Going circular: history, present, and future of circRNAs in cancer

G Pisignano, DC Michael, TH Visal, R Pirlog… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
To date, thousands of highly abundant and conserved single-stranded RNA molecules
shaped into ring structures (circRNAs) have been identified. CircRNAs are multifunctional …

The biogenesis, biology and characterization of circular RNAs

LS Kristensen, MS Andersen, LVW Stagsted… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are covalently closed, endogenous biomolecules in eukaryotes
with tissue-specific and cell-specific expression patterns, whose biogenesis is regulated by …

Establishment, maintenance, and recall of inflammatory memory

SB Larsen, CJ Cowley, SM Sajjath, D Barrows, Y Yang… - Cell stem cell, 2021 - cell.com
Known for nearly a century but through mechanisms that remain elusive, cells retain a
memory of inflammation that equips them to react quickly and broadly to diverse secondary …

The DNA methyltransferase family: a versatile toolkit for epigenetic regulation

F Lyko - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
The DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) family comprises a conserved set of DNA-modifying
enzymes that have a central role in epigenetic gene regulation. Recent studies have shown …

DNA methylation clocks in aging: categories, causes, and consequences

AE Field, NA Robertson, T Wang, A Havas, T Ideker… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Age-associated changes to the mammalian DNA methylome are well documented and
thought to promote diseases of aging, such as cancer. Recent studies have identified …

The interplay between DNA and histone methylation: molecular mechanisms and disease implications

Y Li, X Chen, C Lu - EMBO reports, 2021 - embopress.org
Methylation of cytosine in CpG dinucleotides and histone lysine and arginine residues is a
chromatin modification that critically contributes to the regulation of genome integrity …

Epigenetic therapy ties MYC depletion to reversing immune evasion and treating lung cancer

MJ Topper, M Vaz, KB Chiappinelli, CEDS Shields… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Combining DNA-demethylating agents (DNA methyltransferase inhibitors [DNMTis]) with
histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) holds promise for enhancing cancer immune …

p63: a crucial player in epithelial stemness regulation

Y Li, S Giovannini, T Wang, J Fang, P Li, C Shao… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Epithelial tissue homeostasis is closely associated with the self-renewal and differentiation
behaviors of epithelial stem cells (ESCs). p63, a well-known marker of ESCs, is an …

Epigenetic regulation of cellular senescence

J Crouch, M Shvedova, RJRS Thanapaul… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Senescence is a complex cellular stress response that abolishes proliferative capacity and
generates a unique secretory pattern that is implicated in organismal aging and age-related …

Nerve growth factor and pain mechanisms

F Denk, DL Bennett, SB McMahon - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Nerve growth factor (NGF) antagonism is on the verge of becoming a powerful analgesic
treatment for numerous conditions, including osteoarthritis and lower back pain. This review …