Collateral Victim or Rescue Worker?—The Role of Histone Methyltransferases in DNA Damage Repair and Their Targeting for Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer

Disrupted DNA damage signaling greatly threatens cell integrity and plays significant roles in cancer. With recent advances in understanding the human genome and gene regulation in the context of DNA damage, chromatin biology, specifically biology of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs),...

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Autores principales: Lishu He, Gwen Lomberk
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:af2381dee44245b992592dfde72c95fc2021-11-16T06:33:18ZCollateral Victim or Rescue Worker?—The Role of Histone Methyltransferases in DNA Damage Repair and Their Targeting for Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer2296-634X10.3389/fcell.2021.735107https://doaj.org/article/af2381dee44245b992592dfde72c95fc2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.735107/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-634XDisrupted DNA damage signaling greatly threatens cell integrity and plays significant roles in cancer. With recent advances in understanding the human genome and gene regulation in the context of DNA damage, chromatin biology, specifically biology of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs), has emerged as a popular field of study with great promise for cancer therapeutics. Here, we discuss how key histone methylation pathways contribute to DNA damage repair and impact tumorigenesis within this context, as well as the potential for their targeting as part of therapeutic strategies in cancer.Lishu HeLishu HeLishu HeGwen LomberkGwen LomberkGwen LomberkGwen LomberkFrontiers Media S.A.articlecancer epigeneticschromatinepigenetic drugshistone methyltransferasesDNA damage repair (DDR)Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENFrontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Vol 9 (2021)
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topic cancer epigenetics
chromatin
epigenetic drugs
histone methyltransferases
DNA damage repair (DDR)
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle cancer epigenetics
chromatin
epigenetic drugs
histone methyltransferases
DNA damage repair (DDR)
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Lishu He
Lishu He
Lishu He
Gwen Lomberk
Gwen Lomberk
Gwen Lomberk
Gwen Lomberk
Collateral Victim or Rescue Worker?—The Role of Histone Methyltransferases in DNA Damage Repair and Their Targeting for Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer
description Disrupted DNA damage signaling greatly threatens cell integrity and plays significant roles in cancer. With recent advances in understanding the human genome and gene regulation in the context of DNA damage, chromatin biology, specifically biology of histone post-translational modifications (PTMs), has emerged as a popular field of study with great promise for cancer therapeutics. Here, we discuss how key histone methylation pathways contribute to DNA damage repair and impact tumorigenesis within this context, as well as the potential for their targeting as part of therapeutic strategies in cancer.
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author Lishu He
Lishu He
Lishu He
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Gwen Lomberk
Gwen Lomberk
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title Collateral Victim or Rescue Worker?—The Role of Histone Methyltransferases in DNA Damage Repair and Their Targeting for Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer
title_short Collateral Victim or Rescue Worker?—The Role of Histone Methyltransferases in DNA Damage Repair and Their Targeting for Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer
title_full Collateral Victim or Rescue Worker?—The Role of Histone Methyltransferases in DNA Damage Repair and Their Targeting for Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer
title_fullStr Collateral Victim or Rescue Worker?—The Role of Histone Methyltransferases in DNA Damage Repair and Their Targeting for Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer
title_full_unstemmed Collateral Victim or Rescue Worker?—The Role of Histone Methyltransferases in DNA Damage Repair and Their Targeting for Therapeutic Opportunities in Cancer
title_sort collateral victim or rescue worker?—the role of histone methyltransferases in dna damage repair and their targeting for therapeutic opportunities in cancer
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