Exploiting metabolic adaptations to overcome dabrafenib treatment resistance in melanoma cells
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.We show that dabrafenib‐resistant melanoma cells undergo mitochondrial remodeling, leading to elevated respiration and ROS production balanced by stronger antioxidant defenses. This altered redox state promotes survival despite mitochondrial damage but renders resistant cells highly vulnerable to ROS‐inducing compounds such as PEITC, highlighting redox
Silvia Eller +17 more
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Statins as anti‐tumor agents: A paradigm for repurposed drugs
Cancer ReportsBackground Statins, frequently prescribed medications, work by inhibiting the rate‐limiting enzyme HMG‐CoA reductase (HMGCR) in the mevalonate pathway to reduce cholesterol levels.
Sneha Tripathi +2 more
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KANSL3 directs transcriptional programs essential for hepatic metabolism and differentiation
Life Science AllianceKANSL3 is an epigenetic regulator of hepatocyte metabolism and differentiation, essential for liver development and key to maintaining liver health. Liver disease is a leading cause of mortality worldwide.
Meike Wiese +11 more
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The dynamics of replication licensing in live Caenorhabditis elegans embryos [PDF]
, 2012 Accurate DNA replication requires proper regulation of replication licensing, which entails loading MCM-2-7 onto replication origins. In this paper, we provide the first comprehensive view of replication licensing in vivo, using video microscopy of ...
Anton Gartner +56 more
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Plecstatin inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis and invasion through cytolinker plectin
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.The ruthenium‐based metallodrug plecstatin exerts its anticancer effect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) primarily through selective targeting of plectin. By disrupting plectin‐mediated cytoskeletal organization, plecstatin inhibits anchorage‐dependent growth, cell polarization, and tumor cell dissemination.
Zuzana Outla +10 more
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Structural basis of RNAPII transcription on the nucleosome containing histone variant H2A.B
The EMBO JournalH2A.B is a distant histone H2A variant associated with actively transcribed regions of the genome, suggesting its positive role in promoting transcription.
Munetaka Akatsu +7 more
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DNA-encoded nucleosome occupancy is associated with transcription levels in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. [PDF]
, 2014 BackgroundIn eukaryotic organisms, packaging of DNA into nucleosomes controls gene expression by regulating access of the promoter to transcription factors.
Bunnik, Evelien M +6 more
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Tumour–host interactions in Drosophila: mechanisms in the tumour micro‐ and macroenvironment
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This review examines how tumour–host crosstalk takes place at multiple levels of biological organisation, from local cell competition and immune crosstalk to organism‐wide metabolic and physiological collapse. Here, we integrate findings from Drosophila melanogaster studies that reveal conserved mechanisms through which tumours hijack host systems to ...
José Teles‐Reis, Tor Erik Rusten
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An HP1 isoform-specific feedback mechanism regulates Suv39h1 activity under stress conditions
Epigenetics, 2017 The presence of H3K9me3 and heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) are hallmarks of heterochromatin conserved in eukaryotes. The spreading and maintenance of H3K9me3 is effected by the functional interplay between the H3K9me3-specific histone methyltransferase ...
Helena Raurell-Vila +9 more
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Chromatin: a tunable spring at work inside chromosomes
, 2001 This paper focuses on mechanical aspects of chromatin biological functioning. Within a basic geometric modeling of the chromatin assembly, we give for the first time the complete set of elastic constants (twist and bend persistence lengths, stretch ...
A. E. H. Love +50 more
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