Functions of lncRNA HOTAIR in lung cancer

G Loewen, J Jayawickramarajah, Y Zhuo… - Journal of hematology & …, 2014 - Springer
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) govern fundamental biochemical and cellular processes.
lncRNA HOX transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR) represses gene expression through …

The functional diversity of protein lysine methylation

S Lanouette, V Mongeon, D Figeys… - Molecular systems …, 2014 - embopress.org
Large‐scale characterization of post‐translational modifications (PTM s), such as
phosphorylation, acetylation and ubiquitination, has highlighted their importance in the …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation and role of EZH2 in cancer

H Yamaguchi, MC Hung - Cancer research and treatment …, 2014 - synapse.koreamed.org
Abstract Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is the epigenetic regulator that induces
histone H3 lysine 27 methylation (H3K27me3) and silences specific gene transcription …

Dynamic GATA4 enhancers shape the chromatin landscape central to heart development and disease

A He, F Gu, Y Hu, Q Ma, L Yi Ye, JA Akiyama… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
How stage-specific enhancer dynamics modulate gene expression patterns essential for
organ development, homeostasis and disease is not well understood. Here, we addressed …

Epigenetic regulation in cancer progression

E Baxter, K Windloch, F Gannon, JS Lee - Cell & bioscience, 2014 - Springer
Cancer is a disease arising from both genetic and epigenetic modifications of DNA that
contribute to changes in gene expression in the cell. Genetic modifications include loss or …

Targeting histone methyltransferase EZH2 as cancer treatment

Y Kondo - The journal of biochemistry, 2014 - academic.oup.com
It is widely accepted that epigenetic alterations are associated with different stages of tumour
formation and progression in many cancers. Therefore, epigenetic abnormalities in cancers …

GATA-dependent regulatory switches establish atrioventricular canal specificity during heart development

S Stefanovic, P Barnett, K Van Duijvenboden… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The embryonic vertebrate heart tube develops an atrioventricular canal that divides the atrial
and ventricular chambers, forms atrioventricular conduction tissue and organizes valve …

[HTML][HTML] GATA4 and GATA6 regulate intestinal epithelial cytodifferentiation during development

EM Walker, CA Thompson, MA Battle - Developmental biology, 2014 - Elsevier
The intestinal epithelium performs vital roles in organ function by absorbing nutrients and
providing a protective barrier. The zinc-finger containing transcription factors GATA4 and …

Prognostic value of polycomb proteins EZH2, BMI1 and SUZ12 and histone modification H3K27me3 in colorectal cancer

A Benard, IJ Goossens-Beumer, AQ van Hoesel… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Numerous changes in epigenetic mechanisms have been described in various types of
tumors. In search for new biomarkers, we investigated the expression of Polycomb-group …

Inhibition of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy by protein arginine methyltransferase 5

M Chen, B Yi, J Sun - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2014 - ASBMB
Protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5), a protein arginine methyltransferase that
catalyzes the symmetrical dimethylation of arginine residues within target proteins, has been …