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 …

Lysine demethylase KDM6A in differentiation, development, and cancer

N Tran, A Broun, K Ge - Molecular and cellular biology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Lysine demethylase 6A (KDM6A), also known as UTX, belongs to the KDM6
family of histone H3 lysine 27 (H3K27) demethylases, which also includes UTY and KDM6B …

Protein post-translational modifications and regulation of pluripotency in human stem cells

YC Wang, SE Peterson, JF Loring - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) are known to be essential mechanisms used by
eukaryotic cells to diversify their protein functions and dynamically coordinate their signaling …

Contrasting roles of histone 3 lysine 27 demethylases in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

P Ntziachristos, A Tsirigos, GG Welstead, T Trimarchi… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) is a haematological malignancy with a dismal
overall prognosis, including a relapse rate of up to 25%, mainly because of the lack of non …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding intrinsic hematopoietic stem cell aging

E Mejia-Ramirez, MC Florian - haematologica, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) sustain blood production over the entire life-span of an
organism. It is of extreme importance that these cells maintain self-renewal and …

Mutation Update for Kabuki Syndrome Genes KMT2D and KDM6A and Further Delineation of X‐Linked Kabuki Syndrome Subtype 2

N Bögershausen, V Gatinois, V Riehmer… - Human …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare but recognizable condition that consists of a characteristic
face, short stature, various organ malformations, and a variable degree of intellectual …

UTX-mediated enhancer and chromatin remodeling suppresses myeloid leukemogenesis through noncatalytic inverse regulation of ETS and GATA programs

M Gozdecka, E Meduri, M Mazan, K Tzelepis… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The histone H3 Lys27-specific demethylase UTX (or KDM6A) is targeted by loss-of-function
mutations in multiple cancers. Here, we demonstrate that UTX suppresses myeloid …

Driver mutations of cancer epigenomes

DM Roy, LA Walsh, TA Chan - Protein & cell, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetic alterations are associated with all aspects of cancer, from tumor initiation to
cancer progression and metastasis. It is now well understood that both losses and gains of …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies of human and rat BMI converge on synapse, epigenome, and hormone signaling networks

SN Wright, BS Leger, SB Rosenthal, SN Liu, T Jia… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
A vexing observation in genome-wide association studies (GWASs) is that parallel analyses
in different species may not identify orthologous genes. Here, we demonstrate that cross …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of aging in hematopoietic stem cells and their niches

L Zhang, R Mack, P Breslin, J Zhang - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2020 - Springer
Aging drives the genetic and epigenetic changes that result in a decline in hematopoietic
stem cell (HSC) functioning. Such changes lead to aging-related hematopoietic/immune …