Cancer biology and NuRD: a multifaceted chromatin remodelling complex

AY Lai, PA Wade - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
The nucleosome remodelling and histone deacetylase (NuRD; also known as Mi-2) complex
regulates gene expression at the level of chromatin. The NuRD complex has been identified …

Structure and function insights into the NuRD chromatin remodeling complex

MP Torchy, A Hamiche, BP Klaholz - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Transcription regulation through chromatin compaction and decompaction is regulated
through various chromatin-remodeling complexes such as nucleosome remodeling and …

A microRNA DNA methylation signature for human cancer metastasis

A Lujambio, GA Calin, A Villanueva, S Ropero… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - pnas.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, noncoding RNAs that can contribute to cancer development
and progression by acting as oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. Recent studies have …

Acetylation of the p53 DNA-binding domain regulates apoptosis induction

SM Sykes, HS Mellert, MA Holbert, K Li, R Marmorstein… - Molecular cell, 2006 - cell.com
The ability of p53 to induce apoptosis plays an important role in tumor suppression. Here,
we describe a previously unknown posttranslational modification of the DNA-binding …

The putative cancer stem cell marker USP22 is a subunit of the human SAGA complex required for activated transcription and cell-cycle progression

XY Zhang, M Varthi, SM Sykes, C Phillips, C Warzecha… - Molecular cell, 2008 - cell.com
Polycomb genes encode critical regulators of both normal stem cells and cancer stem cells.
A gene signature that includes Polycomb genes and additional genes coregulated with …

The nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase complex in development and disease

J Basta, M Rauchman - Translating epigenetics to the clinic, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nucleosome Remodeling and Deacetylase (NuRD) complex is one of the
major chromatin remodeling complexes found in cells. It plays an important role in regulating …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin remodelers: from function to dysfunction

G Längst, L Manelyte - Genes, 2015 - mdpi.com
Chromatin remodelers are key players in the regulation of chromatin accessibility and
nucleosome positioning on the eukaryotic DNA, thereby essential for all DNA dependent …

MicroRNA-145 suppresses cell invasion and metastasis by directly targeting mucin 1

M Sachdeva, YY Mo - Cancer research, 2010 - aacrjournals.org
MicroRNAs are important gene regulators that could play a profound role in tumorigenesis.
Our previous studies indicate that miR-145 is a tumor suppressor capable of inhibiting tumor …

MYC—master regulator of the cancer epigenome and transcriptome

CJ Poole, J Van Riggelen - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Overexpression of MYC is a hallmark of many human cancers. The MYC oncogene has long
been thought to execute its neoplastic functions by acting as a classic transcription factor …

Myc influences global chromatin structure

PS Knoepfler, X Zhang, PF Cheng, PR Gafken… - The EMBO …, 2006 - embopress.org
The family of myc proto‐oncogenes encodes transcription factors (c‐, N‐, and L‐Myc) that
regulate cell growth and proliferation and are involved in the etiology of diverse cancers …