Regulating epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity from 3D genome organization

oleh: Qing You Pang, Yi-Chia Chiu, Ruby Yun-Ju Huang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2024-06-01

Deskripsi

Abstract Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a dynamic process enabling polarized epithelial cells to acquire mesenchymal features implicated in development and carcinoma progression. As our understanding evolves, it is clear the reversible execution of EMT arises from complex epigenomic regulation involving histone modifications and 3-dimensional (3D) genome structural changes, leading to a cascade of transcriptional events. This review summarizes current knowledge on chromatin organization in EMT, with a focus on hierarchical structures of the 3D genome and chromatin accessibility changes.