EZH2: a novel target for cancer treatment

R Duan, W Du, W Guo - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is enzymatic catalytic subunit of polycomb repressive
complex 2 (PRC2) that can alter downstream target genes expression by trimethylation of …

[HTML][HTML] Genome regulation by polycomb and trithorax: 70 years and counting

B Schuettengruber, HM Bourbon, L Di Croce, G Cavalli - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Polycomb (PcG) and Trithorax (TrxG) group proteins are evolutionarily conserved chromatin-
modifying factors originally identified as part of an epigenetic cellular memory system that …

Histone lysine methyltransferases in biology and disease

D Husmann, O Gozani - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The precise temporal and spatial coordination of histone lysine methylation dynamics across
the epigenome regulates virtually all DNA-templated processes. A large number of histone …

Molecular regulation of stem cell quiescence

TH Cheung, TA Rando - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
Subsets of mammalian adult stem cells reside in the quiescent state for prolonged periods of
time. This state, which is reversible, has long been viewed as dormant and with minimal …

Hematopoietic stem cell factors: their functional role in self-renewal and clinical aspects

Z Mann, M Sengar, YK Verma, R Rajalingam… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess two important properties such as self-renewal and
differentiation. These properties of HSCs are maintained through hematopoiesis. This …

PRC2 is high maintenance

JR Yu, CH Lee, O Oksuz, JM Stafford… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
As the process that silences gene expression ensues during development, the stage is set
for the activity of Polycomb-repressive complex 2 (PRC2) to maintain these repressed gene …

Epigenomic profiling of young and aged HSCs reveals concerted changes during aging that reinforce self-renewal

D Sun, M Luo, M Jeong, B Rodriguez, Z Xia, R Hannah… - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
To investigate the cell-intrinsic aging mechanisms that erode the function of somatic stem
cells during aging, we have conducted a comprehensive integrated genomic analysis of …

Suppression of m6A reader Ythdf2 promotes hematopoietic stem cell expansion

Z Li, P Qian, W Shao, H Shi, XC He, M Gogol, Z Yu… - Cell research, 2018 - nature.com
Transplantation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) from human umbilical cord blood
(hUCB) holds great promise for treating a broad spectrum of hematological disorders …

Chromatin repressive complexes in stem cells, development, and cancer

A Laugesen, K Helin - Cell stem cell, 2014 - cell.com
The chromatin environment is essential for the correct specification and preservation of cell
identity through modulation and maintenance of transcription patterns. Many chromatin …

Deletion of Asxl1 results in myelodysplasia and severe developmental defects in vivo

O Abdel-Wahab, J Gao, M Adli, A Dey… - Journal of Experimental …, 2013 - rupress.org
Somatic Addition of Sex Combs Like 1 (ASXL1) mutations occur in 10–30% of patients with
myeloid malignancies, most commonly in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs), and are …