Targeting bivalency de-represses Indian Hedgehog and inhibits self-renewal of colorectal cancer-initiating cells

oleh: Evelyne Lima-Fernandes, Alex Murison, Tiago da Silva Medina, Yadong Wang, Anqi Ma, Cherry Leung, Genna M. Luciani, Jennifer Haynes, Aaron Pollett, Constanze Zeller, Shili Duan, Antonija Kreso, Dalia Barsyte-Lovejoy, Bradly G. Wouters, Jian Jin, Daniel D. De Carvalho, Mathieu Lupien, Cheryl H. Arrowsmith, Catherine A. O’Brien

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-03-01

Deskripsi

The presence of bivalent epigenetic active and repressive histone marks control lineage-specific differentiation in embryonic stem cells. Here, the authors reveal that bivalent marks repress the differentiation gene IHH in colorectal cancer-initiating cells, and can be targeted by EZH2 inhibition