The molecular principles of gene regulation by Polycomb repressive complexes

NP Blackledge, RJ Klose - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Precise control of gene expression is fundamental to cell function and development.
Although ultimately gene expression relies on DNA-binding transcription factors to guide the …

Genome-wide estrogen receptor activity in breast cancer

AM Farcas, S Nagarajan, S Cosulich, JS Carroll - Endocrinology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The largest subtype of breast cancer is characterized by the expression and activity of the
estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha/ER). Although several effective therapies have …

Polycomb complexes redundantly maintain epidermal stem cell identity during development

I Cohen, C Bar, H Liu, VJ Valdes, D Zhao… - Genes & …, 2021 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Abstract Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) and PRC2 are critical epigenetic
developmental regulators. PRC1 and PRC2 largely overlap in their genomic binding and …

Histone methyltransferase DOT1L controls state‐specific identity during B cell differentiation

MA Aslam, MF Alemdehy, EM Kwesi‐Maliepaard… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Differentiation of naïve peripheral B cells into terminally differentiated plasma cells is
characterized by epigenetic alterations, yet the epigenetic mechanisms that control B‐cell …

Emerging role of RNF2 in cancer: from bench to bedside

Q Yan, B Chen, S Hu, S Qi, L Li, J Yang… - Journal of cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
RNF2 (also known as ding, Ring1B or Ring2) is a member of the Ring finger protein family,
which functions as E3 ubiquitin ligase for monoubiquitination of histone H2A at lysine 119 …

Polycomb repressive complex (es) and their role in adult stem cells

P Flora, G Dalal, I Cohen, E Ezhkova - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Populations of resident stem cells (SCs) are responsible for maintaining, repairing, and
regenerating adult tissues. In addition to having the capacity to generate all the differentiated …

Regulation of B lymphocyte development by histone H2A deubiquitinase BAP1

YH Lin, Y Liang, HC Wang, LT Tung, M Förster… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
BAP1 is a deubiquitinase (DUB) of the Ubiquitin C-terminal Hydrolase (UCH) family that
regulates gene expression and other cellular processes, via deubiquitination of histone …

Polycomb group proteins in cancer: multifaceted functions and strategies for modulation

S Wang, S C. Ordonez-Rubiano, A Dhiman, G Jiao… - NAR …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Polycomb repressive complexes (PRCs) are a heterogenous collection of dozens, if not
hundreds, of protein complexes composed of various combinations of subunits. PRCs are …

[HTML][HTML] RUNX1 regulates a transcription program that affects the dynamics of cell cycle entry of naive resting B cells

I Thomsen, N Kunowska, R de Souza… - The Journal of …, 2021 - journals.aai.org
RUNX1 is a transcription factor that plays key roles in hematopoietic development and in
hematopoiesis and lymphopoiesis. In this article, we report that RUNX1 regulates a gene …

H2A ubiquitination is essential for Polycomb Repressive Complex 1-mediated gene regulation in Marchantia polymorpha

S Liu, MS Trejo-Arellano, Y Qiu, DM Eklund, C Köhler… - Genome Biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1) and PRC2 are chromatin regulators
maintaining transcriptional repression. The deposition of H3 lysine 27 tri-methylation …