Targeting transcription factors in cancer—from undruggable to reality

JH Bushweller - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Mutated or dysregulated transcription factors represent a unique class of drug targets that
mediate aberrant gene expression, including blockade of differentiation and cell death gene …

The role of the transcription factor Ets1 in carcinoma

J Dittmer - Seminars in cancer biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Ets1 belongs to the large family of the ETS domain family of transcription factors and is
involved in cancer progression. In most carcinomas, Ets1 expression is linked to poor …

High-throughput data and modeling reveal insights into the mechanisms of cooperative DNA-binding by transcription factor proteins

V Martin, F Zhuang, Y Zhang, K Pinheiro… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cooperative DNA-binding by transcription factor (TF) proteins is critical for eukaryotic gene
regulation. In the human genome, many regulatory regions contain TF-binding sites in close …

Identification of tRNA‐derived small RNA (tsRNA) responsive to the tumor suppressor, RUNX1, in breast cancer

NH Farina, S Scalia, CE Adams, D Hong… - Journal of cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite recent advances in targeted therapies, the molecular mechanisms driving breast
cancer initiation, progression, and metastasis are minimally understood. Growing evidence …

Structural basis for reactivating the mutant TERT promoter by cooperative binding of p52 and ETS1

X Xu, Y Li, SR Bharath, MB Ozturk, MW Bowler… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Transcriptional factors ETS1/2 and p52 synergize downstream of non-canonical NF-κB
signaling to drive reactivation of the− 146C> T mutant TERT promoter in multiple cancer …

Oncogenic ETS factors in prostate cancer

TR Nicholas, BG Strittmatter, PC Hollenhorst - Prostate Cancer: Cellular …, 2019 - Springer
Prostate cancer is unique among carcinomas in that a fusion gene created by a
chromosomal rearrangement is a common driver of the disease. The TMPRSS2/ERG …

Integrated phosphoproteome and transcriptome analysis reveals chlamydia-induced epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition in host cells

PK Zadora, C Chumduri, K Imami, H Berger, Y Mi… - Cell Reports, 2019 - cell.com
Chlamydia trachomatis (Ctr) causes a range of infectious diseases and is epidemiologically
associated with cervical and ovarian cancers. To obtain a panoramic view of Ctr-induced …

ETS transcription factors: Multifaceted players from cancer progression to tumor immunity

Y Wang, Z Huang, M Sun, W Huang, L Xia - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
The E26 transformation specific (ETS) family comprises 28 transcription factors, the majority
of which are involved in tumor initiation and development. Serving as a group of functionally …

Ets family proteins regulate the EMT transcription factors Snail and ZEB in cancer cells

MK Ichikawa, K Endo, Y Itoh, AH Osada… - FEBS Open …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial morphological event that occurs
during epithelial tumor progression. Snail and ZEB1/2 (ZEB1 and ZEB2), known as EMT …

Multiscale footprints reveal the organization of cis-regulatory elements

Y Hu, MA Horlbeck, R Zhang, S Ma, R Shrestha… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Cis-regulatory elements (CREs) control gene expression and are dynamic in their structure
and function, reflecting changes in the composition of diverse effector proteins over time …