ETS transcription factors: Multifaceted players from cancer progression to tumor immunity

Y Wang, Z Huang, M Sun, W Huang, L Xia - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
The E26 transformation specific (ETS) family comprises 28 transcription factors, the majority
of which are involved in tumor initiation and development. Serving as a group of functionally …

SWI/SNF blockade disrupts PU. 1-directed enhancer programs in normal hematopoietic cells and acute myeloid leukemia

C Chambers, K Cermakova, YS Chan, K Kurtz… - Cancer research, 2023 - AACR
In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes sustain
leukemic identity by driving high levels of MYC. Previous studies have implicated the …

PU. 1 and BCL11B sequentially cooperate with RUNX1 to anchor mSWI/SNF to poise the T cell effector landscape

N Gamble, A Bradu, JA Caldwell, J McKeever… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Adaptive immunity relies on specialized effector functions elicited by lymphocytes, yet how
antigen recognition activates appropriate effector responses through nonspecific signaling …

Differential usage of transcriptional repressor Zeb2 enhancers distinguishes adult and embryonic hematopoiesis

X Huang, ST Ferris, S Kim, MNK Choudhary, JA Belk… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
The transcriptional repressor ZEB2 regulates development of many cell fates among
somatic, neural, and hematopoietic lineages, but the basis for its requirement in these …

Cis-regulatory evolution of the recently expanded Ly49 gene family

C Fan, X Xing, SJH Murphy, J Poursine-Laurent… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Comparative genomics has revealed the rapid expansion of multiple gene families involved
in immunity. Members within each gene family often evolved distinct roles in immunity …

Baf155 controls hematopoietic differentiation and regeneration through chromatin priming

J Wu, C Fan, AU Kabir, K Krchma, M Kim, Y Kwon… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Chromatin priming promotes cell-type-specific gene expression, lineage differentiation, and
development. The mechanism of chromatin priming has not been fully understood. Here, we …

Autism-associated chromatin remodeler CHD8 regulates erythroblast cytokinesis and fine-tunes the balance of Rho GTPase signaling

Z Tu, C Fan, AK Davis, M Hu, C Wang, A Dandamudi… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
CHD8 is an ATP-dependent chromatin-remodeling factor whose monoallelic mutation
defines a subtype of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). Previous work found that CHD8 is …

BRG1/BRM inhibitor targets AML stem cells and exerts superior preclinical efficacy combined with BET or Menin inhibitor

W Fiskus, J Piel, M Collins, M Hentemann, B Cuglievan… - Blood, 2024 - ashpublications.org
Abstract BRG1 (SMARCA4) and BRM (SMARCA2) are the mutually exclusive core ATPases
of the chromatin remodeling BAF (BRG1/BRM-associated factor) complexes. They enable …

Hijacking the transcriptional activation potential of the BAF complex via Induced Proximity

L Chia, D Mayhew, B Sherbanee, DL Lahr… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The BAF (Brg/Brahma-associated factors) complex, also referred to as the mammalian
Switch/Sucrose-Nonfermentable (mSWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complex, plays a …

Loss of Bicra/Gltscr1 leads to a defect in fetal liver macrophages responsible for erythrocyte maturation in mice.

S Sood, A Alpsoy, G Jiao, A Dhiman, CS King… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
GLTSCR1, a protein encoded by the Bicra gene, is a defining subunit of the SWI/SNF (also
called mammalian BAF) chromatin remodeling subcomplex called GBAF/ncBAF. To …