The emerging role of GATA transcription factors in development and disease

MHFM Lentjes, HEC Niessen, Y Akiyama… - Expert reviews in …, 2016 - cambridge.org
The GATA family of transcription factors consists of six proteins (GATA1-6) which are
involved in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. GATA1/2/3 are required …

Emerging roles for Polycomb proteins in cancer

D Pasini, L Di Croce - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2016 - Elsevier
The activities of the heterogeneous Polycomb (PcG) group of proteins ensure that the
developmental processes of proliferation and cellular identity establishment are carried out …

MDM2 associates with polycomb repressor complex 2 and enhances stemness-promoting chromatin modifications independent of p53

M Wienken, A Dickmanns, A Nemajerova, D Kramer… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
The MDM2 oncoprotein ubiquitinates and antagonizes p53 but may also carry out p53-
independent functions. Here we report that MDM2 is required for the efficient generation of …

Acetylation of VGLL4 regulates Hippo-YAP signaling and postnatal cardiac growth

Z Lin, H Guo, Y Cao, S Zohrabian, P Zhou, Q Ma… - Developmental cell, 2016 - cell.com
Binding of the transcriptional co-activator YAP with the transcription factor TEAD stimulates
growth of the heart and other organs. YAP overexpression potently stimulates fetal …

[HTML][HTML] Re-patterning of H3K27me3, H3K4me3 and DNA methylation during fibroblast conversion into induced cardiomyocytes

Z Liu, O Chen, M Zheng, L Wang, Y Zhou, C Yin, J Liu… - Stem cell …, 2016 - Elsevier
Direct conversion of fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs) offers an alternative
strategy for cardiac disease modeling and regeneration. During iCM reprogramming, the …

[HTML][HTML] GATA4 regulates epithelial cell proliferation to control intestinal growth and development in mice

BM Kohlnhofer, CA Thompson, EM Walker… - Cellular and molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background & Aims The embryonic small intestinal epithelium is highly proliferative, and
although much is known about mechanisms regulating proliferation in the adult intestine, the …

Integrative analysis reveals the transcriptional collaboration between EZH2 and E2F1 in the regulation of cancer-related gene expression

H Xu, K Xu, HH He, C Zang, CH Chen, Y Chen… - Molecular Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Overexpression of EZH2 is frequently linked to the advanced and metastatic stage of
cancers. The mechanisms of its oncogenic function can be context specific, and may vary …

Regulation of cardiac transcription factor GATA4 by post-translational modification in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and heart failure

Y Katanasaka, H Suzuki, Y Sunagawa… - International heart …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Heart failure is a leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in industrialized countries. During
development and deterioration of heart failure, cardiomyocytes undergo maladaptive …

Normal formation of a vertebrate body plan and loss of tissue maintenance in the absence of ezh2

B San, ND Chrispijn, N Wittkopp, SJ Van Heeringen… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are transcriptional repressors of numerous genes, many of
which regulate cell cycle progression or developmental processes. We used zebrafish to …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 as a promising strategy for cancer treatment

I Marchesi, L Bagella - World journal of clinical oncology, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Polycomb group proteins represent a global silencing system involved in development
regulation. In specific, they regulate the transition from proliferation to differentiation …