Long non-coding RNA in the pathogenesis of cancers

Y Chi, D Wang, J Wang, W Yu, J Yang - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The incidence and mortality rate of cancer has been quickly increasing in the past decades.
At present, cancer has become the leading cause of death worldwide. Most of the cancers …

The role of chromatin remodeler SMARCA4/BRG1 in brain cancers: a potential therapeutic target

SM Navickas, KA Giles, KH Brettingham-Moore… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
The chromatin remodeler SMARCA4/BRG1 is a key epigenetic regulator with diverse roles
in coordinating the molecular programs that underlie brain tumour development. BRG1 …

PRMT1-mediated H4R3me2a recruits SMARCA4 to promote colorectal cancer progression by enhancing EGFR signaling

B Yao, T Gui, X Zeng, Y Deng, Z Wang, Y Wang… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Aberrant changes in epigenetic mechanisms such as histone modifications play
an important role in cancer progression. PRMT1 which triggers asymmetric dimethylation of …

TGFB2-AS1 inhibits triple-negative breast cancer progression via interaction with SMARCA4 and regulating its targets TGFB2 and SOX2

C Zhou, D Wang, J Li, Q Wang, L Wo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most challenging breast cancer subtype for its
high rates of relapse, great metastatic potential, and short overall survival. How cancer cells …

A pan-cancer analysis of SMARCA4 alterations in human cancers

L Peng, J Li, J Wu, B Xu, Z Wang, G Giamas… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background SMARCA4, the essential ATPase subunit of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling
complex, regulates transcription through the control of chromatin structure and is …

BAF complex maintains glioma stem cells in pediatric H3K27M glioma

E Panditharatna, JG Marques, T Wang, MC Trissal… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Diffuse midline gliomas are uniformly fatal pediatric central nervous system cancers that are
refractory to standard-of-care therapeutic modalities. The primary genetic drivers are a set of …

MUC1-C activates the PBAF chromatin remodeling complex in integrating redox balance with progression of human prostate cancer stem cells

M Hagiwara, A Fushimi, N Yamashita, A Bhattacharya… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
The polybromo-associated PBAF (SWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling complex, which includes
PBRM1, ARID2, and BRD7, regulates cell differentiation and genomic integrity. MUC1-C is …

Epigenome programming by H3. 3K27M mutation creates a dependence of pediatric glioma on SMARCA4

Y Mo, S Duan, X Zhang, X Hua, H Zhou, HJ Wei… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Patients with diffuse midline gliomas that are H3K27 altered (DMG) display a dismal
prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying DMG tumorigenesis remain …

MUC1-C activates the BAF (mSWI/SNF) complex in prostate cancer stem cells

M Hagiwara, Y Yasumizu, N Yamashita, H Rajabi… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Abstract The Brg/Brahma-associated factor (BAF, mSWI/SNF) chromatin remodeling
complex is of importance in development and has been linked to prostate oncogenesis. The …

The Role of ARID1A in Tumors: Tumor Initiation or Tumor Suppression?

S Xu, C Tang - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Genes encoding subunits of SWItch/Sucrose Non-Fermenting (SWI/SNF) chromatin
remodeling complexes are collectively mutated in 20% of all human cancers, among which …