Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

Y Cheng, C He, M Wang, X Ma, F Mo, S Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic alternations concern heritable yet reversible changes in histone or DNA
modifications that regulate gene activity beyond the underlying sequence. Epigenetic …

Histone lysine methyltransferases in biology and disease

D Husmann, O Gozani - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The precise temporal and spatial coordination of histone lysine methylation dynamics across
the epigenome regulates virtually all DNA-templated processes. A large number of histone …

Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

Epigenetics and beyond: targeting writers of protein lysine methylation to treat disease

KP Bhat, H Ümit Kaniskan, J Jin… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein lysine methylation is a crucial post-translational modification that regulates the
functions of both histone and non-histone proteins. Deregulation of the enzymes or 'writers' …

Epigenetics in cancer: fundamentals and beyond

S Biswas, CM Rao - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2017 - Elsevier
Activation of oncogenes or the deactivation of tumor suppressor genes has long been
established as the fundamental mechanism leading towards carcinogenesis. Although this …

[HTML][HTML] WDR5-H3K4me3 epigenetic axis regulates OPN expression to compensate PD-L1 function to promote pancreatic cancer immune escape

C Lu, Z Liu, JD Klement, D Yang… - … for ImmunoTherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Despite PD-L1 (Programmed death receptor ligand-1) expression on tumor
cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes tumor infiltration in the tumor microenvironment, human …

SMYD2 inhibition–mediated hypomethylation of Ku70 contributes to impaired nonhomologous end joining repair and antitumor immunity

M Tang, G Chen, B Tu, Z Hu, Y Huang, CC DuFort… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
DNA damage repair (DDR) is a double-edged sword with different roles in cancer
susceptibility and drug resistance. Recent studies suggest that DDR inhibitors affect immune …

[HTML][HTML] SMYD5 methylation of rpL40 links ribosomal output to gastric cancer

J Park, J Wu, KJ Szkop, J Jeong, P Jovanovic… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Dysregulated transcription due to disruption in histone lysine methylation dynamics is an
established contributor to tumorigenesis,. However, whether analogous pathologic …

The Smyd family of methyltransferases: role in cardiac and skeletal muscle physiology and pathology

CM Tracy, JS Warren, M Szulik, L Wang… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•The first comprehensive compilation of Smyd proteins critical role in cardiac and
skeletal muscle.•Demonstrates the Smyd family's unique ability to regulate transcription …

Nuclear P38: roles in physiological and pathological processes and regulation of nuclear translocation

G Maik-Rachline, L Lifshits, R Seger - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p38MAPK, termed here p38) cascade is a central
signaling pathway that transmits stress and other signals to various intracellular targets in …