2-Oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases in cancer

JA Losman, P Koivunen, WG Kaelin Jr - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases (2OGDDs) are a superfamily of enzymes that play
diverse roles in many biological processes, including regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor …

Marked for death: targeting epigenetic changes in cancer

SX Pfister, A Ashworth - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
In the past few years, it has become clear that mutations in epigenetic regulatory genes are
common in human cancers. Therapeutic strategies are now being developed to target …

Inhibitors of protein methyltransferases and demethylases

HU Kaniskan, ML Martini, J Jin - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Post-translational modifications of histones by protein methyltransferases (PMTs) and
histone demethylases (KDMs) play an important role in the regulation of gene expression …

The cancer driver genes IDH1/2, JARID1C/ KDM5C, and UTX/ KDM6A: crosstalk between histone demethylation and hypoxic reprogramming in cancer metabolism

S Chang, S Yim, H Park - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Recent studies on mutations in cancer genomes have distinguished driver mutations from
passenger mutations, which occur as byproducts of cancer development. The cancer …

The emerging role of KDM5A in human cancer

GJ Yang, MH Zhu, XJ Lu, YJ Liu, JF Lu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Histone methylation is a key posttranslational modification of chromatin, and its
dysregulation affects a wide array of nuclear activities including the maintenance of genome …

Tumor evolution and chemoresistance in ovarian cancer

S Kim, Y Han, SI Kim, HS Kim, SJ Kim… - NPJ precision oncology, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Development of novel strategies to overcome chemoresistance is central goal in
ovarian cancer research. Natural history of the cancer development and progression is …

Histone demethylase KDM5A regulates the ZMYND8–NuRD chromatin remodeler to promote DNA repair

F Gong, T Clouaire, M Aguirrebengoa, G Legube… - Journal of Cell …, 2017 - rupress.org
Upon DNA damage, histone modifications are dynamically reshaped to accommodate DNA
damage signaling and repair within chromatin. In this study, we report the identification of …

Activation of the KDM5A/miRNA-495/YTHDF2/m6A-MOB3B axis facilitates prostate cancer progression

C Du, C Lv, Y Feng, S Yu - Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - Springer
Background Accumulating evidence supports that lysine-specific demethylase 5 (KDM5)
family members act as oncogenic drivers. This study was performed to elucidate the …

Targeting histone lysine methylation in cancer

J McGrath, P Trojer - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Within the vast landscape of histone modifications lysine methylation has gained increasing
attention because of its profound regulatory potential. The methylation of lysine residues on …

Histone lysine demethylases and their functions in cancer

J Sterling, SV Menezes, RH Abbassi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Histone lysine demethylases (KDMs) are enzymes that remove the methylation marks on
lysines in nucleosomes' histone tails. These changes in methylation marks regulate gene …