Inhibitors of protein methyltransferases and demethylases

HU Kaniskan, ML Martini, J Jin - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Post-translational modifications of histones by protein methyltransferases (PMTs) and
histone demethylases (KDMs) play an important role in the regulation of gene expression …

Histone lysine demethylases as targets for anticancer therapy

JW Højfeldt, K Agger, K Helin - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2013 - nature.com
It has recently been demonstrated that the genes controlling the epigenetic programmes that
are required for maintaining chromatin structure and cell identity include genes that drive …

KDM4/JMJD2 histone demethylases: epigenetic regulators in cancer cells

WL Berry, R Janknecht - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
Lysine methylation is one of the most prominent histone posttranslational modifications that
regulate chromatin structure. Changes in histone lysine methylation status have been …

A small molecule modulates Jumonji histone demethylase activity and selectively inhibits cancer growth

L Wang, J Chang, D Varghese, M Dellinger… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
The pharmacological inhibition of general transcriptional regulators has the potential to
block growth through targeting multiple tumorigenic signalling pathways simultaneously …

Molecular targeting of hypoxia in radiotherapy

S Rey, L Schito, M Koritzinsky, BG Wouters - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hypoxia (low O 2) is an essential microenvironmental driver of phenotypic diversity in
human solid cancers. Hypoxic cancer cells hijack evolutionarily conserved, O 2-sensitive …

JMJD family proteins in cancer and inflammation

W Manni, X Jianxin, H Weiqi, C Siyuan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The occurrence of cancer entails a series of genetic mutations that favor uncontrollable
tumor growth. It is believed that various factors collectively contribute to cancer, and there is …

Crosstalk between Notch, HIF-1α and GPER in breast cancer EMT

EM De Francesco, M Maggiolini, AM Musti - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Notch signaling pathway acts in both physiological and pathological conditions,
including embryonic development and tumorigenesis. In cancer progression, diverse …

Advances in histone demethylase KDM4 as cancer therapeutic targets

DH Lee, GW Kim, YH Jeon, J Yoo, SW Lee… - The FASEB …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The KDM4 subfamily H3K9 histone demethylases are epigenetic regulators that
control chromatin structure and gene expression by demethylating histone H3K9, H3K36 …

Crosstalk between estrogen signaling and breast cancer metabolism

E Kulkoyluoglu-Cotul, A Arca… - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2019 - cell.com
Estrogens and estrogen receptors (ERs) regulate metabolism in both normal physiology and
in disease. The metabolic characteristics of intrinsic breast cancer subtypes change based …

Oxidative stress and chromatin remodeling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and smoking-related diseases

IK Sundar, H Yao, I Rahman - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is predominantly a tobacco
smoke-triggered disease with features of chronic low-grade systemic inflammation and …