Histone lysine methyltransferases in biology and disease

D Husmann, O Gozani - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2019 - nature.com
The precise temporal and spatial coordination of histone lysine methylation dynamics across
the epigenome regulates virtually all DNA-templated processes. A large number of histone …

Sexual dimorphism in colon cancer

M Abancens, V Bustos, H Harvey, J McBryan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A higher incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC) is found in males compared to females.
Young women (18–44 years) with CRC have a better survival outcome compared to men of …

Recurrent R-spondin fusions in colon cancer

S Seshagiri, EW Stawiski, S Durinck, Z Modrusan… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Identifying and understanding changes in cancer genomes is essential for the development
of targeted therapeutics. Here we analyse systematically more than 70 pairs of primary …

Tumour suppressor RNF43 is a stem-cell E3 ligase that induces endocytosis of Wnt receptors

BK Koo, M Spit, I Jordens, TY Low, DE Stange… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
LGR5+ stem cells reside at crypt bottoms, intermingled with Paneth cells that provide Wnt,
Notch and epidermal growth factor signals. Here we find that the related RNF43 and ZNRF3 …

[HTML][HTML] Synonymous mutations frequently act as driver mutations in human cancers

F Supek, B Miñana, J Valcárcel, T Gabaldón, B Lehner - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Synonymous mutations change the sequence of a gene without directly altering the
sequence of the encoded protein. Here, we present evidence that these" silent" mutations …

FGF receptors: cancer biology and therapeutics

M Katoh, H Nakagama - Medicinal research reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are involved in a variety of cellular processes, such as
stemness, proliferation, anti‐apoptosis, drug resistance, and angiogenesis. Here, FGF …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo identification of tumor-suppressive PTEN ceRNAs in an oncogenic BRAF-induced mouse model of melanoma

FA Karreth, Y Tay, D Perna, U Ala, SM Tan, AG Rust… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
We recently proposed that competitive endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) sequester microRNAs
to regulate mRNA transcripts containing common microRNA recognition elements (MREs) …

Oncogenic transformation of diverse gastrointestinal tissues in primary organoid culture

X Li, L Nadauld, A Ootani, DC Corney, RK Pai… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
The application of primary organoid cultures containing epithelial and mesenchymal
elements to cancer modeling holds promise for combining the accurate multilineage …

MLL3 is a haploinsufficient 7q tumor suppressor in acute myeloid leukemia

C Chen, Y Liu, AR Rappaport, T Kitzing, N Schultz… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Recurring deletions of chromosome 7 and 7q [− 7/del (7q)] occur in myelodysplastic
syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and are associated with poor prognosis …

The deubiquitinase USP9X suppresses pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

PA Pérez-Mancera, AG Rust, L Van Der Weyden… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains a lethal malignancy despite much
progress concerning its molecular characterization. PDA tumours harbour four signature …