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Identification of methotrexate as a heterochromatin-promoting drug. [PDF]

, 2019
Heterochromatin is a tightly packed form of DNA involved in gene silencing, chromosome segregation, and protection of genome stability. Heterochromatin is becoming more recognized in tumor suppression and may thus serve as a potential target for cancer ...
Dutta, Pranabananda, Li, Jinghong, Li, Willis X, Loyola, Andre C, Shang, Robin, Zhang, Lin   +5 more
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Epigenetic Chromatin Silencing: Bistability and Front Propagation

, 2007
The role of post-translational modification of histones in eukaryotic gene regulation is well recognized. Epigenetic silencing of genes via heritable chromatin modifications plays a major role in cell fate specification in higher organisms.
Alberts B, Allis C D, Anirvan M Sengupta, Arkin A, Bi X, Donze D, Fall C P, Gilbert S, Lodish H, Mohammad Sedighi, Ptashne M, Raser J M, Singer M S, Stillman B   +13 more
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Toward a molecular understanding of yeast silent chromatin : roles for H4K16 acetylation and the Sir3 C-terminus [PDF]

, 2012
Discrete regions of the eukaryotic genome assume a heritable chromatin structure that is refractory to gene expression. In budding yeast, silent chromatin is characterized by the loading of the Silent Information Regulatory (Sir) proteins (Sir2, Sir3 and
Oppikofer, Mariano
core   +1 more source

Somatic cell reprogramming for Parkinson's disease treatment

Ibrain, Volume 11, Issue 1, Page 59-73, Spring 2025.
The fundamental purpose of cell reprogramming to treat Parkinson's disease is to generate dopaminergic neurons (DAN) and do transplantation. There are two ways to accomplish this. One method is to induce cells into induced DA neurons (iDAN) directly or to induce cells into induced pluripotent stem cells and ultimately into iDAN in vitro. Another option
Xiaozhuo Li, Kevin Fang, Fengping Wang
wiley   +1 more source

H3K27me3 and the PRC1-H2AK119ub pathway cooperatively maintain heterochromatin and transcriptional silencing after the loss of H3K9 methylation

Epigenetics & Chromatin
Background Heterochromatin is a fundamental component of eukaryotic chromosome architecture, crucial for genome stability and cell type-specific gene regulation.
Kei Fukuda, Chikako Shimura, Yoichi Shinkai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heterochromatin and genetic conflict [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
Meiosis is a dangerous business. The two alleles in diploid organisms share an evolutionary interest in the survival and reproduction of their host individual; however, as soon as they segregate into haploid gametes, these alleles find themselves competing for transmission to the next generation (1).
openaire   +3 more sources

Stabilizing heterochromatin by DGCR8 alleviates senescence and osteoarthritis

Nature Communications, 2019
DiGeorge syndrome critical region 8 (DGCR8) is a critical component of the canonical microprocessor complex for microRNA biogenesis. However, the non-canonical functions of DGCR8 have not been studied.
Li-Jun Deng, Ruotong Ren, Zunpeng Liu, Moshi Song, Jingyi Li, Zeming Wu, Xiaoqing Ren, Lina Fu, Wei Li, Weiqi Zhang, Pedro Guillén, J. I. Izpisúa Belmonte, P. Chan, J. Qu, Guang-Hui Liu   +14 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Therapeutic targeting of chromatin alterations in leukemia and solid tumors

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Alterations in chromatin conformation and post‐translational modification of histones have become increasingly recognized as critical drivers of cancer development, progression, and therapy resistance. Recent advances in drug development have led to the establishment of several highly selective small molecule inhibitors, several of which are ...
Florian Perner, Tobias Berg, Daniel Sasca, Sophie‐Luise Mersiowsky, Jayant Y. Gadrey, Johanna Thomas, Michael W. M. Kühn, Michael Lübbert   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

High-resolution mapping of heterochromatin redistribution in a Drosophila position-effect variegation model

Epigenetics & Chromatin, 2009
Background Position-effect variegation (PEV) is the stochastic transcriptional silencing of a gene positioned adjacent to heterochromatin. white-mottled X-chromosomal inversions in Drosophila are classic PEV models that show variegation of the eye color ...
Vogel Maartje J, Pagie Ludo, Talhout Wendy, Nieuwland Marja, Kerkhoven Ron M, van Steensel Bas   +5 more
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Comprehensive analysis of the chromatin landscape in Drosophila melanogaster. [PDF]

, 2010
Chromatin is composed of DNA and a variety of modified histones and non-histone proteins, which have an impact on cell differentiation, gene regulation and other key cellular processes.
Alekseyenko, Artyom A, Bishop, Eric P, Canfield, Theresa K, Elgin, Sarah CR, Ernst, Jason, Gorchakov, Andrey A, Gu, Tingting, Jung, Youngsook L, Karpen, Gary H, Kellis, Manolis, Kharchenko, Peter V, Kuroda, Mitzi I, Larschan, Erica, Linder-Basso, Daniela, Luquette, Lovelace J, MacAlpine, David M, Minoda, Aki, Park, Peter J, Park, Richard W, Pirrotta, Vincenzo, Plachetka, Annette, Riddle, Nicole C, Sabo, Peter J, Sandstrom, Richard, Schwartz, Yuri B, Shanower, Gregory, Stamatoyannopoulos, John A, Thurman, Robert E, Tolstorukov, Michael Y, Xi, Ruibin   +29 more
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