Multifaceted role of PRDM proteins in human cancer

A Casamassimi, M Rienzo, E Di Zazzo… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The PR/SET domain family (PRDM) comprise a family of genes whose protein products
share a conserved N-terminal PR [PRDI-BF1 (positive regulatory domain I-binding factor 1) …

[HTML][HTML] Histone acylation beyond acetylation: terra incognita in chromatin biology

S Rousseaux, S Khochbin - Cell Journal (Yakhteh), 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Histone acetylation, one of the first and best studied histone post-translational modifications
(PTMs), as well as the factors involved in its deposition (writers), binding (readers) and …

Trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 36 by human methyltransferase PRDM9 protein

MS Eram, SP Bustos, E Lima-Fernandes… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
PRDM9 (PR domain-containing protein 9) is a meiosis-specific protein that trimethylates
H3K4 and controls the activation of recombination hot spots. It is an essential enzyme in the …

Endoscopic submucosal dissection versus endoscopic mucosal resection for patients with early gastric cancer: a meta-analysis

M Tao, X Zhou, M Hu, J Pan - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To investigate the treatment effects of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD)
versus endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for early gastric cancer (EGC). Design Meta …

Meiosis-like functions in oncogenesis: a new view of cancer

RJ McFarlane, JA Wakeman - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Cancer cells have many abnormal characteristics enabling tumors to grow, spread, and
avoid immunologic and therapeutic destruction. Central to this is the innate ability of …

Chromatin loop anchors are associated with genome instability in cancer and recombination hotspots in the germline

VB Kaiser, CA Semple - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Background Chromatin loops form a basic unit of interphase nuclear organization, with
chromatin loop anchor points providing contacts between regulatory regions and promoters …

Histone H3K4 methyltransferases as targets for drug-resistant cancers

L Yang, M Jin, KW Jeong - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Epigenetic modifications can regulate gene expression by altering
chromatin structure. Since the beginning of comprehensive research into changes in gene …

The duality of PRDM proteins: epigenetic and structural perspectives

F Di Tullio, M Schwarz, H Zorgati, S Mzoughi… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
PRDF1 and RIZ1 homology domain containing (PRDMs) are a subfamily of Krüppel‐like
zinc finger proteins controlling key processes in metazoan development and in cancer …

[HTML][HTML] A six gene expression signature defines aggressive subtypes and predicts outcome in childhood and adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia

J Wang, JQ Mi, A Debernardi, AL Vitte, A Emadali… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abnormal gene expression in cancer represents an under-explored source of cancer
markers and therapeutic targets. In order to identify gene expression signatures associated …

Mobilization of LINE-1 retrotransposons is restricted by Tex19.1 in mouse embryonic stem cells

M MacLennan, M García-Cañadas, J Reichmann… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
Mobilization of retrotransposons to new genomic locations is a significant driver of
mammalian genome evolution, but these mutagenic events can also cause genetic …