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 …

Bromodomain biology and drug discovery

N Zaware, MM Zhou - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The bromodomain (BrD) is a conserved structural module found in chromatin-and
transcription-associated proteins that acts as the primary reader for acetylated lysine …

BRD4-directed super-enhancer organization of transcription repression programs links to chemotherapeutic efficacy in breast cancer

B Liu, X Liu, L Han, X Chen, X Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
BRD4 is well known for its role in super-enhancer organization and transcription activation
of several prominent oncogenes including c-MYC and BCL2. As such, BRD4 inhibitors are …

The functions of BET proteins in gene transcription of biology and diseases

KL Cheung, C Kim, MM Zhou - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The BET (bromodomain and extra-terminal domain) family proteins, consisting of BRD2,
BRD3, BRD4, and testis-specific BRDT, are widely acknowledged as major transcriptional …

The OncoPPi network of cancer-focused protein–protein interactions to inform biological insights and therapeutic strategies

Z Li, AA Ivanov, R Su, V Gonzalez-Pecchi, Q Qi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
As genomics advances reveal the cancer gene landscape, a daunting task is to understand
how these genes contribute to dysregulated oncogenic pathways. Integration of cancer …

Glioma tumor suppressor candidate region gene 1 (GLTSCR1) and its paralog GLTSCR1-like form SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling subcomplexes

A Alpsoy, EC Dykhuizen - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2018 - ASBMB
The mammalian SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex is a heterogeneous collection of
related protein complexes required for gene regulation and genome integrity. It contains a …

Elevated NSD3 histone methylation activity drives squamous cell lung cancer

G Yuan, NM Flores, S Hausmann, SM Lofgren… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Amplification of chromosomal region 8p11–12 is a common genetic alteration that has been
implicated in the aetiology of lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC),–. The FGFR1 gene is …

BRD4 orchestrates genome folding to promote neural crest differentiation

R Linares-Saldana, W Kim, NA Bolar, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Higher-order chromatin structure regulates gene expression, and mutations in proteins
mediating genome folding underlie developmental disorders known as cohesinopathies …

Targeting epigenetics in cancer

RL Bennett, JD Licht - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Alterations of genes regulating epigenetic processes are frequently found as cancer drivers
and may cause widespread alterations of DNA methylation, histone modification patterns, or …

Interactome rewiring following pharmacological targeting of BET bromodomains

JP Lambert, S Picaud, T Fujisawa, H Hou, P Savitsky… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Targeting bromodomains (BRDs) of the bromo-and-extra-terminal (BET) family offers
opportunities for therapeutic intervention in cancer and other diseases. Here, we profile the …