The field of cancer epigenetics was recently transformed by the finding that genes encoding
for epigenetic regulators are among the most commonly mutated genes in human cancers.
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Scientists from the cluster of excellence BIOSS Centre
for Biological Signalling Studies at the University of Freiburg and the Freiburg University Medical Center have shown that inhibiting the
epigenetic regulator KDM4 might offer a potential novel treatment option
for breast cancer patients.
«Multiple
epigenetic regulators participate in the drug - desensitizing pathway, so they could serve as new targets to improve therapy
for this type of cancer.»
Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is caused primarily by mutations in the gene encoding
for MeCP2, an important
epigenetic regulator.
Co-first author, Dr Stephen Clark, a post-doctoral researcher at the Babraham Institute, said: «Methods
for studying gene expression or
epigenetic regulators in individual cells are quite established.
Because
epigenetic regulators and chromatin - associated proteins are often tractable drug targets, my laboratory actively seeks to discover new targets and translate our findings into novel therapeutics
for cardiovascular disease.
Tet2 is a type of cellular enzyme known as an
epigenetic regulator — responsible
for making specific chemical annotations to regions of DNA that alter the activity of many different genes.
Michelle Barton, Ph.D., was nominated and elected by her scientific peers in recognition
for her contributions to understanding the function of the tumor suppressor, p53 in stem cells, particularly with respect to the discovery of TRIM24, an E3 - ligase and
epigenetic regulator that is overexpressed in many cancers.