DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

ZD Smith, S Hetzel, A Meissner - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The DNA methylation field has matured from a phase of discovery and genomic
characterization to one seeking deeper functional understanding of how this modification …

Metabolism of amino acids in cancer

Z Wei, X Liu, C Cheng, W Yu, P Yi - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Metabolic reprogramming has been widely recognized as a hallmark of malignancy. The
uptake and metabolism of amino acids are aberrantly upregulated in many cancers that …

Biological roles of RNA m5C modification and its implications in Cancer immunotherapy

H Song, J Zhang, B Liu, J Xu, B Cai, H Yang… - Biomarker …, 2022 - Springer
Epigenetics including DNA and RNA modifications have always been the hotspot field of life
sciences in the post-genome era. Since the first mapping of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) and …

Itaconate inhibits TET DNA dioxygenases to dampen inflammatory responses

LL Chen, C Morcelle, ZL Cheng, X Chen, Y Xu… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
As one of the most induced genes in activated macrophages, immune-responsive gene 1
(IRG1) encodes a mitochondrial metabolic enzyme catalysing the production of itaconic acid …

Crosstalk between metabolic reprogramming and epigenetics in cancer: updates on mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

T Ge, X Gu, R Jia, S Ge, P Chai… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reversible, spatial, and temporal regulation of metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic
homeostasis are prominent hallmarks of carcinogenesis. Cancer cells reprogram their …

Targeting transcription cycles in cancer

SJ Vervoort, JR Devlin, N Kwiatkowski, M Teng… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate control of gene expression is essential for normal development and dysregulation
of transcription underpins cancer onset and progression. Similar to cell cycle regulation …

The transition from genomics to phenomics in personalized population health

JT Yurkovich, SJ Evans, N Rappaport, JL Boore… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Modern health care faces several serious challenges, including an ageing population and
its inherent burden of chronic diseases, rising costs and marginal quality metrics. By …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting smooth muscle cell phenotypic switching in vascular disease

R Chakraborty, P Chatterjee, JM Dave, AC Ostriker… - JVS-vascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective The phenotypic plasticity of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) is central to
vessel growth and remodeling, but also contributes to cardiovascular pathologies. New …

Mechanisms that regulate the activities of TET proteins

K Joshi, S Liu, P Breslin SJ, J Zhang - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
The ten–eleven translocation (TET) family of dioxygenases consists of three members,
TET1, TET2, and TET3. All three TET enzymes have Fe+ 2 and α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) …

Germline risk of clonal haematopoiesis

AJ Silver, AG Bick, MR Savona - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Clonal haematopoiesis (CH) is a common, age-related expansion of blood cells with
somatic mutations that is associated with an increased risk of haematological malignancies …