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 …

Shining new light on biological systems: luminescent transition metal complexes for bioimaging and biosensing applications

LCC Lee, KKW Lo - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Luminescence imaging is a powerful and versatile technique for investigating cell
physiology and pathology in living systems, making significant contributions to life science …

Enhancers in disease: molecular basis and emerging treatment strategies

A Claringbould, JB Zaugg - Trends in molecular medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Enhancers are genomic sequences that play a key role in regulating tissue-specific gene
expression levels. An increasing number of diseases are linked to impaired enhancer …

The functions of BET proteins in gene transcription of biology and diseases

KL Cheung, C Kim, MM Zhou - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The BET (bromodomain and extra-terminal domain) family proteins, consisting of BRD2,
BRD3, BRD4, and testis-specific BRDT, are widely acknowledged as major transcriptional …

BET bromodomain inhibition rescues PD-1-mediated T-cell exhaustion in acute myeloid leukemia

M Zhong, R Gao, R Zhao, Y Huang, C Chen, K Li… - Cell death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustained expression of programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1) is correlated with the
exhaustion of T cells, and blockade of the PD-1 pathway is an effective immunotherapeutic …

Chromatin remodelling drives immune cell–fibroblast communication in heart failure

M Alexanian, A Padmanabhan, T Nishino, JG Travers… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Chronic inflammation and tissue fibrosis are common responses that worsen organ function,
yet the molecular mechanisms governing their cross-talk are poorly understood. In diseased …

[HTML][HTML] A BRD4 PROTAC nanodrug for glioma therapy via the intervention of tumor cells proliferation, apoptosis and M2 macrophages polarization

T Yang, Y Hu, J Miao, J Chen, J Liu, Y Cheng… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Glioma is a primary aggressive brain tumor with high recurrence rate. The poor efficiency of
chemotherapeutic drugs crossing the blood‒brain barrier (BBB) is well-known as one of the …

Regulation of programmed cell death by Brd4

J Hu, D Pan, G Li, K Chen, X Hu - Cell death & disease, 2022 - nature.com
Epigenetic factor Brd4 has emerged as a key regulator of cancer cell proliferation. Targeted
inhibition of Brd4 suppresses growth and induces apoptosis of various cancer cells. In …

Epigenetic modulators as therapeutic agents in cancer

E Patnaik, C Madu, Y Lu - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Epigenetics play a crucial role in gene regulation and cellular processes. Most importantly,
its dysregulation can contribute to the development of tumors. Epigenetic modifications, such …

BAF155 methylation drives metastasis by hijacking super-enhancers and subverting anti-tumor immunity

EJ Kim, P Liu, S Zhang, K Donahue… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Subunits of the chromatin remodeler SWI/SNF are the most frequently disrupted genes in
cancer. However, how post-translational modifications (PTM) of SWI/SNF subunits elicit …