Roles of tumor-associated macrophages in anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy for solid cancers

H Zhang, L Liu, J Liu, P Dang, S Hu, W Yuan, Z Sun… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, tumor immunotherapy has made significant progress. However, tumor
immunotherapy, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors (eg, PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors) …

Epigenetic regulation in metabolic diseases: mechanisms and advances in clinical study

YL Wu, ZJ Lin, CC Li, X Lin, SK Shan, B Guo… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Epigenetics regulates gene expression and has been confirmed to play a critical role in a
variety of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

Characterizing cis-regulatory elements using single-cell epigenomics

S Preissl, KJ Gaulton, B Ren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Cell type-specific gene expression patterns and dynamics during development or in disease
are controlled by cis-regulatory elements (CREs), such as promoters and enhancers …

Active turnover of DNA methylation during cell fate decisions

A Parry, S Rulands, W Reik - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a key layer of epigenetic regulation. The deposition of methylation marks
relies on the catalytic activity of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), and their active removal …

DNA methyltransferases in cancer: biology, paradox, aberrations, and targeted therapy

J Zhang, C Yang, C Wu, W Cui, L Wang - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
DNA methyltransferases are an essential class of modifiers in epigenetics. In mammals,
DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B participate in DNA methylation to regulate normal …

Modulating epigenetic modifications for cancer therapy

LJ Castro-Muñoz, E Vázquez Ulloa… - Oncology …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
Cancer is a global public health concern. Alterations in epigenetic processes are among the
earliest genomic aberrations occurring during cancer development and are closely related …

Mechanisms that regulate the activities of TET proteins

K Joshi, S Liu, P Breslin SJ, J Zhang - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
The ten–eleven translocation (TET) family of dioxygenases consists of three members,
TET1, TET2, and TET3. All three TET enzymes have Fe+ 2 and α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) …

Staying true to yourself: mechanisms of DNA methylation maintenance in mammals

N Petryk, S Bultmann, T Bartke… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is essential to development and cellular physiology in mammals. Faulty
DNA methylation is frequently observed in human diseases like cancer and neurological …

DNA methylation analysis explores the molecular basis of plasma cell-free DNA fragmentation

Y An, X Zhao, Z Zhang, Z Xia, M Yang, L Ma… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) are small molecules generated through a non-random
fragmentation procedure. Despite commendable translational values in cancer liquid biopsy …

TET (Ten-eleven translocation) family proteins: structure, biological functions and applications

X Zhang, Y Zhang, C Wang, X Wang - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Ten-eleven translocation (TET) family proteins (TETs), specifically, TET1, TET2 and TET3,
can modify DNA by oxidizing 5-methylcytosine (5mC) iteratively to yield 5 …