Search Results - "Bartom, Elizabeth T."
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Therapeutic targeting of polycomb and BET bromodomain proteins in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas
Published in Nature medicine (01-04-2017)“…Nucleosomes containing mutant K27M histones in diffuse intrinsic pediatric gliomas (DIPG) exclude PRC2 binding and recruit BET bromodomain proteins; however,…”
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SPOROS: A pipeline to analyze DISE/6mer seed toxicity
Published in PLoS computational biology (01-03-2022)“…microRNAs (miRNAs) are (18-22nt long) noncoding short (s)RNAs that suppress gene expression by targeting the 3' untranslated region of target mRNAs. This…”
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Uncoupling histone H3K4 trimethylation from developmental gene expression via an equilibrium of COMPASS, Polycomb and DNA methylation
Published in Nature genetics (01-06-2020)“…The COMPASS protein family catalyzes histone H3 Lys 4 (H3K4) methylation and its members are essential for regulating gene expression. MLL2/COMPASS methylates…”
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Histone H3K4 monomethylation catalyzed by Trr and mammalian COMPASS-like proteins at enhancers is dispensable for development and viability
Published in Nature genetics (01-11-2017)“…Ali Shilatifard and colleagues generate Drosophila lines expressing catalytically deficient Trr, which normally deposits H3K4me1 at enhancers. Trr mutants…”
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Epigenetic repression of the Igk locus by STAT5-mediated recruitment of the histone methyltransferase Ezh2
Published in Nature immunology (01-12-2011)“…The transcription factor STAT5 commonly activates gene transcription. Clark and colleagues show that tetrameric STAT5, induced by high concentrations of…”
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Therapeutic Targeting of MLL Degradation Pathways in MLL-Rearranged Leukemia
Published in Cell (12-01-2017)“…Chromosomal translocations of the mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) gene with various partner genes result in aggressive leukemia with dismal outcomes. Despite…”
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ZNF598 Plays Distinct Roles in Interferon-Stimulated Gene Expression and Poxvirus Protein Synthesis
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (01-05-2018)“…Post-translational modification of ribosomal subunit proteins (RPs) is emerging as an important means of regulating gene expression. Recently, regulatory…”
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The Coincidence Between Increasing Age, Immunosuppression, and the Incidence of Patients With Glioblastoma
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (27-03-2019)“…Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumor in adults and is associated with a median overall survival (mOS) of 16-21 months. Our previous…”
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Regulation of the imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 locus by allele-specific enhancer activity
Published in Genes & development (01-01-2016)“…Genomic imprinting is a critical developmental process characteristic of parent of origin-specific gene expression. It is well accepted that differentially…”
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CUX1 is a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 7 frequently inactivated in acute myeloid leukemia
Published in Blood (07-02-2013)“…Loss of chromosome 7 and del(7q) [−7/del(7q)] are recurring cytogenetic abnormalities in hematologic malignancies, including acute myeloid leukemia and…”
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Therapeutic targeting of metabolic vulnerabilities in cancers with MLL3/4-COMPASS epigenetic regulator mutations
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (03-07-2023)“…Epigenetic status-altering mutations in chromatin-modifying enzymes are a feature of human diseases, including many cancers. However, the functional outcomes…”
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SET1A/COMPASS and shadow enhancers in the regulation of homeotic gene expression
Published in Genes & development (15-04-2017)“…The homeotic (Hox) genes are highly conserved in metazoans, where they are required for various processes in development, and misregulation of their expression…”
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Notch receptor-ligand binding facilitates extracellular vesicle-mediated neuron-to-neuron communication
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (27-02-2024)“…Extracellular vesicles (EVs) facilitate intercellular communication by transferring cargo between cells in a variety of tissues. However, how EVs achieve…”
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Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Drives a Super-Enhancer-Mediated Survival Gene Expression Program in Primary Effusion Lymphoma
Published in mBio (25-08-2020)“…Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) causes the aggressive disease primary effusion lymphoma (PEL). Here, we show that a viral transcription factor…”
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Identification of the toxic 6mer seed consensus for human cancer cells
Published in Scientific reports (24-03-2022)“…6mer seed toxicity is a novel cell death mechanism that kills cancer cells by triggering death induced by survival gene elimination (DISE). It is based on si-…”
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6mer seed toxicity in tumor suppressive microRNAs
Published in Nature communications (29-10-2018)“…Many small-interfering (si)RNAs are toxic to cancer cells through a 6mer seed sequence (positions 2–7 of the guide strand). Here we performed an siRNA screen…”
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Death Induced by Survival gene Elimination (DISE) correlates with neurotoxicity in Alzheimer’s disease and aging
Published in Nature communications (18-01-2024)“…Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized by progressive neurodegeneration, but the specific events that cause cell death remain poorly understood. Death…”
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The Oncogenic Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Encodes a Mimic of the Tumor-Suppressive miR-15/16 miRNA Family
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (03-12-2019)“…Many tumor viruses encode oncogenes of cellular origin. Here, we report an oncoviral mimic of a cellular tumor suppressor. The Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated…”
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Breast cancer prevention with liquiritigenin from licorice through the inhibition of aromatase and protein biosynthesis in high-risk women’s breast tissue
Published in Scientific reports (30-05-2023)“…Breast cancer risk continues to increase post menopause. Anti-estrogen therapies are available to prevent postmenopausal breast cancer in high-risk women…”
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The length of uninterrupted CAG repeats in stem regions of repeat disease associated hairpins determines the amount of short CAG oligonucleotides that are toxic to cells through RNA interference
Published in Cell death & disease (30-12-2022)“…Extended CAG trinucleotide repeats (TNR) in the genes huntingtin ( HTT ) and androgen receptor ( AR ) are the cause of two progressive neurodegenerative…”
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