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 …

The roles of histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer therapy

G Li, Y Tian, WG Zhu - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic mutations and abnormal gene regulation are key mechanisms underlying
tumorigenesis. Nucleosomes, which consist of DNA wrapped around histone cores …

The AMPA receptor code of synaptic plasticity

GH Diering, RL Huganir - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Changes in the properties and postsynaptic abundance of AMPA-type glutamate receptors
(AMPARs) are major mechanisms underlying various forms of synaptic plasticity, including …

Liquid-liquid phase separation in biology: mechanisms, physiological functions and human diseases

H Zhang, X Ji, P Li, C Liu, J Lou, Z Wang… - Science China Life …, 2020 - Springer
Cells are compartmentalized by numerous membrane-enclosed organelles and
membraneless compartments to ensure that a wide variety of cellular activities occur in a …

Single-cell chromatin modification profiling reveals increased epigenetic variations with aging

P Cheung, F Vallania, HC Warsinske, M Donato… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Post-translational modifications of histone proteins and exchanges of histone variants of
chromatin are central to the regulation of nearly all DNA-templated biological processes …

Histone core modifications regulating nucleosome structure and dynamics

P Tessarz, T Kouzarides - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
Post-translational modifications of histones regulate all DNA-templated processes, including
replication, transcription and repair. These modifications function as platforms for the …

Hijacked in cancer: the KMT2 (MLL) family of methyltransferases

RC Rao, Y Dou - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Histone–lysine N-methyltransferase 2 (KMT2) family proteins methylate lysine 4 on
the histone H3 tail at important regulatory regions in the genome and thereby impart crucial …

Histone modifications in Alzheimer's disease

DA Santana, MAC Smith, ES Chen - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) derives from a combination of genetic variants
and environmental factors, epigenetic modifications have been predicted to play a role in the …

Intracellular crotonyl-CoA stimulates transcription through p300-catalyzed histone crotonylation

BR Sabari, Z Tang, H Huang, V Yong-Gonzalez… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Acetylation of histones at DNA regulatory elements plays a critical role in transcriptional
activation. Histones are also modified by other acyl moieties, including crotonyl, yet the …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer epigenetics: from mechanism to therapy

MA Dawson, T Kouzarides - cell, 2012 - cell.com
The epigenetic regulation of DNA-templated processes has been intensely studied over the
last 15 years. DNA methylation, histone modification, nucleosome remodeling, and RNA …