Interplay between posttranslational modifications and liquid‒liquid phase separation in tumors

X Yan, M Zhang, D Wang - Cancer Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid‒liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a general phenomenon recently recognized to be
critically involved in the regulation of a variety of cellular biological processes, such as …

Transcriptional co-activators: emerging roles in signaling pathways and potential therapeutic targets for diseases

PD Talukdar, U Chatterji - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Specific cell states in metazoans are established by the symphony of gene expression
programs that necessitate intricate synergic interactions between transcription factors and …

RNF40 epigenetically modulates glycolysis to support the aggressiveness of basal-like breast cancer

E Prokakis, S Jansari, A Boshnakovska, M Wiese… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most difficult breast cancer subtype to treat due
to the lack of targeted therapies. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are strongly enriched in TNBC …

Structural basis for the Rad6 activation by the Bre1 N-terminal domain

M Shi, J Zhao, S Zhang, W Huang, M Li, X Bai… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The mono-ubiquitination of the histone protein H2B (H2Bub1) is a highly conserved histone
post-translational modification that plays critical roles in many fundamental processes. In …

Epoxymicheliolide directly targets histone H2B to inhibit neuroinflammation via recruiting E3 ligase RNF20

SZ Zheng, XW Zhang, XM Song, Z Yang, L Yao… - Pharmacological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Monoubiquitination plays a critical role as one of the largest histone post-translational
modifications (PTMs). Recent study has revealed that histone H2B monoubiquitination …

Maintaining chromosome and genome stability by the RPA–RNF20–SNF2H cascade

G Driscoll, S Yan - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Cell division is essential for all multicellular organisms, and its efficacy relies on
chromosome segregation and the coordination of cellular proteins (1). Precise chromosome …

The value of H2BC12 for predicting poor survival outcomes in patients with WHO grade II and III gliomas

J Zhou, Z Xing, Y Xiao, M Li, X Li, D Wang… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Purpose: Glioma is a common primary malignant brain tumor. Grade II (GII) gliomas are
prone to develop into anaplastic grade III (GIII) gliomas, which indicate a higher malignancy …

[HTML][HTML] H2Bub1 loss is an early contributor to clear cell ovarian cancer progression

AJ Ferrari, P Rawat, HS Rendulich, AV Annapragada… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic aberrations, including posttranslational modifications of core histones, are major
contributors to cancer. Here, we define the status of histone H2B monoubiquitylation …

Nuclear export of mRNAs with disease pathogenesis and therapeutic implications

S Guha, P Barman, A Manawa, SR Bhaumik - Messenger RNA …, 2022 - Springer
In eukaryotes, RNA polymerase II genes are transcribed to mRNAs, processed in the
nucleus, and then exported to the cytoplasm through the nuclear pore complex for …

Epigenetics and Histone Ubiquitination in Ovarian Cancer

A Ferrari - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rates of all gynecologic cancers. Epithelial ovarian
cancers (EOC), accounting for 90% of all ovarian tumors, includes a number of histotypes …