The roles of histone deacetylases and their inhibitors in cancer therapy

G Li, Y Tian, WG Zhu - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic mutations and abnormal gene regulation are key mechanisms underlying
tumorigenesis. Nucleosomes, which consist of DNA wrapped around histone cores …

HDAC6 as privileged target in drug discovery: A perspective

S Pulya, SA Amin, N Adhikari, S Biswas, T Jha… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract HDAC6, a class IIB HDAC isoenzyme, stands unique in its structural and
physiological functions. Besides histone modification, largely due to its cytoplasmic …

Histone deacetylase 6 structure and molecular basis of catalysis and inhibition

Y Hai, DW Christianson - Nature chemical biology, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a critical target for drug design because of its
role in oncogenic transformation and cancer metastasis, and is unique among all histone …

Histone deacetylase inhibitors: overview and perspectives

M Dokmanovic, C Clarke, PA Marks - Molecular cancer research, 2007 - aacrjournals.org
Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) comprise structurally diverse compounds that are a
group of targeted anticancer agents. The first of these new HDACi, vorinostat …

Histone deacetylase 6 plays a role as a distinct regulator of diverse cellular processes

Y Li, D Shin, SH Kwon - The FEBS journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) 6 is the best‐characterized class II b deacetylase that
regulates many important biological processes via the formation of complexes with its …

Tubulin acetylation: responsible enzymes, biological functions and human diseases

L Li, XJ Yang - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2015 - Springer
Microtubules have important functions ranging from maintenance of cell morphology to
subcellular transport, cellular signaling, cell migration, and formation of cell polarity. At the …

HDAC6: a key regulator of cytoskeleton, cell migration and cell–cell interactions

A Valenzuela-Fernandez, JR Cabrero, JM Serrador… - Trends in cell …, 2008 - cell.com
Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) is a cytoplasmic enzyme that regulates many important
biological processes, including cell migration, immune synapse formation, viral infection …

Influenza A virus uses the aggresome processing machinery for host cell entry

I Banerjee, Y Miyake, SP Nobs, C Schneider, P Horvath… - Science, 2014 - science.org
During cell entry, capsids of incoming influenza A viruses (IAVs) must be uncoated before
viral ribonucleoproteins (vRNPs) can enter the nucleus for replication. After hemagglutinin …

HDAC6 as a target for neurodegenerative diseases: what makes it different from the other HDACs?

C Simões-Pires, V Zwick, A Nurisso, E Schenker… - Molecular …, 2013 - Springer
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have been demonstrated to be beneficial in animal
models of neurodegenerative diseases. Such results were mainly associated with the …

Histone deacetylase 6 interacts with the microtubule‐associated protein tau

H Ding, PJ Dolan, GVW Johnson - Journal of neurochemistry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6), a unique cytoplasmic deacetylase, likely plays a
role in neurodegeneration by coordinating cell responses to abnormal protein aggregation …