is most …

Lysine demethylase KDM6A in differentiation, development, and cancer

N Tran, A Broun, K Ge - Molecular and cellular biology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Lysine demethylase 6A (KDM6A), also known as UTX, belongs to the KDM6
family of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27) demethylases, which also includes UTY and KDM6B …

[HTML][HTML] The cancer driver genes IDH1/2, JARID1C/ KDM5C, and UTX/ KDM6A: crosstalk between histone demethylation and hypoxic reprogramming in cancer …

S Chang, S Yim, H Park - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Recent studies on mutations in cancer genomes have distinguished driver mutations from
passenger mutations, which occur as byproducts of cancer development. The cancer …

[HTML][HTML] TP63-mediated enhancer reprogramming drives the squamous subtype of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

TDD Somerville, Y Xu, K Miyabayashi, H Tiriac… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
The aberrant expression of squamous lineage markers in pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDA) has been correlated with poor clinical outcomes. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in diabetic kidney diseases: from kidney injury to kidney fibrosis

PH Hung, YC Hsu, TH Chen, CL Lin - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease and end-
stage renal disease. The natural history of DKD includes glomerular hyperfiltration …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting histone acetylation dynamics and oncogenic transcription by catalytic P300/CBP inhibition

SJ Hogg, O Motorna, LA Cluse, TM Johanson… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
To separate causal effects of histone acetylation on chromatin accessibility and
transcriptional output, we used integrated epigenomic and transcriptomic analyses following …

[HTML][HTML] Context-defined cancer co-dependency mapping identifies a functional interplay between PRC2 and MLL-MEN1 complex in lymphoma

X Chen, Y Li, F Zhu, X Xu, B Estrella, MA Pazos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Interplay between chromatin-associated complexes and modifications critically contribute to
the partitioning of epigenome into stable and functionally distinct domains. Yet there is a lack …

[HTML][HTML] UTX mutations in human cancer

L Wang, A Shilatifard - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Ubiquitously transcribed tetratricopeptide repeat on chromosome X (UTX, encoded by
KDM6A) is a histone demethylase that targets di-and tri-methylated histone H3 lysine 27 …

Histone lysine demethylases and their functions in cancer

J Sterling, SV Menezes, RH Abbassi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Histone lysine demethylases (KDMs) are enzymes that remove the methylation marks on
lysines in nucleosomes' histone tails. These changes in methylation marks regulate gene …