Targeting histone methyltransferase G9a inhibits growth and Wnt signaling pathway by epigenetically regulating HP1α and APC2 gene expression in non-small cell …

K Zhang, J Wang, L Yang, YC Yuan, TR Tong, J Wu… - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Dysregulated histone methyltransferase G9a may represent a potential cancer
therapeutic target. The roles of G9a in tumorigenesis and therapeutics are not well …

Sulforaphane restores acetyl-histone H3 binding to Bcl-2 promoter and prevents apoptosis in ethanol-exposed neural crest cells and mouse embryos

F Yuan, X Chen, J Liu, W Feng, L Cai, X Wu… - Experimental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sulforaphane (SFN) is an isothiocyanate derived from cruciferous vegetables. SFN's
cytoprotective properties have been demonstrated in several models associated with a …

Nuclear actin polymerized by mDia2 confines centromere movement during CENP-A loading

C Liu, R Zhu, Y Mao - Iscience, 2018 - cell.com
Centromeres are specialized chromosomal regions epigenetically defined by the histone H3
variant centromere protein A (CENP-A). CENP-A needs to be replenished in every cell cycle …

Depletion of A‐type lamins and Lap2α reduces 53BP1 accumulation at UV‐induced DNA lesions and Lap2α protein is responsible for compactness of irradiated …

E Bártová, S Legartová, J Krejčí… - Journal of Cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We studied how deficiency in lamins A/C and lamina‐associated polypeptide 2α (Lap2α)
affects DNA repair after irradiation. A‐type lamins and Lap2α were not recruited to local DNA …