Histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer, neurological diseases and immune disorders

KJ Falkenberg, RW Johnstone - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Epigenetic aberrations, which are recognized as key drivers of several human diseases, are
often caused by genetic defects that result in functional deregulation of epigenetic proteins …

Regulatory T cells in the treatment of disease

A Sharabi, MG Tsokos, Y Ding, TR Malek… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Regulatory T (Treg) cells suppress inflammation and regulate immune system activity. In
patients with systemic or organ-specific autoimmune diseases or those receiving …

Foxp3 reprograms T cell metabolism to function in low-glucose, high-lactate environments

A Angelin, L Gil-de-Gómez, S Dahiya, J Jiao, L Guo… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Immune cells function in diverse metabolic environments. Tissues with low glucose and high
lactate concentrations, such as the intestinal tract or ischemic tissues, frequently require …

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Produces Butyrate to Maintain Th17/Treg Balance and to Ameliorate Colorectal Colitis by Inhibiting Histone Deacetylase 1

L Zhou, M Zhang, Y Wang, RG Dorfman… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)–associated dysbiosis is characterized by a
loss of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, whose supernatant exerts an anti-inflammatory effect …

Epigenetic protein families: a new frontier for drug discovery

CH Arrowsmith, C Bountra, PV Fish, K Lee… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2012 - nature.com
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is a dynamic and reversible process that
establishes normal cellular phenotypes but also contributes to human diseases. At the …

Structural insights into HDAC6 tubulin deacetylation and its selective inhibition

Y Miyake, JJ Keusch, L Wang, M Saito, D Hess… - Nature chemical …, 2016 - nature.com
We report crystal structures of zebrafish histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) catalytic domains in
tandem or as single domains in complex with the (R) and (S) enantiomers of trichostatin A …

Therapeutic potential of targeting the Th17/Treg axis in autoimmune disorders

P Fasching, M Stradner, W Graninger, C Dejaco… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
A disruption of the crucial balance between regulatory T-cells (Tregs) and Th17-cells was
recently implicated in various autoimmune disorders. Tregs are responsible for the …

[HTML][HTML] The Hsp90 chaperone machinery: conformational dynamics and regulation by co-chaperones

J Li, J Soroka, J Buchner - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2012 - Elsevier
Hsp90 is a dimeric molecular chaperone required for the activation and stabilization of
numerous client proteins many of which are involved in essential cellular processes like …

Histone deacetylases as regulators of inflammation and immunity

MR Shakespear, MA Halili, KM Irvine, DP Fairlie… - Trends in …, 2011 - cell.com
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) remove an acetyl group from lysine residues of target
proteins to regulate cellular processes. Small-molecule inhibitors of HDACs cause cellular …

Histone deacetylase 6 plays a role as a distinct regulator of diverse cellular processes

Y Li, D Shin, SH Kwon - The FEBS journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) 6 is the best‐characterized class II b deacetylase that
regulates many important biological processes via the formation of complexes with its …