Non-genetic mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in cancer

JC Marine, SJ Dawson, MA Dawson - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Therapeutic resistance continues to be an indominable foe in our ambition for curative
cancer treatment. Recent insights into the molecular determinants of acquired treatment …

The language of chromatin modification in human cancers

S Zhao, CD Allis, GG Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The genetic information of human cells is stored in the context of chromatin, which is
subjected to DNA methylation and various histone modifications. Such a 'language'of …

Non-genetic determinants of malignant clonal fitness at single-cell resolution

KA Fennell, D Vassiliadis, EYN Lam, LG Martelotto… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All cancers emerge after a period of clonal selection and subsequent clonal expansion.
Although the evolutionary principles imparted by genetic intratumour heterogeneity are …

Lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation of NAT10 promotes cancer metastasis in an ac4C-dependent manner

L Liao, Y He, SJ Li, XM Yu, ZC Liu, YY Liang, H Yang… - Cell Research, 2023 - nature.com
Posttranslational modifications add tremendous complexity to proteomes; however, gaps
remain in knowledge regarding the function and regulatory mechanism of newly discovered …

Map** single-cell atlases throughout Metazoa unravels cell type evolution

AJ Tarashansky, JM Musser, M Khariton, P Li, D Arendt… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Comparing single-cell transcriptomic atlases from diverse organisms can elucidate the
origins of cellular diversity and assist the annotation of new cell atlases. Yet, comparison …

Mutant NPM1 directly regulates oncogenic transcription in acute myeloid leukemia

HJ Uckelmann, EL Haarer, R Takeda, EM Wong… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
The dysregulation of developmental and stem cell–associated genes is a common
phenomenon during cancer development. Around half of patients with acute myeloid …

Post‐translational modifications of histones: Mechanisms, biological functions, and therapeutic targets

R Liu, J Wu, H Guo, W Yao, S Li, Y Lu, Y Jia… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Histones are DNA‐binding basic proteins found in chromosomes. After the histone
translation, its amino tail undergoes various modifications, such as methylation, acetylation …

A genome-wide CRISPR-based screen identifies KAT7 as a driver of cellular senescence

W Wang, Y Zheng, S Sun, W Li, M Song, Q Ji… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Understanding the genetic and epigenetic bases of cellular senescence is instrumental in
develo** interventions to slow aging. We performed genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9–based …

Histone modifications in drug-resistant cancers: From a cancer stem cell and immune evasion perspective

ML **, KW Jeong - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The development and immune evasion of cancer stem cells (CSCs) limit the efficacy of
currently available anticancer therapies. Recent studies have shown that epigenetic …

The chemical biology of reversible lysine post-translational modifications

ZA Wang, PA Cole - Cell chemical biology, 2020 - cell.com
Lysine (Lys) residues in proteins undergo a wide range of reversible post-translational
modifications (PTMs), which can regulate enzyme activities, chromatin structure, protein …