Mechanisms of enhancer action: the known and the unknown

A Panigrahi, BW O'Malley - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Differential gene expression mechanisms ensure cellular differentiation and plasticity to
shape ontogenetic and phylogenetic diversity of cell types. A key regulator of differential …

Estrogen signaling in endometrial cancer: a key oncogenic pathway with several open questions

AC Rodriguez, Z Blanchard, KA Maurer, J Gertz - Hormones and Cancer, 2019 - Springer
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in the developed world, and it
is one of the few cancer types that is becoming more prevalent and leading to more deaths …

Transcription factor dynamics: one molecule at a time

K Wagh, DA Stavreva, A Upadhyaya… - Annual Review of Cell …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Cells must tightly regulate their gene expression programs and yet rapidly respond to acute
biochemical and biophysical cues within their environment. This information is transmitted to …

Nuclear receptor crosstalk—defining the mechanisms for therapeutic innovation

K De Bosscher, SJ Desmet, D Clarisse… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Nuclear receptor crosstalk can be defined as the interplay between different nuclear
receptors or between their overlap** signalling pathways. A subset of nuclear receptors …

Steroid receptors reprogram FoxA1 occupancy through dynamic chromatin transitions

EE Swinstead, TB Miranda, V Paakinaho, S Baek… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
The estrogen receptor (ER), glucocorticoid receptor (GR), and forkhead box protein 1
(FoxA1) are significant factors in breast cancer progression. FoxA1 has been implicated in …

International union of basic and clinical pharmacology CXIII: Nuclear receptor superfamily—Update 2023

TP Burris, IMS de Vera, I Cote, CA Flaveny… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The NR superfamily comprises 48 transcription factors in humans that control a plethora of
gene network programs involved in a wide range of physiologic processes. This review will …

Signaling pathways and steroid receptors modulating estrogen receptor α function in breast cancer

R Siersbæk, S Kumar, JS Carroll - Genes & development, 2018 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Estrogen receptor α (ER) is the major driver of∼ 75% of breast cancers, and multiple ER
targeting drugs are routinely used clinically to treat patients with ER+ breast cancer …

Anti-inflammatory chromatinscape suggests alternative mechanisms of glucocorticoid receptor action

KS Oh, H Patel, RA Gottschalk, WS Lee, S Baek… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Despite the widespread use of glucocorticoids (GCs), their anti-inflammatory effects are not
understood mechanistically. Numerous investigations have examined the effects of …

Deciphering the divergent roles of progestogens in breast cancer

JS Carroll, TE Hickey, GA Tarulli, M Williams… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Most breast cancers are driven by oestrogen receptor-α. Anti-oestrogenic drugs are the
standard treatment for these breast cancers; however, treatment resistance is common …

Structures and consequences of pioneer factor binding to nucleosomes

E Luzete-Monteiro, KS Zaret - Current opinion in structural biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Pioneer transcription factors are able to bind a partially exposed motif on the surface of a
nucleosome, enabling the proteins to target sites in silent regions of chromatin that have …