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 …

The BRG1 ATPase of human SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling enzymes as a driver of cancer

Q Wu, JB Lian, JL Stein, GS Stein, JA Nickerson… - …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Mammalian SWI/SNF enzymes are ATP-dependent remodelers of chromatin structure.
These multisubunit enzymes are heterogeneous in composition; there are two catalytic …

Small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type, displays frequent inactivating germline and somatic mutations in SMARCA4

P Ramos, AN Karnezis, DW Craig, A Sekulic… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Small cell carcinoma of the ovary of hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) is an extremely rare,
aggressive cancer affecting children and young women. We identified germline and somatic …

BRG1 is a prognostic marker and potential therapeutic target in human breast cancer

J Bai, P Mei, C Zhang, F Chen, C Li, Z Pan, H Liu… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
BRG1, a core component of the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex, has been
implicated in cancer development; however, the biological significance of BRG1 in breast …

SWI/SNF complex mutations in gynecologic cancers: molecular mechanisms and models

Y Wang, L Hoang, JX Ji… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The SWI/SNF (mating type SWIt ch/Sucrose NonFermentable) chromatin remodeling
complexes interact with histones and transcription factors to modulate chromatin structure …

BRM: the core ATPase subunit of SWI/SNF chromatin-remodelling complex—a tumour suppressor or tumour-promoting factor?

I Jancewicz, JA Siedlecki, TJ Sarnowski… - Epigenetics & …, 2019 - Springer
BRM (BRAHMA) is a core, SWI2/SNF2-type ATPase subunit of SWI/SNF chromatin-
remodelling complex (CRC) involved in various important regulatory processes including …

The SWI/SNF ATPases are required for triple negative breast cancer cell proliferation

Q Wu, P Madany, J Akech, JR Dobson… - Journal of cellular …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The Brahma (BRM) and Brahma‐related Gene 1 (BRG1) ATPases are highly conserved
homologs that catalyze the chromatin remodeling functions of the multi‐subunit human …

Remodeling the cancer epigenome: mutations in the SWI/SNF complex offer new therapeutic opportunities

KA Orlando, V Nguyen, JR Raab… - Expert review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Cancer genome sequencing studies have discovered mutations in members of
the SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermentable (SWI/SNF) chromatin-remodeling complex in nearly …

Nuclear shape changes are induced by knockdown of the SWI/SNF ATPase BRG1 and are independent of cytoskeletal connections

KM Imbalzano, N Cohet, Q Wu, JM Underwood… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Changes in nuclear morphology occur during normal development and have been observed
during the progression of several diseases. The shape of a nucleus is governed by the …

[HTML][HTML] SWI/SNF complexes are required for full activation of the DNA-damage response

SL Smith-Roe, J Nakamura, D Holley, PD Chastain… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract SWI/SNF complexes utilize BRG1 (also known as SMARCA4) or BRM (also known
as SMARCA2) as alternative catalytic subunits with ATPase activity to remodel chromatin …