Molecular mechanisms and potential functions of histone demethylases

SM Kooistra, K Helin - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Histone modifications are thought to regulate chromatin structure, transcription and other
nuclear processes. Histone methylation was originally believed to be an irreversible …

What a difference a hydroxyl makes: mutant IDH,(R)-2-hydroxyglutarate, and cancer

JA Losman, WG Kaelin - Genes & development, 2013 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Mutations in metabolic enzymes, including isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) and IDH2, in
cancer strongly implicate altered metabolism in tumorigenesis. IDH1 and IDH2 catalyze the …

Arginine demethylation is catalysed by a subset of JmjC histone lysine demethylases

LJ Walport, RJ Hopkinson, R Chowdhury… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
While the oxygen-dependent reversal of lysine N ɛ-methylation is well established, the
existence of bona fide N ω-methylarginine demethylases (RDMs) is controversial. Lysine …

Integrative analysis reveals an outcome-associated and targetable pattern of p53 and cell cycle deregulation in diffuse large B cell lymphoma

S Monti, B Chapuy, K Takeyama, SJ Rodig, Y Hao… - Cancer cell, 2012 - cell.com
Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a clinically and biologically heterogeneous
disease with a high proliferation rate. By integrating copy number data with transcriptional …

The signal transducers Stat1 and Stat3 and their novel target Jmjd3 drive the expression of inflammatory genes in microglia

P Przanowski, M Dabrowski… - Journal of molecular …, 2014 - Springer
Most neurological diseases are associated with chronic inflammation initiated by the
activation of microglia, which produce cytotoxic and inflammatory factors. Signal transducers …

The roles of Jumonji-type oxygenases in human disease

C Johansson, A Tumber, KH Che, P Cain, R Nowak… - …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The iron-and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenases constitute a phylogenetically
conserved class of enzymes that catalyze hydroxylation reactions in humans by acting on …

JMJD3 in the regulation of human diseases

X Zhang, L Liu, X Yuan, Y Wei, X Wei - Protein & cell, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, many studies have shown that histone methylation plays an important role in
maintaining the active and silent state of gene expression in human diseases. The Jumonji …

TUDCA, a bile acid, attenuates amyloid precursor protein processing and amyloid-β deposition in APP/PS1 mice

AF Nunes, JD Amaral, AC Lo, MB Fonseca… - Molecular …, 2012 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by accumulation of
amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide in the hippocampus and frontal cortex of the brain, leading to …

Histone demethylase Jumonji D3 (JMJD3/KDM6B) at the nexus of epigenetic regulation of inflammation and the aging process

A Salminen, K Kaarniranta, M Hiltunen… - Journal of molecular …, 2014 - Springer
Histone methylation is involved in the epigenetic control of immune responses and cellular
senescence. Jumonji domain-containing protein 3 (JMJD3), also called lysine-specific …

Pan-histone demethylase inhibitors simultaneously targeting Jumonji C and lysine-specific demethylases display high anticancer activities

D Rotili, S Tomassi, M Conte, R Benedetti… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
In prostate cancer, two different types of histone lysine demethylases (KDM), LSD1/KDM1
and JMJD2/KDM4, are coexpressed and colocalize with the androgen receptor. We …