Pathophysiological mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

R Lv, X Liu, Y Zhang, N Dong, X Wang, Y He… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common breathing disorder in sleep in
which the airways narrow or collapse during sleep, causing obstructive sleep apnea. The …

Overview of histone modification

Y Zhang, Z Sun, J Jia, T Du, N Zhang, Y Tang… - Histone Mutations and …, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetics is the epi-information beyond the DNA sequence that can be inherited from
parents to offspring. From years of studies, people have found that histone modifications …

Epigenetic regulation in human cancer: the potential role of epi-drug in cancer therapy

Y Lu, YT Chan, HY Tan, S Li, N Wang, Y Feng - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Epigenetics is dynamic and heritable modifications to the genome that occur independently
of DNA sequence. It requires interactions cohesively with various enzymes and other …

Epigenetic plasticity and the hallmarks of cancer

WA Flavahan, E Gaskell, BE Bernstein - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Chromatin is the essential medium through which transcription factors,
signaling pathways, and other cues alter gene activity and cellular phenotypes. It assumes …

Epigenetics, DNA damage, and aging

C Soto-Palma, LJ Niedernhofer… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Over the course of a human lifespan, genome integrity erodes, leading to an increased
abundance of several types of chromatin changes. The abundance of DNA lesions …

Regulation and signaling pathways in cancer stem cells: implications for targeted therapy for cancer

Z Zeng, M Fu, Y Hu, Y Wei, X Wei, M Luo - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), initially identified in leukemia in 1994, constitute a distinct subset
of tumor cells characterized by surface markers such as CD133, CD44, and ALDH. Their …

An epigenetic role of mitochondria in cancer

Y Liu, C Chen, X Wang, Y Sun, J Zhang, J Chen, Y Shi - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are not only the main energy supplier but are also the cell metabolic center
regulating multiple key metaborates that play pivotal roles in epigenetics regulation. These …

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 …

α-ketoglutarate orchestrates macrophage activation through metabolic and epigenetic reprogramming

PS Liu, H Wang, X Li, T Chao, T Teav, S Christen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Glutamine metabolism provides synergistic support for macrophage activation and elicitation
of desirable immune responses; however, the underlying mechanisms regulated by …

Heterochromatin: guardian of the genome

A Janssen, SU Colmenares… - Annual review of cell and …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Constitutive heterochromatin is a major component of the eukaryotic nucleus and is
essential for the maintenance of genome stability. Highly concentrated at pericentromeric …