Liquid–liquid phase separation in tumor biology

X Tong, R Tang, J Xu, W Wang, Y Zhao, X Yu… - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a novel principle for explaining the precise spatial
and temporal regulation in living cells. LLPS compartmentalizes proteins and nucleic acids …

Advances in targeting 'undruggable'transcription factors with small molecules

MJ Henley, AN Koehler - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Transcription factors (TFs) represent key biological players in diseases including cancer,
autoimmunity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. However, outside nuclear receptors …

[HTML][HTML] Super-enhancers include classical enhancers and facilitators to fully activate gene expression

JW Blayney, H Francis, A Rampasekova, B Camellato… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Super-enhancers are compound regulatory elements that control expression of key cell
identity genes. They recruit high levels of tissue-specific transcription factors and co …

The Hippo pathway in cancer: YAP/TAZ and TEAD as therapeutic targets in cancer

R Cunningham, CG Hansen - Clinical Science, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Tumorigenesis is a highly complex process, involving many interrelated and cross-acting
signalling pathways. One such pathway that has garnered much attention in the field of …

Recent advances in the developmental origin of neuroblastoma: an overview

M Ponzoni, T Bachetti, MV Corrias, C Brignole… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Neuroblastoma (NB) is a pediatric tumor that originates from neural crest-derived cells
undergoing a defective differentiation due to genomic and epigenetic impairments …

Base-resolution models of transcription-factor binding reveal soft motif syntax

Ž Avsec, M Weilert, A Shrikumar, S Krueger… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The arrangement (syntax) of transcription factor (TF) binding motifs is an important part of the
cis-regulatory code, yet remains elusive. We introduce a deep learning model, BPNet, that …

BRD4 and Cancer: going beyond transcriptional regulation

B Donati, E Lorenzini, A Ciarrocchi - Molecular cancer, 2018 - Springer
BRD4, member of the Bromodomain and Extraterminal (BET) protein family, is largely
acknowledged in cancer for its role in super-enhancers (SEs) organization and oncogenes …

Contextual determinants of TGFβ action in development, immunity and cancer

CJ David, J Massagué - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Few cell signals match the impact of the transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) family in
metazoan biology. TGFβ cytokines regulate cell fate decisions during development, tissue …

Coactivator condensation at super-enhancers links phase separation and gene control

BR Sabari, A Dall'Agnese, A Boija, IA Klein, EL Coffey… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Mammalian genes that play prominent roles in healthy and diseased
cellular states are often controlled by special DNA elements called super-enhancers (SEs) …

Nested epistasis enhancer networks for robust genome regulation

X Lin, Y Liu, S Liu, X Zhu, L Wu, Y Zhu, D Zhao, X Xu… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Mammalian genomes have multiple enhancers spanning an ultralong distance (>
megabases) to modulate important genes, but it is unclear how these enhancers coordinate …