Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)poses a significant health challenge in modern societies due to shifts in lifestyle and dietary habits.Its complexity stems from genetic predisposition,environmental influences,...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32170192 and 32370200 to Z.T);National Youth Talent Support Program.
Di-and tri-methylation of lysine 36 on histone H3(H3K36me2/3)is catalysed by histone methyltransferase Set2,which plays an essential role in transcriptional regulation.Although there is a single H3K36 methyltransferas...
supported by National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0903200);General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China(32370083);Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing CSTB(CSTB2022NSCQ-MSX0995);Graduate Innovation Program(GZLCX20232114)。
About two-thirds of small molecule drugs contain methyl group and it plays a very important role in the drug development.So,methyltransferases catalyzing the methylation have always attracted great attention.Hangtaimy...
the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai,China(Grant Nos.:20DZ2270800 and 19JC1410200);Innovative Research Team of High-Level Local Universities in Shanghai,China(Grant No.:SHSMU-ZDCX20210900);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:82073889).
The reversible and precise temporal and spatial regulation of histone lysine methyltransferases(KMTs)is essential for epigenome homeostasis.The dysregulation of KMTs is associated with tumor initiation,metastasis,chem...
supported by grants from the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB37010303 to Y.C.);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670748,31970576 to Y.C.,and 32071195 and 31900934 to Y.L.);the Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program by Chinese Association for Science and Technology(YESS20170198 to Y.L.);the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents(Bx201700263 to Y.L.).
Histone lysine methyltransferases(HKMTs)deposit methyl groups onto lysine residues on histones and play important roles in regulating chromatin structure and gene expression.The structures and functions of HKMTs have ...
supported by the Sichuan University-Panzhihua City 2021 Campus Cooperation Special Fund Project[grant number 2021CDPZH-7].
Epigenetic alteration studies in cancer research have been progressing rapidly in recent years.DNA methylation,including DNA hypermethylation and DNA hypomethylation,is one of the main epigenetic alterations in head a...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81702286);the Research Fund of Science&Technology Department of Sichuan Province(2021YJ0134,2018JY0652);the Open Project of Radiation Oncology Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province(2020FSZLX04).
Recently,two studies published in Nature identified genetic changes in the nuclear receptor-binding SET domain protein(NSD)family of histone methyltransferases as oncogenic drivers in some malignancies,and revealed th...
Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Health and Family Planning Commission (2012ZX09304-011, 2013ZX09401003-005, 2013ZX09507001, 2013ZX09507-002, and 2014ZX09507002-001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21302202), Shanghai Science and Technology Development Fund (15DZ2291600), and the Thousand Talents Program in China.
Post-translational epigenetic modification of histones is controlled by a number of histone-modifying enzymes. Such modification regulates the accessibility of DNA and the subsequent expression or silencing of a gene....
With the support by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the Ministry of Science and Technology of China,and the Basic Research Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Co...