Sensitivity of transcription factors to DNA methylation

É Héberlé, AF Bardet - Essays in biochemistry, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Dynamic binding of transcription factors (TFs) to regulatory elements controls transcriptional
states throughout organism development. Epigenetics modifications, such as DNA …

Epigenetic modulators, modifiers and mediators in cancer aetiology and progression

AP Feinberg, MA Koldobskiy, A Göndör - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
This year is the tenth anniversary of the publication in this journal of a model suggesting the
existence of'tumour progenitor genes'. These genes are epigenetically disrupted at the …

Elimination of oncogenic KRAS in genetic mouse models eradicates pancreatic cancer by inducing FAS-dependent apoptosis by CD8+ T cells

KK Mahadevan, VS LeBleu, EV Ramirez, Y Chen, B Li… - Developmental cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Oncogenic KRAS G12D (KRAS∗) is critical for the initiation and maintenance of
pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and is a known repressor of tumor immunity …

BET bromodomain inhibition suppresses the function of hematopoietic transcription factors in acute myeloid leukemia

JS Roe, F Mercan, K Rivera, DJ Pappin, CR Vakoc - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
The bromodomain and extraterminal (BET) protein BRD4 is a validated drug target in
leukemia, yet its regulatory function in this disease is not well understood. Here, we show …

The human methyltransferase ZCCHC4 catalyses N6-methyladenosine modification of 28S ribosomal RNA

R Pinto, CB Vågbø, ME Jakobsson, Y Kim… - Nucleic Acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
RNA methylations are essential both for RNA structure and function, and are introduced by a
number of distinct methyltransferases (MTases). In recent years, N 6-methyladenosine …

The BRAF oncoprotein functions through the transcriptional repressor MAFG to mediate the CpG Island Methylator phenotype

M Fang, J Ou, L Hutchinson, MR Green - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Most colorectal cancers (CRCs) containing activated BRAF (BRAF [V600E]) have a CpG
island methylator phenotype (CIMP) characterized by aberrant hypermethylation of many …

Inhibition of Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) induces natural killer cell-mediated eradication of hepatocellular carcinoma cells

S Bugide, MR Green… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Natural killer (NK) cell-mediated tumor cell eradication could inhibit tumor initiation and
progression. However, the factors that regulate NK cell-mediated cancer cell eradication …

The acinar differentiation determinant PTF1A inhibits initiation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

NM Krah, JP De La O, GH Swift, CQ Hoang, SG Willet… - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Understanding the initiation and progression of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
may provide therapeutic strategies for this deadly disease. Recently, we and others made …

[HTML][HTML] FOSL1 promotes metastasis of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma through super-enhancer-driven transcription program

M Zhang, RG Hoyle, Z Ma, B Sun, W Cai, H Cai, N Xie… - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
Previously, we discovered that FOSL1 facilitates the metastasis of head and neck squamous
cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cancer stem cells in a spontaneous mouse model. However, the …

PLK1 and HOTAIR Accelerate Proteasomal Degradation of SUZ12 and ZNF198 during Hepatitis B Virus–Induced Liver Carcinogenesis

H Zhang, A Diab, H Fan, SKK Mani, R Hullinger… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
Elucidating mechanisms of hepatitis B virus (HBV)–mediated hepatocarcinogenesis is
needed to gain insights into the etiology and treatment of liver cancer. Cells where HBV is …