The language of chromatin modification in human cancers

S Zhao, CD Allis, GG Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The genetic information of human cells is stored in the context of chromatin, which is
subjected to DNA methylation and various histone modifications. Such a 'language'of …

Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

Y Cheng, C He, M Wang, X Ma, F Mo, S Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic alternations concern heritable yet reversible changes in histone or DNA
modifications that regulate gene activity beyond the underlying sequence. Epigenetic …

Branched-chain amino acid metabolism in cancer

EA Ananieva, AC Wilkinson - … in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Both oncogenic mutations and cancer tissue-of-origin influence BCAA metabolism and
expression of BCAA-associated metabolic enzymes. These new discoveries need to be …

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition: epigenetic reprogramming driving cellular plasticity

N Skrypek, S Goossens, E De Smedt, N Vandamme… - Trends in Genetics, 2017 - cell.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process in which epithelial cells lose their
junctions and polarity to gain a motile mesenchymal phenotype. EMT is essential during …

DOT1L and H3K79 methylation in transcription and genomic stability

K Wood, M Tellier, S Murphy - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
The organization of eukaryotic genomes into chromatin provides challenges for the cell to
accomplish basic cellular functions, such as transcription, DNA replication and repair of DNA …

Emerging role of PI3K/AKT in tumor-related epigenetic regulation

Q Yang, W Jiang, P Hou - Seminars in Cancer biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Epigenetic alterations, along with genetic alterations, have long been regarded as the most
important mechanism participating in carcinogenesis. DNA methylation, histone …

Epigenetic regulation of hybrid epithelial-mesenchymal cell states in cancer

RA Sample, MF Nogueira, RD Mitra, SV Puram - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process by which cells lose their epithelial
characteristics and gain mesenchymal phenotypes. In cancer, EMT is thought to drive tumor …

Histone methyltransferase DOT1L coordinates AR and MYC stability in prostate cancer

R Vatapalli, V Sagar, Y Rodriguez, JC Zhao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The histone methyltransferase DOT1L methylates lysine 79 (K79) on histone H3 and is
involved in Mixed Lineage Leukemia (MLL) fusion leukemogenesis; however, its role in …

LINC01638 lncRNA activates MTDH-Twist1 signaling by preventing SPOP-mediated c-Myc degradation in triple-negative breast cancer

L Luo, H Tang, L Ling, N Li, X Jia, Z Zhang, X Wang… - Oncogene, 2018 - nature.com
Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease, and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)
continues to be a serious health problem. The potential involvement of lncRNAs in TNBC …

Cancer epigenetics: Past, present and future

JE Lee, MY Kim - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer was thought to be caused solely by genetic mutations in oncogenes and tumor
suppressor genes. In the last 35 years, however, epigenetic changes have been …