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 …

Endogenous retroviruses in development and health

J Wang, X Lu, W Zhang, GH Liu - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are evolutionary remnants of retroviral infections in which
the viral genome became embedded as a dormant regulatory element within the host …

Epigenomic insights into common human disease pathology

CG Bell - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2024 - Springer
The epigenome—the chemical modifications and chromatin-related packaging of the
genome—enables the same genetic template to be activated or repressed in different …

ZNF689 deficiency promotes intratumor heterogeneity and immunotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer

LP Ge, X **, D Ma, ZY Wang, CL Liu, CZ Zhou, S Zhao… - Cell Research, 2024 - nature.com
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive disease characterized by remarkable
intratumor heterogeneity (ITH), which poses therapeutic challenges. However, the clinical …

Regulatory transposable elements in the encyclopedia of DNA elements

AY Du, JD Chobirko, X Zhuo, C Feschotte… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Transposable elements (TEs) comprise~ 50% of our genome, but knowledge of
how TEs affect genome evolution remains incomplete. Leveraging ENCODE4 data, we …

Endogenous retrovirus HERVH-derived lncRNA UCA1 controls human trophoblast development

X Kong, R Li, M Chen, R Zheng, J Wang, C Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are frequently reactivated in mammalian placenta. It has
been proposed that ERVs contribute to sha** the gene regulatory network of mammalian …

TEENA: an integrated web server for transposable element enrichment analysis in various model and non-model organisms

Y Li, R Lyu, S Chen, Y Wang, M Sun - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are abundant in the genomes of various eukaryote organisms.
Increasing evidence suggests that TEs can play crucial regulatory roles—usually by creating …

[HTML][HTML] Endogenous retroviruses in multiple sclerosis: A network-based etiopathogenic model

S Censi, RM Costantini, A Granzotto… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present perspective article proposes an etiopathological model for multiple sclerosis
pathogenesis and progression associated with the activation of human endogenous …

Tumor-suppressive activities for pogo transposable element derived with KRAB domain via ribosome biogenesis restriction

Z Tu, MA Bassal, GW Bell, Y Zhang, Y Hu, LM Quintana… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are indispensable for human development, with critical
functions in pluripotency and embryogenesis. TE sequences also contribute to human …

SAFB restricts contact domain boundaries associated with L1 chimeric transcription

Y Hong, L Bie, T Zhang, X Yan, G **, Z Chen, Y Wang… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) comprises 17% of the human
genome, continuously generates genetic variations, and causes disease in certain cases …