Targeting protein modifications in metabolic diseases: molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies

X Wu, M Xu, M Geng, S Chen, PJ Little, S Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
The ever-increasing prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represents a major
public health burden worldwide. The most common form of NCD is metabolic diseases …

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 …

Protein acylation: mechanisms, biological functions and therapeutic targets

S Shang, J Liu, F Hua - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming is involved in the pathogenesis of not only cancers but also
neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and infectious diseases. With the …

Epigenetic modifications of histones in cancer

Z Zhao, A Shilatifard - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
The epigenetic modifications of histones are versatile marks that are intimately connected to
development and disease pathogenesis including human cancers. In this review, we will …

Insights into the post-translational modification and its emerging role in sha** the tumor microenvironment

W Li, F Li, X Zhang, HK Lin, C Xu - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2021 - nature.com
More and more in-depth studies have revealed that the occurrence and development of
tumors depend on gene mutation and tumor heterogeneity. The most important …

GAS41 modulates ferroptosis by anchoring NRF2 on chromatin

Z Wang, X Yang, D Chen, Y Liu, Z Li, S Duan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
YEATS domain-containing protein GAS41 is a histone reader and oncogene. Here, through
genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 screenings, we identify GAS41 as a repressor of ferroptosis …

The regulatory enzymes and protein substrates for the lysine β-hydroxybutyrylation pathway

H Huang, D Zhang, Y Weng, K Delaney, Z Tang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Metabolism-mediated epigenetic changes represent an adapted mechanism for cellular
signaling, in which lysine acetylation and methylation have been the historical focus of …

Metabolic regulation of gene expression through histone acylations

BR Sabari, D Zhang, CD Allis, Y Zhao - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2017 - nature.com
Eight types of short-chain Lys acylations have recently been identified on histones:
propionylation, butyrylation, 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation, succinylation, malonylation …

Epigenetics-targeted drugs: Current paradigms and future challenges

W Dai, X Qiao, Y Fang, R Guo, P Bai, S Liu… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Epigenetics governs a chromatin state regulatory system through five key mechanisms: DNA
modification, histone modification, RNA modification, chromatin remodeling, and non-coding …

Microbiota derived short chain fatty acids promote histone crotonylation in the colon through histone deacetylases

R Fellows, J Denizot, C Stellato, A Cuomo… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The recently discovered histone post-translational modification crotonylation connects
cellular metabolism to gene regulation. Its regulation and tissue-specific functions are poorly …