Cornelia de Lange syndrome: from molecular diagnosis to therapeutic approach

P Sarogni, MM Pallotta, A Musio - Journal of medical genetics, 2020 - jmg.bmj.com
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a severe genetic disorder characterised by
multisystemic malformations. CdLS is due to pathogenetic variants in NIPBL, SMC1A …

Targeting histone deacetylase 8 as a therapeutic approach to cancer and neurodegenerative diseases

A Chakrabarti, J Melesina, FR Kolbinger… - Future medicinal …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8), a unique class I zinc-dependent HDAC, is an emerging
target in cancer and other diseases. Its substrate repertoire extends beyond histones to …

Disruption of NIPBL/Scc2 in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome provokes cohesin genome-wide redistribution with an impact in the transcriptome

P Garcia, R Fernandez-Hernandez, A Cuadrado… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare disease affecting multiple organs
and systems during development. Mutations in the cohesin loader, NIPBL/Scc2, were first …

Cornelia de Lange syndrome: from a disease to a broader spectrum

A Selicorni, M Mariani, A Lettieri, V Massa - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a genetic disease that exemplifies the evolution of
knowledge in the field of rare genetic disorders. Originally described as a unique pattern of …

The synergism of SMC1A cohesin gene silencing and bevacizumab against colorectal cancer

M Di Nardo, S Astigiano, S Baldari, MM Pallotta… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Springer
Background SMC1A is a subunit of the cohesin complex that participates in many DNA-and
chromosome-related biological processes. Previous studies have established that SMC1A is …

The multifaceted roles of cohesin in cancer

M Di Nardo, MM Pallotta, A Musio - Journal of Experimental & Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
The cohesin complex controls faithful chromosome segregation by pairing sister chromatids
after DNA replication until mitosis. In addition, it is crucial for hierarchal three-dimensional …

Pathogenic variants in EP300 and ANKRD11 in patients with phenotypes overlap** Cornelia de Lange syndrome

F Cucco, P Sarogni, S Rossato, M Alpa… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS), Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome (RSTS), and
KBG syndrome are three distinct developmental human disorders. Variants in seven genes …

Cohesin removal reprograms gene expression upon mitotic entry

C Perea-Resa, L Bury, IM Cheeseman, MD Blower - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
As cells enter mitosis, the genome is restructured to facilitate chromosome segregation,
accompanied by dramatic changes in gene expression. However, the mechanisms that …

Developmental disorders with intellectual disability driven by chromatin dysregulation: Clinical overlaps and molecular mechanisms

L Larizza, P Finelli - Clinical Genetics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in genomic analyses based on next‐generation sequencing and integrated omics
approaches, have accelerated in an unprecedented way the discovery of causative genes of …

The multiple facets of the SMC1A gene

A Musio - Gene, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMCs) are part of a large family of ring
complexes that participates in a number of DNA transactions. Among SMCs, SMC1A gene is …