Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

Epigenetic tools (The Writers, The Readers and The Erasers) and their implications in cancer therapy

S Biswas, CM Rao - European journal of pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Addition of chemical tags on the DNA and modification of histone proteins impart a distinct
feature on chromatin architecture. With the advancement in scientific research, the key …

Theranostic fluorescent probes

A Sharma, P Verwilst, M Li, D Ma, N Singh… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ability to gain spatiotemporal information, and in some cases achieve spatiotemporal
control, in the context of drug delivery makes theranostic fluorescent probes an attractive …

Mechanisms of Polycomb group protein function in cancer

V Parreno, AM Martinez, G Cavalli - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer arises from a multitude of disorders resulting in loss of differentiation and a stem cell-
like phenotype characterized by uncontrolled growth. Polycomb Group (PcG) proteins are …

100 years of suramin

N Wiedemar, DA Hauser, P Mäser - Antimicrobial agents and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Suramin is 100 years old and is still being used to treat the first stage of acute human
sleeping sickness, caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Suramin is a …

Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery: postnatal malleability and therapeutic prospects

JA Fahrner, HT Bjornsson - Human Molecular Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The epigenetic machinery in conjunction with the transcriptional machinery is responsible
for maintaining genome-wide chromatin states and dynamically regulating gene expression …

BAHCC1 binds H3K27me3 via a conserved BAH module to mediate gene silencing and oncogenesis

H Fan, J Lu, Y Guo, D Li, ZM Zhang, YH Tsai, WC Pi… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Trimethylated histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27me3) regulates gene repression, cell-fate
determination and differentiation. We report that a conserved bromo-adjacent homology …

A cellular chemical probe targeting the chromodomains of Polycomb repressive complex 1

JI Stuckey, BM Dickson, N Cheng, Y Liu… - Nature chemical …, 2016 - nature.com
We report the design and characterization of UNC3866, a potent antagonist of the
methyllysine (Kme) reading function of the Polycomb CBX and CDY families of …

Polycomb-dependent histone H2A ubiquitination links developmental disorders with cancer

S Tamburri, E Conway, D Pasini - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
Cell identity is tightly controlled by specific transcriptional programs which require post-
translational modifications of histones. These histone modifications allow the establishment …

Cbx8 acts non-canonically with Wdr5 to promote mammary tumorigenesis

CY Chung, Z Sun, G Mullokandov, A Bosch, ZA Qadeer… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Chromatin-mediated processes influence the development and progression of breast
cancer. Using murine mammary carcinoma-derived tumorspheres as a functional readout for …