Establishment of H3K9-methylated heterochromatin and its functions in tissue differentiation and maintenance

J Padeken, SP Methot, SM Gasser - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Heterochromatin is characterized by dimethylated or trimethylated histone H3 Lys9
(H3K9me2 or H3K9me3, respectively) and is found at transposable elements, satellite …

Writing, erasing and reading histone lysine methylations

K Hyun, J Jeon, K Park, J Kim - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Histone modifications are key epigenetic regulatory features that have important roles in
many cellular events. Lysine methylations mark various sites on the tail and globular …

BLIMP1 and NR4A3 transcription factors reciprocally regulate antitumor CAR T cell stemness and exhaustion

IY Jung, V Narayan, S McDonald, AJ Rech… - Science translational …, 2022 - science.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells have not induced meaningful clinical responses in
solid tumors. Loss of T cell stemness, poor expansion capacity, and exhaustion during …

Epigenetic tools (The Writers, The Readers and The Erasers) and their implications in cancer therapy

S Biswas, CM Rao - European journal of pharmacology, 2018 - Elsevier
Addition of chemical tags on the DNA and modification of histone proteins impart a distinct
feature on chromatin architecture. With the advancement in scientific research, the key …

A molecular glue degrader of the WIZ transcription factor for fetal hemoglobin induction

PY Ting, S Borikar, JR Kerrigan, NM Thomsen… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a prevalent, life-threatening condition attributable to a heritable
mutation in β-hemoglobin. Therapeutic induction of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) can ameliorate …

The transcriptional factors HIF-1 and HIF-2 and their novel inhibitors in cancer therapy

N Albadari, S Deng, W Li - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Hypoxia is one of the intrinsic features of solid tumors, and it is always
associated with aggressive phenotypes, including resistance to radiation and …

Epigenetics and beyond: targeting writers of protein lysine methylation to treat disease

KP Bhat, H Ümit Kaniskan, J **… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Protein lysine methylation is a crucial post-translational modification that regulates the
functions of both histone and non-histone proteins. Deregulation of the enzymes or 'writers' …

Epigenetics in cancer stem cells

TB Toh, JJ Lim, EKH Chow - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Compelling evidence have demonstrated that bulk tumors can arise from a unique subset of
cells commonly termed “cancer stem cells” that has been proposed to be a strong driving …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive review on current developments of quinoline-based anticancer agents

S Jain, V Chandra, PK Jain, K Pathak, D Pathak… - Arabian Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Among heterocyclic compounds, quinoline scaffold has become an important construction
motif for the development of new drugs. Quinoline and its derivatives possess many types of …

Epigenetic protein families: a new frontier for drug discovery

CH Arrowsmith, C Bountra, PV Fish, K Lee… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2012 - nature.com
Epigenetic regulation of gene expression is a dynamic and reversible process that
establishes normal cellular phenotypes but also contributes to human diseases. At the …