Targeting of the G9a, DNMT1 and UHRF1 epigenetic complex as an effective strategy against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by Daniel Oyon, Amaya Lopez-Pascual, Borja Castello-Uribe, Iker Uriarte, Giulia Orsi, Sofia Llorente, Jasmin Elurbide, Elena Adan-Villaescusa, Emiliana Valbuena-Goiricelaya, Ainara Irigaray-Miramon, Maria Ujue Latasa, Luz A. Martinez-Perez, Luca Reggiani Bonetti, Felipe Prosper, Mariano Ponz-Sarvise, Silvestre Vicent, Antonio Pineda-Lucena, David Ruiz-Clavijo, Bruno Sangro, Urko Aguirre Larracoechea, Tian V. Tian, Andrea Casadei-Gardini, Irene Amat, Maria Arechederra, Carmen Berasain, Jesus M. Urman, Matias A. Avila, Maite G. Fernandez-Barrena

“…The critical role of epigenetic alterations such as changes in DNA methylation, histones modifications, and chromatin remodeling, in pancreatic tumors progression is becoming increasingly recognized. …”
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N6-methyladenosine RNA modification regulates the transcription of SLC7A11 through KDM6B and GATA3 to modulate ferroptosis by Haisheng Zhang, Cheng Yi, Jianing Li, Yunqing Lu, Haoran Wang, Lijun Tao, Jiawang Zhou, Yonghuang Tan, Jiexin Li, Zhuojia Chen, Gholamreza Asadikaram, Jie Cao, Jianxin Peng, Wanglin Li, Junming He, Hongsheng Wang

“…RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was employed to analyze the factors regulating ferroptosis. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) was used to assess the binding of regulatory factors to the SLC7A11 promoter, and a Dual-Luciferase reporter assay measured promoter activity of SLC7A11. …”
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Disruption of tumor-intrinsic PGAM5 increases anti-PD-1 efficacy through the CCL2 signaling pathway by Yan Li, Hong Wang, Xiaoyang Li, Yuan He, Huiquan Liu, Dong Han, Ting Mei, Yixuan Li, Zilong Xu, Xiaoying Wei, Jianguo Wang, Peijie Zhou, Yuwen Wang, Ziye Li, Junhao Ning, Anlin Wang, Jingjing Cheng, Dong Qian

“…Immunofluorescence, chromatin-immunoprecipitation, ELISA, mass spectrometry were conducted to explore the molecular pathway. …”
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Diagnostics of lung cancer by fragmentated blood circulating cell-free DNA based on machine learning methods by Ivan O. Meshkov, Alexander P. Koturgin, Pavel V. Ershov, Liubov A. Safonova, Julia A. Remizova, Valentina V. Maksyutina, Ekaterina D. Maralova, Vasilisa A. Astafieva, Alexey A. Ivashechkin, Boris D. Ignatiev, Antonida V. Makhotenko, Ekaterina A. Snigir, Valentin V. Makarov, Vladimir S. Yudin, Anton A. Keskinov, Sergey M. Yudin, Anna S. Makarova, Veronika I. Skvortsova

“…The blood plasma circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragments reflect the genome and chromatin status and are considered as integral cancer biomarkers and the biological entities for ‘cancer-of-origin’ prediction. …”
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Bioinspired hierarchical porous tough adhesive to promote sealing of high-pressure bleeding by Yinghao Li, Dongling Xiao, Weixi Yan, Meilin Jiang, Ju Tan, Zhongliang Qin, Jingting Zhou, Yue Sun, Mingcan Yang, Guanyuan Yang, Yawei Gu, Yong Liu, Chuhong Zhu

“…Here, inspired by the principle of chromatin assembly, we present a tissue-conformable tough matrix for robust sealing of severe bleeding. …”
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Tacedinaline (CI-994), a class I HDAC inhibitor, targets intrinsic tumor growth and leptomeningeal dissemination in MYC-driven medulloblastoma while making them susceptible to anti... by Arndt Borkhardt, Nan Qin, Stephen T Keir, Darell D Bigner, Allison Cole, Matthias Wölfl, Viktoria Marquardt, Johanna Theruvath, David Pauck, Daniel Picard, Lena Blümel, Mara Maue, Jasmin Bartl, Ulvi Ahmadov, Maike Langini, Frauke-Dorothee Meyer, Joselyn Cruz-Cruz, Claus M Graef, Till Milde, Olaf Witt, Anat Erdreich-Epstein, Gabriel Leprivier, Ulf Kahlert, Anja Stefanski, Kai Stühler, Julia Hauer, Thomas Beez, Christiane B Knobbe-Thomsen, Ute Fischer, Jörg Felsberg, Finn K Hansen, Rajeev Vibhakar, Sujatha Venkatraman, Samuel H Cheshier, Guido Reifenberger, Thomas Kurz, Marc Remke, Siddhartha Mitra

“…Large-scale studies have revealed abnormal cancer epigenomes caused by mutations and structural alterations of chromatin modifiers, aberrant DNA methylation, and histone modification signatures. …”
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