Modulation of cellular processes by histone and non-histone protein acetylation

M Shvedunova, A Akhtar - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Lysine acetylation is a widespread and versatile protein post-translational modification.
Lysine acetyltransferases and lysine deacetylases catalyse the addition or removal …

Cancer epigenetics in clinical practice

V Davalos, M Esteller - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer development is driven by the accumulation of alterations affecting the structure and
function of the genome. Whereas genetic changes disrupt the DNA sequence, epigenetic …

Epigenetic regulation in the tumor microenvironment: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

J Yang, J Xu, W Wang, B Zhang, X Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Over decades, researchers have focused on the epigenetic control of DNA-templated
processes. Histone modification, DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, RNA modification …

Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) in cancer therapy

X Li, W Pu, Q Zheng, M Ai, S Chen, Y Peng - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are engineered techniques for targeted protein
degradation. A bifunctional PROTAC molecule with two covalently-linked ligands recruits …

Trivalent PROTACs enhance protein degradation via combined avidity and cooperativity

S Imaide, KM Riching, N Makukhin, V Vetma… - Nature chemical …, 2021 - nature.com
Bivalent proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) drive protein degradation by
simultaneously binding a target protein and an E3 ligase and forming a productive ternary …

Boron clusters as broadband membrane carriers

A Barba-Bon, G Salluce, I Lostalé-Seijo, KI Assaf… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The membrane translocation of hydrophilic substances constitutes a challenge for their
application as therapeutic compounds and labelling probes,,–. To remedy this, charged …

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 …

A potent and selective small-molecule degrader of STAT3 achieves complete tumor regression in vivo

L Bai, H Zhou, R Xu, Y Zhao, K Chinnaswamy… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an attractive cancer therapeutic
target. Here we report the discovery of SD-36, a small-molecule degrader of STAT3. SD-36 …

Eukaryotic core promoters and the functional basis of transcription initiation

V Haberle, A Stark - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract RNA polymerase II (Pol II) core promoters are specialized DNA sequences at
transcription start sites of protein-coding and non-coding genes that support the assembly of …

The dTAG system for immediate and target-specific protein degradation

B Nabet, JM Roberts, DL Buckley, J Paulk… - Nature chemical …, 2018 - nature.com
Dissection of complex biological systems requires target-specific control of the function or
abundance of proteins. Genetic perturbations are limited by off-target effects …