[HTML][HTML] Phosphorylation of EZH2 activates STAT3 signaling via STAT3 methylation and promotes tumorigenicity of glioblastoma stem-like cells

E Kim, M Kim, DH Woo, Y Shin, J Shin, N Chang… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) displays cellular hierarchies harboring a subpopulation of
stem-like cells (GSCs). Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2), the lysine methyltransferase …

[HTML][HTML] Role of EZH2 in cancer stem cells: from biological insight to a therapeutic target

Y Wen, J Cai, Y Hou, Z Huang, Z Wang - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetic modifications in cancer stem cells largely result in phenotypic and functional
heterogeneity in many solid tumors. Increasing evidence indicates that enhancer of zeste …

Targeting NEK2 attenuates glioblastoma growth and radioresistance by destabilizing histone methyltransferase EZH2

J Wang, P Cheng, MS Pavlyukov, H Yu… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Accumulating evidence suggests that glioma stem cells (GSCs) are important therapeutic
targets in glioblastoma (GBM). In this study, we identified NIMA-related kinase 2 (NEK2) as a …

Prolonged Ezh2 depletion in glioblastoma causes a robust switch in cell fate resulting in tumor progression

NA de Vries, D Hulsman, W Akhtar, J de Jong… - Cell reports, 2015 - cell.com
EZH2 is frequently overexpressed in glioblastoma (GBM), suggesting an oncogenic function
that could be a target for therapeutic intervention. However, reduced EZH2 activity can also …

EZH2 is essential for glioblastoma cancer stem cell maintenance

ML Suvà, N Riggi, M Janiszewska, I Radovanovic… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Overexpression of the polycomb group protein enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2)
occurs in diverse malignancies, including prostate cancer, breast cancer, and glioblastoma …

Targeting the enhancer of zeste homologue 2 in medulloblastoma

I Alimova, S Venkataraman, P Harris… - … journal of cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2) is the catalytic subunit of Polycomb repressive
complex 2 that catalyzes the trimethylation of histone H3 on Lys 27, and represses gene …

[HTML][HTML] The EZH2 inhibitor GSK343 suppresses cancer stem-like phenotypes and reverses mesenchymal transition in glioma cells

T Yu, Y Wang, Q Hu, WN Wu, Y Wu, W Wei, D Han… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is the catalytic unit of polycomb repressive complex 2
(PRC2) which epigenetically silences many genes involved in tumor-suppressive …

Inactivation of Ezh2 upregulates Gfi1 and drives aggressive Myc-driven group 3 medulloblastoma

BHT Vo, C Li, MA Morgan, I Theurillat, D Finkelstein… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
The most aggressive of four medulloblastoma (MB) subgroups are cMyc-driven group 3 (G3)
tumors, some of which overexpress EZH2, the histone H3K27 mono-, di-, and trimethylase of …

Epigenetic regulation of signaling pathways in cancer: role of the histone methyltransferase EZH2

DPF Tsang, ASL Cheng - Journal of gastroenterology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
EZH2 is the histone H3 lysine 27 methyltransferase of polycomb‐repressive complex 2. It
transcriptionally silences cohorts of developmental regulators in stem/progenitors and …

Enhancer of Zeste 2 (EZH2) is up‐regulated in malignant gliomas and in glioma stem‐like cells

F Orzan, S Pellegatta, PL Poliani… - Neuropathology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
F. Orzan, S. Pellegatta, PL Poliani, F. Pisati, V. Caldera, F. Menghi, D. Kapetis, C. Marras, D.
Schiffer and G. Finocchiaro (2011) Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology37, 381–394 …