A little sugar goes a long way: the cell biology of O-GlcNAc

MR Bond, JA Hanover - Journal of Cell Biology, 2015 - rupress.org
Unlike the complex glycans decorating the cell surface, the O-linked β-N-acetyl glucosamine
(O-GlcNAc) modification is a simple intracellular Ser/Thr-linked monosaccharide that is …

Chromatin repressive complexes in stem cells, development, and cancer

A Laugesen, K Helin - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
The chromatin environment is essential for the correct specification and preservation of cell
identity through modulation and maintenance of transcription patterns. Many chromatin …

A systematic comparison reveals substantial differences in chromosomal versus episomal encoding of enhancer activity

F Inoue, M Kircher, B Martin, GM Cooper… - Genome …, 2017 - genome.cshlp.org
Candidate enhancers can be identified on the basis of chromatin modifications, the binding
of chromatin modifiers and transcription factors and cofactors, or chromatin accessibility …

The complex genetics of hypoplastic left heart syndrome

X Liu, H Yagi, S Saeed, AS Bais, GC Gabriel, Z Chen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects up to 1% of live births. Although a genetic etiology is
indicated by an increased recurrence risk,, sporadic occurrence suggests that CHD genetics …

Principles of regulatory information conservation between mouse and human

Y Cheng, Z Ma, BH Kim, W Wu, P Cayting, AP Boyle… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
To broaden our understanding of the evolution of gene regulation mechanisms, we
generated occupancy profiles for 34 orthologous transcription factors (TFs) in human …

[HTML][HTML] Selective inhibition of FOXO1 activator/repressor balance modulates hepatic glucose handling

F Langlet, RA Haeusler, D Lindén, E Ericson, T Norris… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Insulin resistance is a hallmark of diabetes and an unmet clinical need. Insulin inhibits
hepatic glucose production and promotes lipogenesis by suppressing FOXO1-dependent …

The FOXN3-NEAT1-SIN3A repressor complex promotes progression of hormonally responsive breast cancer

W Li, Z Zhang, X Liu, X Cheng, Y Zhang… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The pathophysiological function of the forkhead transcription factor FOXN3 remains to be
explored. Here we report that FOXN3 is a transcriptional repressor that is physically …

Histone demethylases in chromatin biology and beyond

E Dimitrova, AH Turberfield, RJ Klose - EMBO reports, 2015 - embopress.org
Histone methylation plays fundamental roles in regulating chromatin‐based processes. With
the discovery of histone demethylases over a decade ago, it is now clear that histone …

Regulation of the methylation and expression levels of the BMPR2 gene by SIN3a as a novel therapeutic mechanism in pulmonary arterial hypertension

M Bisserier, P Mathiyalagan, S Zhang, F Elmastour… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Epigenetic mechanisms are critical in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH). Previous studies have suggested that hypermethylation of the BMPR2 …

Two assembly modes for SIN3 histone deacetylase complexes

C Wang, Z Guo, C Chu, Y Lu, X Zhang, X Zhan - Cell Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The switch-independent 3 (SIN3)/histone deacetylase (HDAC) complexes play
essential roles in regulating chromatin accessibility and gene expression. There are two …