Regulation of EZH2 protein stability: new mechanisms, roles in tumorigenesis, and roads to the clinic

Y Guo, R Cheng, Y Wang, ME Gonzalez, H Zhang… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
The importance of EZH2 as a key methyltransferase has been well documented
theoretically. Practically, the first EZH2 inhibitor Tazemetostat (EPZ6438), was approved by …

[Retracted] Fibroblasts in Scar Formation: Biology and Clinical Translation

H Qian, Y Shan, R Gong, D Lin, M Zhang… - Oxidative Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Scarring, which develops due to fibroblast activation and excessive extracellular matrix
deposition, can cause physical, psychological, and cosmetic problems. Fibroblasts are the …

The regulatory roles of the E3 ubiquitin ligase NEDD4 family in DNA damage response

X Lu, H Xu, J Xu, S Lu, S You, X Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
E3 ubiquitin ligases, an important part of ubiquitin proteasome system, catalyze the covalent
binding of ubiquitin to target substrates, which plays a role in protein ubiquitination and …

Patient-Derived Organoids Recapitulate Pathological Intrinsic and Phenotypic Features of Fibrous Dysplasia

HY Kim, C Charton, JH Shim, SY Lim, J Kim, S Lee… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is a rare bone disorder characterized by the replacement of normal
bone with benign fibro-osseous tissue. Developments in our understanding of the …

The post-translational modifications of Smurf2 in TGF-β signaling

Y Bai, Y Ying - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Smad ubiquitin regulatory factor 2 (Smurf2), an essential negative regulator of TGF-β
signaling, ubiquitinates TGF-β receptors (TβRs) and Smad proteins, inducing their …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing and exploiting the many roles of aberrant H2B monoubiquitination in cancer pathogenesis

LM Jeusset, KJ McManus - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Monoubiquitination of histone H2B on lysine 120 (H2Bub1) is implicated in the control of
multiple essential processes, including transcription, DNA damage repair and mitotic …

Hypoxia-mediated promotion of glucose metabolism in non-small cell lung cancer correlates with activation of the EZH2/FBXL7/PFKFB4 axis

J Zhou, Y Lin, X Kang, Z Liu, J Zou, F Xu - Cell Death & Disease, 2023 - nature.com
F-box/LRR-repeat protein 7 (FBXL7) was predicted as a differentially expressed E3 ubiquitin
ligase in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which has been suggested to influence …

SMURF1, a promoter of tumor cell progression?

Q Xia, Y Li, D Han, L Dong - Cancer Gene Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Overexpression of HECT-type E3 ubiquitin ligase SMURF1 is correlated with poor prognosis
in patients with various cancers, such as glioblastoma, colon cancer, and clear cell renal cell …

SMAD-specific E3 ubiquitin ligase 2 promotes angiogenesis by facilitating PTX3 degradation in MSCs from patients with ankylosing spondylitis

M Ma, W Yang, Z Cai, P Wang, H Li, R Mi, Y Jiang… - Stem Cells, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Dysregulated angiogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is closely related to
inflammation and disrupted bone metabolism in patients with various autoimmune diseases …

Targeted regulation of nuclear lamins by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers

M Blank - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nuclear lamins (NLs) are essential components of the animal cell nucleus involved in the
regulation of a plethora of molecular and cellular processes. These include the nuclear …