Metabolism and epigenetics at the heart of T cell function

L Soriano-Baguet, D Brenner - Trends in immunology, 2023 - cell.com
T cell subsets adapt and rewire their metabolism according to their functions and
surrounding microenvironment. Whereas naive T cells rely on mitochondrial metabolic …

Function and mechanism of histone β-hydroxybutyrylation in health and disease

T Zhou, X Cheng, Y He, Y Xie, F Xu, Y Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Histone post-translational modifications (HPTMs) are essential epigenetic mechanisms that
affect chromatin-associated nuclear processes without altering the DNA sequence. With the …

[HTML][HTML] The gut-brain connection: Exploring the influence of the gut microbiota on neuroplasticity and neurodevelopmental disorders

F Damiani, S Cornuti, P Tognini - Neuropharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Neuroplasticity refers to the ability of brain circuits to reorganize and change the properties
of the network, resulting in alterations in brain function and behavior. It is traditionally …

Dynamic switching of crotonylation to ubiquitination of H2A at lysine 119 attenuates transcription–replication conflicts caused by replication stress

S Hao, Y Wang, Y Zhao, W Gao, W Cui… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The reversible post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins plays an important role in
many cellular processes. Lysine crotonylation (Kcr) is a newly identified PTM, but its …

[HTML][HTML] Crotonylation and disease: Current progress and future perspectives

P Yang, Y Qin, L Zeng, Y He, Y Xie, X Cheng… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Histone lysine crotonylation was first identified as a new type of post-translational
modification in 2011. In recent years, prominent progress has been made in the study of …

The SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling subunit DPF2 facilitates NRF2-dependent antiinflammatory and antioxidant gene expression

G Mas, N Man, Y Nakata, C Martinez-Caja, D Karl… - The Journal of clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
During emergency hematopoiesis, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) rapidly proliferate to
produce myeloid and lymphoid effector cells, a response that is critical against infection or …

Post-translational modifications of histone and non-histone proteins in epigenetic regulation and translational applications in alcohol-associated liver disease …

W Rungratanawanich, JW Ballway, X Wang… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Epigenetic regulation is a process that takes place through adaptive cellular pathways
influenced by environmental factors and metabolic changes to modulate gene activity with …

Nuclear condensation of CDYL links histone crotonylation and cystogenesis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

L Dang, X Cao, T Zhang, Y Sun, S Tian… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Background Emerging evidence indicates that epigenetic modulation of gene expression
plays a key role in the progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease …

Epigenetic meets metabolism: novel vulnerabilities to fight cancer

D Scumaci, Q Zheng - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2023 - Springer
Histones undergo a plethora of post-translational modifications (PTMs) that regulate
nucleosome and chromatin dynamics and thus dictate cell fate. Several evidences suggest …

Beyond the tail: the consequence of context in histone post-translational modification and chromatin research

EN Weinzapfel, KN Fedder-Semmes… - Biochemical …, 2024 - portlandpress.com
The role of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) in chromatin structure and
genome function has been the subject of intense debate for more than 60 years. Though …