Epigenetics of aging and aging-associated diseases

D Saul, RL Kosinsky - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Aging represents the multifactorial decline in physiological function of every living organism.
Over the past decades, several hallmarks of aging have been defined, including epigenetic …

Risk of colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel diseases

MS Nadeem, V Kumar, FA Al-Abbasi, MA Kamal… - Seminars in cancer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are chronic problems of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) with
poorly understood aetiology. Patients with any of the two common entities, Crohn's disease …

USP22 exerts tumor-suppressive functions in colorectal cancer by decreasing mTOR activity

RL Kosinsky, M Zerche, D Saul, X Wang… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
USP22, the deubiquitinating subunit of the SAGA transcriptional cofactor complex, is a
member of an 11-gene “death-from-cancer” signature. USP22 has been considered an …

Epigenetic modification and a role for the E3 ligase RNF40 in cancer development and metastasis

J Fu, L Liao, KS Balaji, C Wei, J Kim, J Peng - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract RNF40 (OMIM: 607700) is a really interesting new gene (RING) finger E3 ubiquitin
ligase containing multiple coiled-coil domains and a C-terminal RING finger motif, which …

Histone monoubiquitination in chromatin remodelling: focus on the histone H2B interactome and cancer

DJ Marsh, Y Ma, KA Dickson - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Post-translational modifications (PTM) of histone tails represent
epigenomic regulation of the chromatin landscape, influencing gene expression and the …

A Toll-dependent Bre1/Rad6-cact feedback loop in controlling host innate immune response

Q Cai, H Guo, R Fang, Y Hua, Y Zhu, X Zheng, J Yan… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
The Toll signaling pathway was initially identified for its involvement in the control of early
embryogenesis. It was later shown to be also part of a major innate immune pathway …

RNF40 epigenetically modulates glycolysis to support the aggressiveness of basal-like breast cancer

E Prokakis, S Jansari, A Boshnakovska, M Wiese… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most difficult breast cancer subtype to treat due
to the lack of targeted therapies. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are strongly enriched in TNBC …

'Environmental standard limit concentration'arsenic exposure is associated with anxiety, depression, and autism-like changes in early-life stage zebrafish

Y Zhu, Q Yang, J Gu, Z Chen, N Jing, T Jin, J Lin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Arsenic is a worldwide environmental pollutant that can impair human health. Previous
studies have identified mental disorders induced by arsenic, but the environmental exposure …

Writing histone monoubiquitination in human malignancy—The role of RING finger E3 ubiquitin ligases

DJ Marsh, KA Dickson - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
There is growing evidence highlighting the importance of monoubiquitination as part of the
histone code. Monoubiquitination, the covalent attachment of a single ubiquitin molecule at …

USP22-dependent HSP90AB1 expression promotes resistance to HSP90 inhibition in mammary and colorectal cancer

RL Kosinsky, M Helms, M Zerche, L Wohn, A Dyas… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
As a member of the 11-gene “death-from-cancer” gene expression signature,
overexpression of the Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 22 (USP22) was associated with poor …