The roles of EZH2 in cancer and its inhibitors

Y Liu, Q Yang - Medical Oncology, 2023 - Springer
The enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is encoded by the Enhancer of zeste 2 polycomb
repressive complex 2 subunit gene. EZH2 is involved in the cell cycle, DNA damage repair …

AnimalTFDB 4.0: a comprehensive animal transcription factor database updated with variation and expression annotations

WK Shen, SY Chen, ZQ Gan, YZ Zhang… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Transcription factors (TFs) are proteins that interact with specific DNA sequences to regulate
gene expression and play crucial roles in all kinds of biological processes. To keep up with …

EZH2 and NF-κB: A context-dependent crosstalk and transcriptional regulation in cancer

P Kaur, S Verma, PP Kushwaha, S Gupta - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Epigenetic modifications regulate critical biological processes that play a pivotal role in the
pathogenesis of cancer. Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2), a subunit of the Polycomb …

Non-canonical functions of EZH2 in cancer

SM Zimmerman, PN Lin, GP Souroullas - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mutations in chromatin modifying genes frequently occur in many kinds of cancer. Most
mechanistic studies focus on their canonical functions, while therapeutic approaches target …

JARID2 and EZH2, the eminent epigenetic drivers in human cancer

B Sreeshma, A Devi - Gene, 2023 - Elsevier
Cancer has become a prominent cause of death, accounting for approximately 10 million
deaths worldwide as per the World Health Organization report 2020. Epigenetics deal with …

EZH2 interacts with HP1BP3 to epigenetically activate WNT7B that promotes temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma

T Yu, F Zhou, W Tian, R Xu, B Wang, A Zeng, Z Zhou… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most lethal primary brain tumor in adults and harbors a
subpopulation of glioma stem cells (GSCs). Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone …

Activation of AKT induces EZH2-mediated β-catenin trimethylation in colorectal cancer

AH Ghobashi, TT Vuong, JW Kimani, CA Ladaika… - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) develops in part through the deregulation of different signaling
pathways, including activation of the WNT/β-catenin and PI3K/AKT pathways. Additionally …

Epigenetic modification factors and microRNAs network associated with differentiation of embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells toward …

A Zare, A Salehpour, A Khoradmehr, S Bakhshalizadeh… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
More research is being conducted on myocardial cell treatments utilizing stem cell lines that
can develop into cardiomyocytes. All of the forms of cardiac illnesses have shown to be quite …

MicroRNA-495: a therapeutic and diagnostic tumor marker

A Maharati, F Tolue Ghasaban, I Akhlaghipour… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Therapeutic and diagnostic progresses have significantly reduced the mortality rate among
cancer patients during the last decade. However, there is still a high rate of mortality among …

Resistance to BRAF inhibitors: EZH2 and its downstream targets as potential therapeutic options in melanoma

A Uebel, S Kewitz-Hempel, E Willscher… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Activating BRAF mutations occurs in 50–60% of malignant melanomas. Although initially
treatable, the development of resistance to BRAF-targeted therapies (BRAFi) is a major …