The Prdm family: expanding roles in stem cells and development

T Hohenauer, AW Moore - Development, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Members of the Prdm family are characterized by an N-terminal PR domain that is related to
the SET methyltransferase domain, and multiple zinc fingers that mediate sequence-specific …

Tackling undruggable targets with designer peptidomimetics and synthetic biologics

CS Swenson, G Mandava, DM Thomas… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of potent, specific, and pharmacologically viable chemical probes and
therapeutics is a central focus of chemical biology and therapeutic development. However, a …

CRISPR screens decode cancer cell pathways that trigger γδ T cell detection

MR Mamedov, S Vedova, JW Freimer, AD Sahu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract γδ T cells are potent anticancer effectors with the potential to target tumours
broadly, independent of patient-specific neoantigens or human leukocyte antigen …

Coordination of m6A mRNA methylation and gene transcription by ZFP217 regulates pluripotency and reprogramming

F Aguilo, F Zhang, A Sancho, M Fidalgo, S Di Cecilia… - Cell stem cell, 2015 - cell.com
Epigenetic and epitranscriptomic networks have important functions in maintaining the
pluripotency of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and somatic cell reprogramming. However, the …

Zfp217 mediates m6A mRNA methylation to orchestrate transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation to promote adipogenic differentiation

T Song, Y Yang, H Wei, X **e, J Lu, Q Zeng… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
A complex and highly orchestrated gene expression program chiefly establishes the
properties that define the adipocyte phenotype, in which the vast majority of factors are …

Transcriptional regulation by C-terminal binding proteins

G Chinnadurai - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2007 - Elsevier
C-terminal binding protein family members function predominantly as transcriptional
corepressors in association with sequence specific DNA-binding transcriptional repressors …

ZNF750 interacts with KLF4 and RCOR1, KDM1A, and CTBP1/2 chromatin regulators to repress epidermal progenitor genes and induce differentiation genes

LD Boxer, B Barajas, S Tao, J Zhang… - Genes & …, 2014 - genesdev.cshlp.org
ZNF750 controls epithelial homeostasis by inhibiting progenitor genes while inducing
differentiation genes, a role underscored by pathogenic ZNF750 mutations in cancer and …

ZNF217 is a marker of poor prognosis in breast cancer that drives epithelial–mesenchymal transition and invasion

JA Vendrell, A Thollet, NT Nguyen, SE Ghayad, S Vinot… - Cancer research, 2012 - AACR
The Krüppel-like zinc finger protein ZNF217 is a candidate oncogene in breast cancer. In
this study, we showed that high levels of expression of ZNF217 mRNA are associated with …

Role of the PLDLS-binding cleft region of CtBP1 in recruitment of core and auxiliary components of the corepressor complex

M Kuppuswamy, S Vijayalingam, LJ Zhao… - … and cellular biology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
C-terminal binding protein (CtBP) family proteins CtBP1 and CtBP2 are highly homologous
transcriptional corepressors and are recruited by a large number of transcription factors to …

Hypoxia-inducible factors promote breast cancer stem cell specification and maintenance in response to hypoxia or cytotoxic chemotherapy

L **ang, GL Semenza - Advances in Cancer Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Clinical studies have revealed that breast cancers contain regions of intratumoral hypoxia
(reduced oxygen availability), which activates hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs). The …