The Mediator complex as a master regulator of transcription by RNA polymerase II

WF Richter, S Nayak, J Iwasa, DJ Taatjes - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The Mediator complex, which in humans is 1.4 MDa in size and includes 26 subunits,
controls many aspects of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) function. Apart from its size, a defining …

Achieving clinical success with BET inhibitors as anti-cancer agents

T Shorstova, WD Foulkes, M Witcher - British journal of cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The transcriptional upregulation of oncogenes is a driving force behind the progression of
many tumours. However, until a decade ago, the concept of 'switching off'these oncogenic …

Regulation of the RNA polymerase II pre-initiation complex by its associated coactivators

S Malik, RG Roeder - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The RNA polymerase II (Pol II) pre-initiation complex (PIC) is a critical node in
eukaryotic transcription regulation, and its formation is the major rate-limiting step in …

BRD4 and Cancer: going beyond transcriptional regulation

B Donati, E Lorenzini, A Ciarrocchi - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
BRD4, member of the Bromodomain and Extraterminal (BET) protein family, is largely
acknowledged in cancer for its role in super-enhancers (SEs) organization and oncogenes …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptional addiction in cancer

JE Bradner, D Hnisz, RA Young - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Cancer arises from genetic alterations that invariably lead to dysregulated transcriptional
programs. These dysregulated programs can cause cancer cells to become highly …

BET proteins as targets for anticancer treatment

A Stathis, F Bertoni - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) proteins are epigenetic readers that regulate
gene expression and are involved in cancer pathogenesis. Over the last years, several BET …

Emerging roles of Myc in stem cell biology and novel tumor therapies

GJ Yoshida - Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research, 2018 - Springer
The pathophysiological roles and the therapeutic potentials of Myc family are reviewed in
this article. The physiological functions and molecular machineries in stem cells, including …

TNF-α-producing macrophages determine subtype identity and prognosis via AP1 enhancer reprogramming in pancreatic cancer

M Tu, L Klein, E Espinet, T Georgomanolis, F Wegwitz… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Large-scale genomic profiling of pancreatic cancer (PDAC) has revealed two distinct
subtypes:'classical'and 'basal-like'. Their variable coexistence within the stromal immune …

BRD4-targeting PROTAC as a unique tool to study biomolecular condensates

Y Shi, Y Liao, Q Liu, Z Ni, Z Zhang, M Shi, P Li, H Li… - Cell Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates play key roles in various biological processes. However, specific
condensation modulators are currently lacking. PROTAC is a new technology that can use …

Super-enhancer-driven transcriptional dependencies in cancer

S Sengupta, RE George - Trends in cancer, 2017 - cell.com
Transcriptional deregulation is one of the core tenets of cancer biology and is underpinned
by alterations in both protein-coding genes and noncoding regulatory elements. Large …