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Enhancer deregulation in cancer and other diseases.

ABSTRACT: Mutations in enhancer-associated chromatin-modifying components and genomic alterations in non-coding regions of the genome occur frequently in cancer, and other diseases pointing to the importance of enhancer fidelity to ensure proper tissue homeostasis. In this review, I will use specific examples to discuss how mutations in chromatin-modifying factors might affect enhancer activity of disease-relevant genes. I will then consider direct evidence from single nucleotide polymorphisms, small insertions, or deletions but also larger genomic rearrangements such as duplications, deletions, translocations, and inversions of specific enhancers to demonstrate how they have the ability to impact enhancer activity of disease genes including oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Considering that the scientific community only fairly recently has begun to focus its attention on "enhancer malfunction" in disease, I propose that multiple new enhancer-regulated and disease-relevant processes will be uncovered in the near future that will constitute the mechanistic basis for novel therapeutic avenues.

SUBMITTER: Herz HM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5160997 | biostudies-other | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Enhancer deregulation in cancer and other diseases.

Herz Hans-Martin HM

BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology 20160829 10

Mutations in enhancer-associated chromatin-modifying components and genomic alterations in non-coding regions of the genome occur frequently in cancer, and other diseases pointing to the importance of enhancer fidelity to ensure proper tissue homeostasis. In this review, I will use specific examples to discuss how mutations in chromatin-modifying factors might affect enhancer activity of disease-relevant genes. I will then consider direct evidence from single nucleotide polymorphisms, small inse ...[more]

PMID: 27570183

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Enhancer deregulation in cancer and other diseases.

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Enhancer deregulation in cancer and other diseases.

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