The molecular principles of gene regulation by Polycomb repressive complexes

NP Blackledge, RJ Klose - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Precise control of gene expression is fundamental to cell function and development.
Although ultimately gene expression relies on DNA-binding transcription factors to guide the …

EZH2: a novel target for cancer treatment

R Duan, W Du, W Guo - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2020 - Springer
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is enzymatic catalytic subunit of polycomb repressive
complex 2 (PRC2) that can alter downstream target genes expression by trimethylation of …

AnimalTFDB 4.0: a comprehensive animal transcription factor database updated with variation and expression annotations

WK Shen, SY Chen, ZQ Gan, YZ Zhang… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Transcription factors (TFs) are proteins that interact with specific DNA sequences to regulate
gene expression and play crucial roles in all kinds of biological processes. To keep up with …

Role of JAK/STAT3 signaling in the regulation of metastasis, the transition of cancer stem cells, and chemoresistance of cancer by epithelial–mesenchymal transition

W Jin - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway plays an essential role in various types of cancers.
Activation of this pathway leads to increased tumorigenic and metastatic ability, the transition …

EZH2-targeted therapies in cancer: hype or a reality

ML Eich, M Athar, JE Ferguson III, S Varambally - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Next-generation genomic sequencing has identified multiple novel molecular alterations in
cancer. Since the identification of DNA methylation and histone modification, it has become …

Roles and regulation of histone methylation in animal development

A Jambhekar, A Dhall, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Histone methylation can occur at various sites in histone proteins, primarily on lysine and
arginine residues, and it can be governed by multiple positive and negative regulators, even …

Polycomb-and methylation-independent roles of EZH2 as a transcription activator

J Kim, Y Lee, X Lu, B Song, KW Fong, Q Cao, JD Licht… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Enhancer of Zeste 2 (EZH2) is the enzymatic subunit of Polycomb Repressive
Complex 2 (PRC2), which catalyzes histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation (H3K27me3) at …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphorylation of EZH2 activates STAT3 signaling via STAT3 methylation and promotes tumorigenicity of glioblastoma stem-like cells

E Kim, M Kim, DH Woo, Y Shin, J Shin, N Chang… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) displays cellular hierarchies harboring a subpopulation of
stem-like cells (GSCs). Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2), the lysine methyltransferase …

Epigenetic regulation of cancer progression by EZH2: from biological insights to therapeutic potential

L Gan, Y Yang, Q Li, Y Feng, T Liu, W Guo - Biomarker research, 2018 - Springer
Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), a histone methyltransferase and a catalytic
component of PRC2, catalyzes tri-methylation of histone H3 at Lys 27 (H3K27me3) to …

EZH2 depletion potentiates MYC degradation inhibiting neuroblastoma and small cell carcinoma tumor formation

L Wang, C Chen, Z Song, H Wang, M Ye… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Efforts to therapeutically target EZH2 have generally focused on inhibition of its
methyltransferase activity, although it remains less clear whether this is the central …