Regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition through epigenetic and post-translational modifications

SJ Serrano-Gomez, M Maziveyi, SK Alahari - Molecular cancer, 2016 - Springer
The epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a biological process in which a non-motile
epithelial cell changes to a mesenchymal phenotype with invasive capacities. This …

TGF-β signaling and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in cancer progression

Y Katsuno, S Lamouille, R Derynck - Current opinion in oncology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The differentiation plasticity of epithelial cells that mediates TGF-β-induced EMT and
reversion from mesenchymal to epithelial phenotype are increasingly seen as integral …

Understanding the language of Lys36 methylation at histone H3

EJ Wagner, PB Carpenter - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Histone side chains are post-translationally modified at multiple sites, including at Lys36 on
histone H3 (H3K36). Several enzymes from yeast and humans, including the …

Inhibitors of protein methyltransferases and demethylases

HU Kaniskan, ML Martini, J Jin - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Post-translational modifications of histones by protein methyltransferases (PMTs) and
histone demethylases (KDMs) play an important role in the regulation of gene expression …

NSD2 dimethylation at H3K36 promotes lung adenocarcinoma pathogenesis

D Sengupta, L Zeng, Y Li, S Hausmann, D Ghosh… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
The etiological role of NSD2 enzymatic activity in solid tumors is unclear. Here we show that
NSD2, via H3K36me2 catalysis, cooperates with oncogenic KRAS signaling to drive lung …

Greater than the sum of parts: complexity of the dynamic epigenome

AA Soshnev, SZ Josefowicz, CD Allis - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Information encoded in DNA is interpreted, modified, and propagated as chromatin. The
diversity of inputs encountered by eukaryotic genomes demands a matching capacity for …

Histone methyltransferase MMSET/NSD2 alters EZH2 binding and reprograms the myeloma epigenome through global and focal changes in H3K36 and H3K27 …

R Popovic, E Martinez-Garcia, EG Giannopoulou… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Overexpression of the histone methyltransferase MMSET in t (4; 14)+ multiple myeloma
patients is believed to be the driving factor in the pathogenesis of this subtype of myeloma …

The role of nuclear receptor–binding SET domain family histone lysine methyltransferases in cancer

RL Bennett, A Swaroop… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The nuclear receptor–binding SET Domain (NSD) family of histone H3 lysine 36
methyltransferases is comprised of NSD1, NSD2 (MMSET/WHSC1), and NSD3 (WHSC1L1) …

An epigenomic approach to therapy for tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer

Q Feng, Z Zhang, MJ Shea, CJ Creighton, C Coarfa… - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Tamoxifen has been a frontline treatment for estrogen receptor alpha (ERα)-positive breast
tumors in premenopausal women. However, resistance to tamoxifen occurs in many …

Reversible LSD1 inhibition interferes with global EWS/ETS transcriptional activity and impedes Ewing sarcoma tumor growth

S Sankar, ER Theisen, J Bearss, T Mulvihill… - Clinical cancer …, 2014 - AACR
Purpose: Ewing sarcoma is a pediatric bone tumor that absolutely relies on the
transcriptional activity of the EWS/ETS family of fusion oncoproteins. While the most common …