[HTML][HTML] Perturbation of BRD4 protein function by BRD4-NUT protein abrogates cellular differentiation in NUT midline carcinoma

J Yan, J Diaz, J Jiao, R Wang, J You - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011 - ASBMB
NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) belongs to a class of highly lethal and poorly differentiated
epithelial cancers arising mainly in human midline organs. NMC is caused by the …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic analysis of the role of bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) in BRD4-NUT oncoprotein-induced transcriptional activation

R Wang, J You - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2015 - ASBMB
NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) is a rare but highly aggressive cancer typically caused by the
translocation t (15; 19), which results in the formation of the BRD4-NUT fusion oncoprotein …

Novel BRD4–NUT fusion isoforms increase the pathogenic complexity in NUT midline carcinoma

K Thompson-Wicking, RW Francis, A Stirnweiss… - Oncogene, 2013 - nature.com
Nuclear protein in testis (NUT)-midline carcinoma (NMC) is a rare, aggressive disease
typically presenting with a single t (15; 19) translocation that results in the generation of a …

Activation of SOX2 Expression by BRD4-NUT Oncogenic Fusion Drives Neoplastic Transformation in NUT Midline Carcinoma

R Wang, W Liu, CM Helfer, JE Bradner, JL Hornick… - Cancer research, 2014 - AACR
BRD4 is implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of different cancers. It is also the target
of translocation t (15; 19) that accounts for the highly aggressive NUT midline carcinoma …

Supercharging BRD4 with NUT in carcinoma

KP Eagen, CA French - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
NUT carcinoma (NC) is an extremely aggressive squamous cancer with no effective therapy.
NC is driven, most commonly, by the BRD4-NUT fusion oncoprotein. BRD4-NUT combines …

MYC, a downstream target of BRD-NUT, is necessary and sufficient for the blockade of differentiation in NUT midline carcinoma

AR Grayson, EM Walsh, MJ Cameron, J Godec… - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) is an aggressive type of squamous cell carcinoma that is
defined by the presence of BRD-NUT fusion oncogenes, which encode chimeric proteins …

Ectopic protein interactions within BRD4–chromatin complexes drive oncogenic megadomain formation in NUT midline carcinoma

AA Alekseyenko, EM Walsh, BM Zee… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
To investigate the mechanism that drives dramatic mistargeting of active chromatin in NUT
midline carcinoma (NMC), we have identified protein interactions unique to the BRD4–NUT …

[HTML][HTML] The oncoprotein BRD4-NUT generates aberrant histone modification patterns

BM Zee, AB Dibona, AA Alekseyenko, CA French… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Defects in chromatin proteins frequently manifest in diseases. A striking case of a chromatin-
centric disease is NUT-midline carcinoma (NMC), which is characterized by expression of …

BRD–NUT oncoproteins: a family of closely related nuclear proteins that block epithelial differentiation and maintain the growth of carcinoma cells

CA French, CL Ramirez, J Kolmakova, TT Hickman… - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
An unusual group of carcinomas, here termed nuclear protein in testis (NUT) midline
carcinomas (NMC), are characterized by translocations that involve NUT, a novel gene on …

The oncogenic BRD4-NUT chromatin regulator drives aberrant transcription within large topological domains

AA Alekseyenko, EM Walsh, X Wang… - Genes & …, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
NUT midline carcinoma (NMC), a subtype of squamous cell cancer, is one of the most
aggressive human solid malignancies known. NMC is driven by the creation of a …