Inhibitors of histone deacetylase as antitumor agents: A critical review

M Manal, MJN Chandrasekar, JG Priya, MJ Nanjan - Bioorganic chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Histone deacetylase (EC 3.5. 1.98–HDAC) is an amidohydrolase involved in
deacetylating the histone lysine residues for chromatin remodeling and thus plays a vital …

Bacterial GCN5-Related N-Acetyltransferases: From Resistance to Regulation

L Favrot, JS Blanchard, O Vergnolle - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
The GCN5-related N-acetyltransferases family (GNAT) is an important family of proteins that
includes more than 100000 members among eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Acetylation …

The therapeutic hope for HDAC6 inhibitors in malignancy and chronic disease

SN Batchu, AS Brijmohan, A Advani - Clinical science, 2016 - portlandpress.com
Recent years have witnessed an emergence of a new class of therapeutic agents, termed
histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) inhibitors. HDAC6 is one isoform of a family of HDAC …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic mechanisms in developmental alcohol-induced neurobehavioral deficits

BS Basavarajappa, S Subbanna - Brain sciences, 2016 - mdpi.com
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy and its damaging consequences on the developing
infant brain are significant public health, social, and economic issues. The major distinctive …

Epigenetics and cellular metabolism

W Xu, F Wang, Z Yu, F Xin - Genetics & epigenetics, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Living eukaryotic systems evolve delicate cellular mechanisms for responding to various
environmental signals. Among them, epigenetic machinery (DNA methylation, histone …

Histone acetylation and plant development

X Liu, S Yang, CW Yu, CY Chen, K Wu - The Enzymes, 2016 - Elsevier
Reversible histone acetylation and deacetylation at the N-terminus of histone tails play a
crucial role in regulation of gene activity. Hyperacetylation of histones relaxes chromatin …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative profiling of post-translational modifications by immunoaffinity enrichment and LC-MS/MS in cancer serum without immunodepletion

H Gu, JM Ren, X Jia, T Levy, K Rikova, V Yang… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2016 - ASBMB
A robust method was developed and optimized for enrichment and quantitative analysis of
posttranslational modifications (PTMs) in serum/plasma samples by combining …

The promise of epigenomic therapeutics in pancreatic cancer

GA Lomberk, J Iovanna, R Urrutia - Epigenomics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is often viewed to arise primarily by genetic
alterations. However, today we know that many aspects of the cancer phenotype require a …

Diurnal changes in the histone H3 signature H3K9ac|H3K27ac|H3S28p are associated with diurnal gene expression in Arabidopsis

K Baerenfaller, H Shu… - Plant, cell & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Post‐translational chromatin modifications are an important regulatory mechanism in light
signalling and circadian clock function. The regulation of diurnal transcript level changes …

Epigenetics and addiction

JL Cadet, MT McCoy, S Jayanthi - Clinical Pharmacology & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Addictions are public health menaces. However, despite advances in addiction research,
the cellular or molecular mechanisms that cause transition from recreational use to addiction …