Functional role of G9a histone methyltransferase in cancer

F Casciello, K Windloch, F Gannon, JS Lee - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications of DNA and histones are epigenetic mechanisms, which
affect the chromatin structure, ultimately leading to gene expression changes. A number of …

Epigenetic Editing : targeted rewriting of epigenetic marks to modulate expression of selected target genes

ML de Groote, PJ Verschure, MG Rots - Nucleic acids research, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Despite significant advances made in epigenetic research in recent decades, many
questions remain unresolved, especially concerning cause and consequence of epigenetic …

Probing for a deeper understanding of rhabdomyosarcoma: insights from complementary model systems

VP Kashi, ME Hatley, RL Galindo - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a mesenchymal malignancy composed of neoplastic primitive
precursor cells that exhibit histological features of myogenic differentiation. Despite intensive …

The interaction of lncRNA EZR-AS1 with SMYD3 maintains overexpression of EZR in ESCC cells

XD Zhang, GW Huang, YH Xie, JZ He… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
EZR, a member of the ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) family, is involved in multiple aspects of
cell migration and cancer. SMYD3, a histone H3–lysine 4 (H3–K4)-specific …

Ez-metastasizing: the crucial roles of Ezrin in metastasis

RGM Buenaventura, G Merlino, Y Yu - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ezrin is the cytoskeletal organizer and functions in the modulation of membrane–
cytoskeleton interaction, maintenance of cell shape and structure, and regulation of cell–cell …

Ezrin gone rogue in cancer progression and metastasis: An enticing therapeutic target

GK Barik, O Sahay, D Paul, MK Santra - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer metastasis is the primary cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer as it remains the
most complicated, devastating, and enigmatic aspect of cancer. Several decades of …

DNA demethylation and invasive cancer: implications for therapeutics

D Cheishvili, L Boureau, M Szyf - British journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
One of the hallmarks of cancer is aberrant DNA methylation, which is associated with
abnormal gene expression. Both hypermethylation and silencing of tumour suppressor …

Epigenetic approaches to the treatment of dental pulp inflammation and repair: opportunities and obstacles

M Kearney, PR Cooper, AJ Smith, HF Duncan - Frontiers in Genetics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Concerns over the cost and destructive nature of dental treatment have led to the call for
novel minimally invasive, biologically based restorative solutions. For patients with …

Towards sustained silencing of HER2/neu in cancer by epigenetic editing

F Falahi, C Huisman, HG Kazemier… - Molecular Cancer …, 2013 - AACR
The human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2/neu/ERBB2) is overexpressed in
several cancer types. Although therapies targeting the HER2/neu protein result in inhibition …

[HTML][HTML] Functional validation of putative tumor suppressor gene C13ORF18 in cervical cancer by artificial transcription factors

C Huisman, GBA Wisman, HG Kazemier… - Molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
C13ORF18 is frequently hypermethylated in cervical cancer but not in normal cervix and
might serve as a biomarker for the early detection of cervical cancer in scrapings. As …