The exploitation of host autophagy and ubiquitin machinery by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in shaping immune responses and host defense during infection

M Shariq, N Quadir, A Alam, S Zarin, JA Sheikh… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Intracellular pathogens have evolved various efficient molecular armaments to subvert
innate defenses. Cellular ubiquitination, a normal physiological process to maintain …

Kaempferol induces autophagic cell death via IRE1-JNK-CHOP pathway and inhibition of G9a in gastric cancer cells

TW Kim, SY Lee, M Kim, C Cheon, SG Ko - Cell death & disease, 2018 - nature.com
Kaempferol, a flavonoid, found in traditional medicine, fruits, and vegetables, and an HDAC
inhibitor, is a powerful anti-cancer reagent against various cancer cell lines. However …

Insight into the multi-faceted role of the SUV family of H3K9 methyltransferases in carcinogenesis and cancer progression

N Saha, AG Muntean - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2021 - Elsevier
Growing evidence implicates histone H3 lysine 9 methylation in tumorigenesis. The SUV
family of H3K9 methyltransferases, which include G9a, GLP, SETDB1, SETDB2, SUV39H1 …

Inhibition of a G9a/DNMT network triggers immune-mediated bladder cancer regression

C Segovia, E San Jose-Eneriz, E Munera-Maravilla… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Bladder cancer is lethal in its advanced, muscle-invasive phase with very limited therapeutic
advances,. Recent molecular characterization has defined new (epi) genetic drivers and …

Cinnamaldehyde induces autophagy-mediated cell death through ER stress and epigenetic modification in gastric cancer cells

TW Kim - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2022 - nature.com
Previous reports suggested that cinnamaldehyde (CA), the bioactive ingredient in
Cinnamomum cassia, can suppress tumor growth, migratory, and invasive abilities …

Cognitive decline and BPSD are concomitant with autophagic and synaptic deficits associated with G9a alterations in aged SAMP8 mice

F Vasilopoulou, A Bellver-Sanchis… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are presented in 95% of
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) patients and are also associated with neurotrophin deficits. The …

Metformin targets a YAP1-TEAD4 complex via AMPKα to regulate CCNE1/2 in bladder cancer cells

Y Wu, Q Zheng, Y Li, G Wang, S Gao, X Zhang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Background Metformin has been reported to function as the anti-tumor inhibiting the growth
of different types of cancers, including bladder cancer. But there are few reports on the roles …

Inhibition of G9a by a small molecule inhibitor, UNC0642, induces apoptosis of human bladder cancer cells

Y Cao, J Sun, M Li, Y Dong, Y Zhang, J Yan… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2019 - nature.com
Urinary bladder cancer (UBC) is characterized by frequent recurrence and metastasis
despite the standard chemotherapy with gemcitabine and cisplatin combination. Histone …

Selective histone methyltransferase G9a inhibition reduces metastatic development of Ewing sarcoma through the epigenetic regulation of NEU1

DJ García-Domínguez, N Hajji, R López-Alemany… - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Ewing sarcoma (EWS) is an aggressive bone and soft tissue tumor with high susceptibility to
metastasize. The underlying molecular mechanisms leading to EWS metastases remain …

Targeting EHMT2/G9a for cancer therapy: Progress and perspective

S Jan, MI Dar, R Wani, J Sandey, I Mushtaq… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Euchromatic histone lysine methyltransferase-2, also known as G9a, is a ubiquitously
expressed SET domain-containing histone lysine methyltransferase linked with both …