Tumor initiation and early tumorigenesis: molecular mechanisms and interventional targets

S Zhang, X ** and cancer development
JH Ahn, ES Davis, TA Daugird, S Zhao, IY Quiroga… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The development of cancer is intimately associated with genetic abnormalities that target
proteins with intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). In human haematological malignancies …

The language of chromatin modification in human cancers

S Zhao, CD Allis, GG Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The genetic information of human cells is stored in the context of chromatin, which is
subjected to DNA methylation and various histone modifications. Such a 'language'of …

Epigenetic plasticity and the hallmarks of cancer

WA Flavahan, E Gaskell, BE Bernstein - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Chromatin is the essential medium through which transcription factors,
signaling pathways, and other cues alter gene activity and cellular phenotypes. It assumes …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenetic role of mitochondria in cancer

Y Liu, C Chen, X Wang, Y Sun, J Zhang, J Chen, Y Shi - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are not only the main energy supplier but are also the cell metabolic center
regulating multiple key metaborates that play pivotal roles in epigenetics regulation. These …

Intra-tumor heterogeneity from a cancer stem cell perspective

PR Prasetyanti, JP Medema - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Tumor heterogeneity represents an ongoing challenge in the field of cancer therapy.
Heterogeneity is evident between cancers from different patients (inter-tumor heterogeneity) …

The transcriptional and epigenetic landscape of cancer cell lineage plasticity

A Davies, A Zoubeidi, H Beltran, LA Selth - Cancer discovery, 2023 - aacrjournals.org
Lineage plasticity, a process whereby cells change their phenotype to take on a different
molecular and/or histologic identity, is a key driver of cancer progression and therapy …

Epigenetic regulation in hematopoiesis and its implications in the targeted therapy of hematologic malignancies

A Zhao, H Zhou, J Yang, M Li, T Niu - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
Hematologic malignancies are one of the most common cancers, and the incidence has
been rising in recent decades. The clinical and molecular features of hematologic …

Structure-guided functional suppression of AML-associated DNMT3A hotspot mutations

J Lu, Y Guo, J Yin, J Chen, Y Wang, GG Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract DNA methyltransferases DNMT3A-and DNMT3B-mediated DNA methylation
critically regulate epigenomic and transcriptomic patterning during development. The …