Pcgf6, a polycomb group protein, regulates mesodermal lineage differentiation in murine ESCs and functions in iPS reprogramming

D Zdzieblo, X Li, Q Lin, M Zenke, DJ Illich, M Becker… - Stem …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins comprise evolutionary conserved factors with essential
functions for embryonic development and adult stem cells. PcG proteins constitute two main …

Downregulation of BMI-1 enhances 5-fluorouracil-induced apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

L Qin, X Zhang, L Zhang, Y Feng, GX Weng… - Biochemical and …, 2008 - Elsevier
5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is an important chemotherapeutic agent for nasopharyngeal
carcinoma (NPC). However, drug resistance may occur after several cycles of 5-FU-based …

Polycomb group proteins and MYC: the cancer connection

L Benetatos, G Vartholomatos… - Cellular and molecular life …, 2014 - Springer
Polycomb group proteins (PcGs) are transcriptional repressors involved in physiological
processes whereas PcG deregulation might result in oncogenesis. MYC oncogene is able to …

[HTML][HTML] c-Myc is essential to prevent endothelial pro-inflammatory senescent phenotype

V Florea, N Bhagavatula, G Simovic, FY Macedo… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The proto-oncogene c-Myc is vital for vascular development and promotes tumor
angiogenesis, but the mechanisms by which it controls blood vessel growth remain unclear …

The role of BMI1 in endometrial cancer and other cancers

Y Zhao, W Yang, K Zheng, J Chen, X Jin - Gene, 2023 - Elsevier
Endometrial cancer (EC) is the third leading gynecological malignancy, and its treatment
remains challenging. B cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus integration site-1 (BMI1) …

Timosaponin A‐III inhibits oncogenic phenotype via regulation of PcG protein BMI1 in breast cancer cells

JE Gergely, AE Dorsey, GP Dimri… - Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Polycomb group (PcG) protein BMI1 is an important regulator of oncogenic phenotype and is
often overexpressed in several human malignancies including breast cancer. Aberrant …

[HTML][HTML] A miR-200c/141-BMI1 autoregulatory loop regulates oncogenic activity of BMI1 in cancer cells

M Dimri, M Kang, GP Dimri - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to function as oncomiRs or tumor suppressors and are
important noncoding RNA regulators of oncogenesis. The miR-200c/141 locus on …

Deletion of Mettl3 at the Pro‐B Stage Marginally Affects B Cell Development and Profibrogenic Activity of B Cells in Liver Fibrosis

X Kang, S Chen, L Pan, X Liang, D Lu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) modification plays a pivotal role in cell fate determination.
Previous studies show that eliminating m6A using Mb1-Cre dramatically impairs B cell …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic kidney disease: a vicarious relation to premature cell senescence

MS Goligorsky - The American Journal of Pathology, 2020 - Elsevier
Chronic kidney disease (CKD), commonly fostering nonrenal complications, themselves
more life threatening than renal pathology, remains enigmatic. Despite more than a century …

Polycomb group ring finger 1 cooperates with Runx1 in regulating differentiation and self-renewal of hematopoietic cells

K Ross, AK Sedello, GP Todd… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
The transcription factor runt-related transcription factor 1 (Runx1) is essential for the
establishment of definitive hematopoiesis during embryonic development. In adult blood …