Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

Aggressive variants of prostate cancer: underlying mechanisms of neuroendocrine transdifferentiation

L Merkens, V Sailer, D Lessel, E Janzen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Prostate cancer is a hormone-driven disease and its tumor cell growth highly relies on
increased androgen receptor (AR) signaling. Therefore, targeted therapy directed against …

Prevalent, dynamic, and conserved R-loop structures associate with specific epigenomic signatures in mammals

LA Sanz, SR Hartono, YW Lim, S Steyaert, A Rajpurkar… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
R-loops are three-stranded nucleic acid structures formed upon annealing of an RNA strand
to one strand of duplex DNA. We profiled R-loops using a high-resolution, strand-specific …

Histone methylation: a dynamic mark in health, disease and inheritance

EL Greer, Y Shi - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2012 - nature.com
Organisms require an appropriate balance of stability and reversibility in gene expression
programmes to maintain cell identity or to enable responses to stimuli; epigenetic regulation …

Histone lysine methylation dynamics: establishment, regulation, and biological impact

JC Black, C Van Rechem, JR Whetstine - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Histone lysine methylation has emerged as a critical player in the regulation of gene
expression, cell cycle, genome stability, and nuclear architecture. Over the past decade, a …

lncRNA-dependent mechanisms of androgen-receptor-regulated gene activation programs

L Yang, C Lin, C Jin, JC Yang, B Tanasa, W Li… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Although recent studies have indicated roles of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in
physiological aspects of cell-type determination and tissue homeostasis, their potential …

Roles and mechanisms of BAP1 deubiquitinase in tumor suppression

L Masclef, O Ahmed, B Estavoyer, B Larrivée… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
The BAP1 gene has emerged as a major tumor suppressor mutated with various
frequencies in numerous human malignancies, including uveal melanoma, malignant …

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 …

Two conserved histone demethylases regulate mitochondrial stress-induced longevity

C Merkwirth, V Jovaisaite, J Durieux, O Matilainen… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Across eukaryotic species, mild mitochondrial stress can have beneficial effects on the
lifespan of organisms. Mitochondrial dysfunction activates an unfolded protein response …

CD44 regulates epigenetic plasticity by mediating iron endocytosis

S Müller, F Sindikubwabo, T Cañeque, A Lafon… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
CD44 is a transmembrane glycoprotein linked to various biological processes reliant on
epigenetic plasticity, which include development, inflammation, immune responses, wound …