The molecular hallmarks of epigenetic control

CD Allis, T Jenuwein - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Over the past 20 years, breakthrough discoveries of chromatin-modifying enzymes and
associated mechanisms that alter chromatin in response to physiological or pathological …

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 …

Regulation of chromatin by histone modifications

AJ Bannister, T Kouzarides - Cell research, 2011 - nature.com
Chromatin is not an inert structure, but rather an instructive DNA scaffold that can respond to
external cues to regulate the many uses of DNA. A principle component of chromatin that …

Mechanisms of diabetic complications

JM Forbes, ME Cooper - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
It is increasingly apparent that not only is a cure for the current worldwide diabetes epidemic
required, but also for its major complications, affecting both small and large blood vessels …

ALKBH5 is a mammalian RNA demethylase that impacts RNA metabolism and mouse fertility

G Zheng, JA Dahl, Y Niu, P Fedorcsak, CM Huang… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Summary N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) is the most prevalent internal modification of
messenger RNA (mRNA) in higher eukaryotes. Here we report ALKBH5 as another …

Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

CpG islands and the regulation of transcription

AM Deaton, A Bird - Genes & development, 2011 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Vertebrate CpG islands (CGIs) are short interspersed DNA sequences that deviate
significantly from the average genomic pattern by being GC-rich, CpG-rich, and …

IDH mutation in glioma: molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets

S Han, Y Liu, SJ Cai, M Qian, J Ding, M Larion… - British journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) enzymes catalyse the oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate
and therefore play key roles in the Krebs cycle and cellular homoeostasis. Major advances …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin modifications and their function

T Kouzarides - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
The surface of nucleosomes is studded with a multiplicity of modifications. At least eight
different classes have been characterized to date and many different sites have been …

Oncometabolite 2-hydroxyglutarate is a competitive inhibitor of α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases

W Xu, H Yang, Y Liu, Y Yang, P Wang, SH Kim, S Ito… - Cancer cell, 2011 - cell.com
IDH1 and IDH2 mutations occur frequently in gliomas and acute myeloid leukemia, leading
to simultaneous loss and gain of activities in the production of α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) and 2 …