Regulation, functions and transmission of bivalent chromatin during mammalian development

TA Macrae, J Fothergill-Robinson… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells differentiate and progress through development guided by a dynamic chromatin
landscape that mediates gene expression programmes. During development, mammalian …

Challenges for clinical drug development in pulmonary fibrosis

ES White, M Thomas, S Stowasser… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Pulmonary fibrosis is a pathologic process associated with scarring of the lung interstitium.
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) encompass a large and heterogenous group of disorders, a …

TGFβ1-RCN3-TGFBR1 loop facilitates pulmonary fibrosis by orchestrating fibroblast activation

M Wu, Z Wang, X Shi, D Zan, H Chen, S Yang… - Respiratory …, 2023 - Springer
Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) bears high mortality due to unclear
pathogenesis and limited therapeutic options. Therefore, identifying novel regulators is …

EZH2 inhibition and cisplatin as a combination anticancer therapy: an overview of preclinical studies

I Samaržija, M Tomljanović, R Novak Kujundžić… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cisplatin is a chemotherapy drug widely used in the treatment of different
cancer types. However, cisplatin displays a high range of toxicity and its use usually leads to …

Activation of AKT induces EZH2-mediated β-catenin trimethylation in colorectal cancer

AH Ghobashi, TT Vuong, JW Kimani, CA Ladaika… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) develops in part through the deregulation of different signaling
pathways, including activation of the WNT/β-catenin and PI3K/AKT pathways. Additionally …

Time and phenotype-dependent transcriptome analysis in AAV-TGFβ1 and Bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis models

B Strobel, H Klein, G Leparc, BE Stierstorfer… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
We have previously established a novel mouse model of lung fibrosis based on Adeno-
associated virus (AAV)-mediated pulmonary overexpression of TGFβ1. Here, we provide an …

Dysregulated polycomb repressive complex 2 contributes to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by rewiring stem cell fate

AL Byrd, X Qu, A Lukyanchuk, J Liu, F Chen… - Stem Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Aberrant lung cell differentiation is a hallmark of many lung diseases including chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The EZH2-containing Polycomb Repressive …

Fibrosis—the tale of H3K27 histone methyltransferases and demethylases

MD Basta, S Petruk, A Mazo, JL Walker - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fibrosis, or excessive scarring, is characterized by the emergence of alpha-smooth muscle
actin (αSMA)-expressing myofibroblasts and the excessive accumulation of fibrotic …

First-in-Class Dual EZH2-HSP90 Inhibitor Eliciting Striking Antiglioblastoma Activity In Vitro and In Vivo

S Sharma, SA Wang, WB Yang, HY Lin… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Structural analysis of tazemetostat, an FDA-approved EZH2 inhibitor, led us to pinpoint a
suitable site for appendage with a pharmacophoric fragment of second-generation HSP90 …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term alterations in lung epithelial cells after EL-RSV infection exacerbate allergic responses through IL-1β-induced pathways

SB Morris, R Ocadiz-Ruiz, N Asai, CA Malinczak… - Mucosal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Early-life (EL) respiratory infections increase pulmonary disease risk, especially EL-
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (EL-RSV) infections linked to asthma. Mechanisms underlying …