The molecular mechanisms and therapeutic strategies of EMT in tumor progression and metastasis

Y Huang, W Hong, X Wei - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2022 - Springer
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an essential process in normal embryonic
development and tissue regeneration. However, aberrant reactivation of EMT is associated …

Delivery of CRISPR-Cas tools for in vivo genome editing therapy: Trends and challenges

EA Taha, J Lee, A Hotta - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
The discovery of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)
genome editing technology opened the door to provide a versatile approach for treating …

Chemical reprogramming of human somatic cells to pluripotent stem cells

J Guan, G Wang, J Wang, Z Zhang, Y Fu, L Cheng… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Cellular reprogramming can manipulate the identity of cells to generate the desired cell
types,–. The use of cell intrinsic components, including oocyte cytoplasm and transcription …

The role of 3D genome organization in development and cell differentiation

H Zheng, W Xie - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, the genome does not exist as a linear molecule but instead is hierarchically
packaged inside the nucleus. This complex genome organization includes multiscale …

A sequence-based global map of regulatory activity for deciphering human genetics

KM Chen, AK Wong, OG Troyanskaya, J Zhou - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Epigenomic profiling has enabled large-scale identification of regulatory elements, yet we
still lack a systematic mapping from any sequence or variant to regulatory activities. We …

Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in cancer progression and metastasis

W Lu, Y Kang - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and its reversed process, mesenchymal-to-
epithelial transition (MET), are fundamental processes in embryonic development and tissue …

The chromatin accessibility landscape of primary human cancers

MR Corces, JM Granja, S Shams, BH Louie… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although the 2%
of the human genome that encodes proteins has been extensively studied, much remains to …

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 …

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 …

Single-cell CUT&Tag analysis of chromatin modifications in differentiation and tumor progression

SJ Wu, SN Furlan, AB Mihalas, HS Kaya-Okur… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Methods for quantifying gene expression and chromatin accessibility in single cells are well
established, but single-cell analysis of chromatin regions with specific histone modifications …