DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

ZD Smith, S Hetzel, A Meissner - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The DNA methylation field has matured from a phase of discovery and genomic
characterization to one seeking deeper functional understanding of how this modification …

Emerging evidence that the mammalian sperm epigenome serves as a template for embryo development

A Lismer, S Kimmins - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Although more studies are demonstrating that a father's environment can influence child
health and disease, the molecular mechanisms underlying non-genetic inheritance remain …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical efficacy of ONC201 in H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline gliomas is driven by disruption of integrated metabolic and epigenetic pathways

S Venneti, AR Kawakibi, S Ji, SM Waszak… - Cancer …, 2023 - aacrjournals.org
Patients with H3K27M-mutant diffuse midline glioma (DMG) have no proven effective
therapies. ONC201 has recently demonstrated efficacy in these patients, but the mechanism …

Signaling pathways in brain tumors and therapeutic interventions

S Li, C Wang, J Chen, Y Lan, W Zhang… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Brain tumors, although rare, contribute to distinct mortality and morbidity at all ages.
Although there are few therapeutic options for brain tumors, enhanced biological …

K27M in canonical and noncanonical H3 variants occurs in distinct oligodendroglial cell lineages in brain midline gliomas

S Jessa, A Mohammadnia, AS Harutyunyan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Canonical (H3. 1/H3. 2) and noncanonical (H3. 3) histone 3 K27M-mutant gliomas
have unique spatiotemporal distributions, partner alterations and molecular profiles. The …

Spatially controlled construction of assembloids using bioprinting

JG Roth, LG Brunel, MS Huang, Y Liu, B Cai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The biofabrication of three-dimensional (3D) tissues that recapitulate organ-specific
architecture and function would benefit from temporal and spatial control of cell-cell …

Metabolic reprogramming and epigenetic modifications on the path to cancer

L Sun, H Zhang, P Gao - Protein & cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Metabolic rewiring and epigenetic remodeling, which are closely linked and reciprocally
regulate each other, are among the well-known cancer hallmarks. Recent evidence …

Glioblastoma stem cells: driving resilience through chaos

BC Prager, S Bhargava, V Mahadev, CG Hubert… - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
Glioblastoma is an aggressive and heterogeneous tumor in which glioblastoma stem cells
(GSCs) are at the apex of an entropic hierarchy and impart devastating therapy resistance …

An evolutionarily conserved function of polycomb silences the MHC class I antigen presentation pathway and enables immune evasion in cancer

ML Burr, CE Sparbier, KL Chan, YC Chan… - Cancer cell, 2019 - cell.com
Loss of MHC class I (MHC-I) antigen presentation in cancer cells can elicit immunotherapy
resistance. A genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen identified an evolutionarily conserved …

Interplay between chromatin marks in development and disease

SM Janssen, MC Lorincz - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAme) and histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) have
important roles in transcriptional regulation. Although many reports have characterized the …