EZH2 in cancer progression and potential application in cancer therapy: a friend or foe?

KS Yan, CY Lin, TW Liao, CM Peng, SC Lee… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone methyltransferase, catalyzes tri-methylation
of histone H3 at Lys 27 (H3K27me3) to regulate gene expression through epigenetic …

[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 …

Multiple histone lysine methyltransferases are required for the establishment and maintenance of HIV-1 latency

K Nguyen, B Das, C Dobrowolski, J Karn - MBio, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
We showed previously that the histone lysine methyltransferase (HKMT) H3K27me3 (EZH2)
is the catalytic subunit of Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) and is required for the …

Alternative splicing of EZH2 pre-mRNA by SF3B3 contributes to the tumorigenic potential of renal cancer

K Chen, H Xiao, J Zeng, G Yu, H Zhou, C Huang… - Clinical Cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Purpose: Deregulation or mutation of the EZH2 gene causes various tumors, including clear
cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Although several splice variants of EZH2 have been …

A non‐canonical function of Ezh2 preserves immune homeostasis

A Vasanthakumar, D Xu, ATL Lun, AJ Kueh… - EMBO …, 2017 - embopress.org
Abstract Enhancer of zeste 2 (Ezh2) mainly methylates lysine 27 of histone‐H3 (H3K27me3)
as part of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC 2) together with Suz12 and Eed …

Polycomb repressive complex 2 methylates elongin A to regulate transcription

MB Ardehali, A Anselmo, JC Cochrane, S Kundu… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Summary Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2-EZH2) methylates histone H3 at lysine 27
(H3K27) and is required to maintain gene repression during development. Misregulation of …

Trimethylation and acetylation of β-catenin at lysine 49 represent key elements in ESC pluripotency

K Hoffmeyer, D Junghans, B Kanzler, R Kemler - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Wnt/β-catenin signaling is required for embryonic stem cell (ESC) pluripotency by inducing
mesodermal differentiation and inhibiting neuronal differentiation; however, how β-catenin …

Mapping cell type-specific transcriptional enhancers using high affinity, lineage-specific Ep300 bioChIP-seq

P Zhou, F Gu, L Zhang, BN Akerberg, Q Ma, K Li, A He… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Understanding the mechanisms that regulate cell type-specific transcriptional programs
requires developing a lexicon of their genomic regulatory elements. We developed a …

[HTML][HTML] GATA4 is sufficient to establish jejunal versus ileal identity in the small intestine

CA Thompson, K Wojta, K Pulakanti, S Rao… - Cellular and molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Patterning of the small intestinal epithelium along its cephalocaudal
axis establishes three functionally distinct regions: duodenum, jejunum, and ileum. Efficient …

EED orchestration of heart maturation through interaction with HDACs is H3K27me3-independent

S Ai, Y Peng, C Li, F Gu, X Yu, Y Yue, Q Ma, J Chen… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
In proliferating cells, where most Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) studies have been
performed, gene repression is associated with PRC2 trimethylation of H3K27 (H3K27me3) …