Activation of human endogenous retroviruses and its physiological consequences

N Dopkins, DF Nixon - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024‏ - nature.com
Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are abundant sequences that persist within the
human genome as remnants of ancient retroviral infections. These sequences became fixed …

Measuring and interpreting transposable element expression

S Lanciano, G Cristofari - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020‏ - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are insertional mutagens that contribute greatly to the
plasticity of eukaryotic genomes, influencing the evolution and adaptation of species as well …

Spatial maps of T cell receptors and transcriptomes reveal distinct immune niches and interactions in the adaptive immune response

S Liu, JB Iorgulescu, S Li, M Borji, IA Barrera-Lopez… - Immunity, 2022‏ - cell.com
T cells mediate antigen-specific immune responses to disease through the specificity and
diversity of their clonotypic T cell receptors (TCRs). Determining the spatial distributions of T …

Mammalian genome innovation through transposon domestication

AJ Modzelewski, J Gan Chong, T Wang, L He - Nature cell biology, 2022‏ - nature.com
Since the discovery of transposons, their sheer abundance in host genomes has puzzled
many. While historically viewed as largely harmless 'parasitic'DNAs during evolution …

Epigenetic priming enhances antitumor immunity in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

S Chen, P **e, M Cowan, H Huang… - The Journal of …, 2022‏ - Am Soc Clin Investig
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have modest activity in ovarian cancer
(OC). To augment their activity, we used priming with the hypomethylating agent …

Widespread expression of the ancient HERV-K (HML-2) provirus group in normal human tissues

A Burn, F Roy, M Freeman, JM Coffin - PLoS Biology, 2022‏ - journals.plos.org
Human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) transcripts are known to be highly expressed in
cancers, yet their activity in nondiseased tissue is largely unknown. Using the GTEx RNA …

The dynamism of transposon methylation for plant development and stress adaptation

M Ramakrishnan, L Satish, R Kalendar… - International Journal of …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Plant development processes are regulated by epigenetic alterations that shape nuclear
structure, gene expression, and phenotypic plasticity; these alterations can provide the plant …

Zebrafish transposable elements show extensive diversification in age, genomic distribution, and developmental expression

NC Chang, Q Rovira, J Wells, C Feschotte… - Genome …, 2022‏ - genome.cshlp.org
There is considerable interest in understanding the effect of transposable elements (TEs) on
embryonic development. Studies in humans and mice are limited by the difficulty of working …

Histone methyltransferase activity affects metabolism in human cells independently of transcriptional regulation

MF Perez, P Sarkies - PLoS biology, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
The N-terminal tails of eukaryotic histones are frequently posttranslationally modified. The
role of these modifications in transcriptional regulation is well-documented. However, the …

Towards targeting Transposable elements for cancer therapy

Y Liang, X Qu, NM Shah, T Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024‏ - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) represent almost half of the human genome. Historically
deemed 'junk DNA', recent technological advancements have stimulated a wave of research …