PRDM16 regulating adipocyte transformation and thermogenesis: a promising therapeutic target for obesity and diabetes

N Jiang, M Yang, Y Han, H Zhao, L Sun - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Given that obesity and diabetes have been major public health concerns and that disease
morbidities have been rising continuously, effective treatment for these diseases is urgently …

Circular RNAs: A New Approach to Multiple Sclerosis

R Sciaccotta, G Murdaca, S Caserta, V Rizzo… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multiple sclerosis, a condition characterised by demyelination and axonal damage in the
central nervous system, is due to autoreactive immune cells that recognise myelin antigens …

Assessment of the Cardiac Noncoding Transcriptome by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Identifies FIXER, a Conserved Profibrogenic Long Noncoding RNA

P Aghagolzadeh, I Plaisance, R Bernasconi… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Cardiac fibroblasts have crucial roles in the heart. In particular, fibroblasts
differentiate into myofibroblasts in the damaged myocardium, contributing to scar formation …

CBX4 deletion promotes tumorigenesis under KrasG12D background by inducing genomic instability

F Chen, W Hou, X Yu, J Wu, Z Li, J Xu, Z Deng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Chromobox protein homolog 4 (CBX4) is a component of the Polycomb group
(PcG) multiprotein Polycomb repressive complexes 1 (PRC1), which is participated in …

Set7/9 aggravates ischemic brain injury via enhancing glutamine metabolism in a blocking Sirt5 manner

J Wang, S Tan, Y Zhang, J Xu, Y Li, Q Cheng… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
The aberrant expression of methyltransferase Set7/9 plays a role in various diseases.
However, the contribution of Set7/9 in ischemic stroke remains unclear. Here, we show …

Lysine-Specific Demethylase 1 (LSD1) epigenetically controls osteoblast differentiation

P Rummukainen, K Tarkkonen, A Dudakovic… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Epigenetic mechanisms regulate osteogenic lineage differentiation of mesenchymal stromal
cells. Histone methylation is controlled by multiple lysine demethylases and is an important …

Prolonged inhibition of the MEK1/2-ERK signaling axis primes interleukin-1 beta expression through histone 3 lysine 9 demethylation in murine macrophages

R Low, SD Ha, N Sleapnicov, P Maneesh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Macrophages undergo different cellular states upon activation that can be hyporesponsive
(tolerated) or hyperresponsive (primed or trained) to subsequent stimuli. Epigenetic …

Multiple sclerosis: circRNA profile defined reveals links to B-cell function

AE Zurawska, MP Mycko, I Selmaj… - Neurology …, 2021 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives To investigate the total circular RNA (circRNA) profile in patients
with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and healthy controls (HCs). Methods …

CBX8 promotes lung adenocarcinoma growth and metastasis through transcriptional repression of CDKN2C and SCEL

H Chen, Y Su, L Yang, L Xi, X Li, B Lan… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dysregulation of polycomb group (PcG) proteins that mediate epigenetic gene silencing
contributes to tumorigenesis. As core components of the polycomb repressive complex 1 …

Multiple pharmacological inhibitors targeting the epigenetic suppressor enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (Ezh2) accelerate osteoblast differentiation

ML Galvan, CR Paradise, E Kubrova, S Jerez, F Khani… - Bone, 2021 - Elsevier
Skeletal development and bone formation are regulated by epigenetic mechanisms that
either repress or enhance osteogenic commitment of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells and …