Epigenetic regulation in metabolic diseases: mechanisms and advances in clinical study

YL Wu, ZJ Lin, CC Li, X Lin, SK Shan, B Guo… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Epigenetics regulates gene expression and has been confirmed to play a critical role in a
variety of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

Targeting the epigenetic regulation of antitumour immunity

SJ Hogg, PA Beavis, MA Dawson… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Dysregulation of the epigenome drives aberrant transcriptional programmes that promote
cancer onset and progression. Although defective gene regulation often affects oncogenic …

Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

Y Cheng, C He, M Wang, X Ma, F Mo, S Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic alternations concern heritable yet reversible changes in histone or DNA
modifications that regulate gene activity beyond the underlying sequence. Epigenetic …

Targeted protein degradation: expanding the toolbox

M Schapira, MF Calabrese, AN Bullock… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) and related molecules that induce targeted
protein degradation by the ubiquitin–proteasome system represent a new therapeutic …

Epigenetic modifications of histones in cancer

Z Zhao, A Shilatifard - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
The epigenetic modifications of histones are versatile marks that are intimately connected to
development and disease pathogenesis including human cancers. In this review, we will …

The roles of histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer therapy

G Li, Y Tian, WG Zhu - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic mutations and abnormal gene regulation are key mechanisms underlying
tumorigenesis. Nucleosomes, which consist of DNA wrapped around histone cores …

The BET family in immunity and disease

N Wang, R Wu, D Tang, R Kang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
Innate immunity serves as the rapid and first-line defense against invading pathogens, and
this process can be regulated at various levels, including epigenetic mechanisms. The …

Bromodomains: a new target class for drug development

AG Cochran, AR Conery, RJ Sims III - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Less than a decade ago, it was shown that bromodomains, acetyl lysine 'reader'modules
found in proteins with varied functions, were highly tractable small-molecule targets. This is …

Epigenetics and epigenomics in diabetic kidney disease and metabolic memory

M Kato, R Natarajan - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2019 - nature.com
The development and progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD), a highly prevalent
complication of diabetes mellitus, are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors …

Targeted protein degradation by electrophilic PROTACs that stereoselectively and site-specifically engage DCAF1

Y Tao, D Remillard, EV Vinogradova… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation induced by heterobifunctional compounds and molecular
glues presents an exciting avenue for chemical probe and drug discovery. To date, small …