Epigenetic regulation in the tumor microenvironment: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

J Yang, J Xu, W Wang, B Zhang, X Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Over decades, researchers have focused on the epigenetic control of DNA-templated
processes. Histone modification, DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, RNA modification …

Epigenetic dysregulation in endometriosis: implications for pathophysiology and therapeutics

RM Marquardt, DN Tran, BA Lessey… - Endocrine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Endometriosis is a prevalent gynecological condition associated with pelvic pain and
infertility. Despite more than a century of research, the etiology of endometriosis still eludes …

Emerging molecular and biological functions of MBD2, a reader of DNA methylation

KH Wood, Z Zhou - Frontiers in genetics, 2016 - frontiersin.org
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that is essential for many biological processes and is
linked to diseases such as cancer. Methylation is usually associated with transcriptional …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic effects of (nano) materials in environmental species–Cu case study in Enchytraeus crypticus

RC Bicho, D Roelofs, J Mariën… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chemical stressors can induce epigenomic changes, ie, changes that are transferred to the
next generation, even when the stressor is removed. Literature on chemical induced …

DNA methylation signal has a major role in the response of human breast cancer cells to the microenvironment

P Mathot, M Grandin, G Devailly, F Souazé, V Cahais… - Oncogenesis, 2017 - nature.com
Breast cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) have a crucial role in tumor initiation,
metastasis and therapeutic resistance by secreting various growth factors, cytokines …

Identification of tissue-specific gene clusters induced by DNA demethylation in lung adenocarcinoma: More than germline genes

A Diacofotaki, A Loriot, C De Smet - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Loss of DNA methylation is often observed in human tumors, but how this
epigenetic alteration impacts the transcriptome of cancer cells remains largely undefined. So …

MeCP2 regulates PTCH1 expression through DNA methylation in rheumatoid arthritis

Z Sun, Y Liu, J Liu, D Xu, X Li, X Meng, T Ma, C Huang… - Inflammation, 2017 - Springer
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease, in which
pathogenesis is not clear. Many research demonstrated that fibroblast-like synoviocytes …

Methyl-CpG binding domain protein 2 (Mbd2) drives breast cancer progression through the modulation of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

N Mahmood, A Arakelian, M Szyf… - Experimental & Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 2 (Mbd2), a reader of DNA methylation, has been
implicated in different types of malignancies, including breast cancer. However, the exact …

Inhibition of DNA methylation promotes breast tumor sensitivity to netrin‐1 interference

M Grandin, P Mathot, G Devailly, Y Bidet… - EMBO molecular …, 2016 - embopress.org
In a number of human cancers, NTN 1 upregulation inhibits apoptosis induced by its so‐
called dependence receptors DCC and UNC 5H, thus promoting tumor progression. In other …

MeCP2 triggers diabetic cardiomyopathy and cardiac fibroblast proliferation by inhibiting RASSF1A

H Tao, JY Tao, ZY Song, P Shi, Q Wang, ZY Deng… - Cellular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Diabetes causes cardiomyopathy and increases the risk of heart failure independent of
hypertension and cardiac fibrosis disease. However, the molecular mechanism of …