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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Henar Hernando
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-3540 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hernando Henar H Gelato Kathy A KA Lesche Ralf R Beckmann Georg G Koehr Silke S Otto Saskia S Steigemann Patrick P Stresemann Carlo C
Molecular cancer therapeutics 20151120 2
Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell malignancy characterized by marked heterogeneous genomic instability including frequent genetic alterations in epigenetic enzymes. In particular, the histone methyltransferase Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) is overexpressed in multiple myeloma. EZH2 is the catalytic component of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), a master transcriptional regulator of differentiation. EZH2 catalyzes methylation of lysine 27 on histone H3 and its deregulation in cancer ...[more]