SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling and human malignancies

J Masliah-Planchon, I Bièche… - Annual Review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The SWI/SNF complexes, initially identified in yeast 20 years ago, are a family of multi-
subunit complexes that use the energy of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis to …

The role of chromatin remodeler SMARCA4/BRG1 in brain cancers: a potential therapeutic target

SM Navickas, KA Giles, KH Brettingham-Moore… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
The chromatin remodeler SMARCA4/BRG1 is a key epigenetic regulator with diverse roles
in coordinating the molecular programs that underlie brain tumour development. BRG1 …

Germline and somatic SMARCA4 mutations characterize small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type

L Witkowski, J Carrot-Zhang, S Albrecht, S Fahiminiya… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is the most common
undifferentiated ovarian malignancy in women under 40 years of age. We sequenced the …

SMARCA4 inactivation defines a group of undifferentiated thoracic malignancies transcriptionally related to BAF-deficient sarcomas

F Le Loarer, S Watson, G Pierron, VT de Montpreville… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
While investigating cohorts of unclassified sarcomas by RNA sequencing, we identified 19
cases with inactivation of SMARCA4, which encodes an ATPase subunit of BAF chromatin …

Cancer surveillance in Gorlin syndrome and rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome

WD Foulkes, J Kamihara, DGR Evans, L Brugières… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Gorlin syndrome and rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome (RTPS) are autosomal
dominant syndromes associated with an increased risk of childhood-onset brain tumors …

Small-cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type–genetics, new treatment targets, and current management guidelines

M Tischkowitz, S Huang, S Banerjee, J Hague… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Small-cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is a rare and highly
aggressive ovarian malignancy. In almost all cases, it is associated with somatic and often …

Dual loss of the SWI/SNF complex ATPases SMARCA4/BRG1 and SMARCA2/BRM is highly sensitive and specific for small cell carcinoma of the ovary …

AN Karnezis, Y Wang, P Ramos… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcaemic type (SCCOHT) is a lethal and sometimes
familial ovarian tumour of young women and children. We and others recently discovered …

SMARCA4-mutated atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors are associated with inherited germline alterations and poor prognosis

M Hasselblatt, I Nagel, F Oyen, K Bartelheim… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Martin Hasselblatt· Inga Nagel· Florian Oyen· Kerstin Bartelheim· Robert B. Russell· Ulrich
Schüller· Reimar Junckerstorff· Marc Rosenblum· Ali H. Alassiri· Sabrina Rossi· Irene …

SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes and cancer

JA Biegel, TM Busse… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The identification of mutations and deletions in the SMARCB1 locus in chromosome band
22q11. 2 in pediatric rhabdoid tumors provided the first evidence for the involvement of the …

[HTML][HTML] SMARCA4 mutations in carcinomas of the esophagus, esophagogastric junction, and stomach

AJ Neil, L Zhao, RA Isidro, A Srivastava, JM Cleary… - Modern Pathology, 2023 - Elsevier
Deficiency of SMARCA4, a member of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex, has
been described in a subset of undifferentiated gastroesophageal carcinomas with an …