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Modulation of cell death pathways in cancer stem cells: targeting histone demethylases

IR@CDRI: CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

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Creator Mishra, D P
Thakur, Ravi
 
Date 2013-02-04T08:37:12Z
2013-02-04T08:37:12Z
2012
 
Identifier Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology 2012, 3(6), 720-730
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/987
 
Description Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are tumor initiating cells within the tumor mass; that play a critical role in cancer pathogenesis.CSCs regulate cancer cell survival,metastatic potential, resistance to conven-tional radio-chemotherapy, disease relapse and poor prognosis. Recent studies have established that the drug resistant cancers and cancer cell lines possess high stem cell like traits compared to their drug sensitive counterparts. Histone demethylases are recently been linked to drug induced reversible tolerant state in cancers. Lysine histone demethylases are enzymes those demethylate lysines in histones and can act as transcriptional repressors or activators. Apart from histones other cellular proteins like E2F1, Rb, STAT3 and p53 are also regulated by methylation and demethylation cycles. In cancer cells these enzymes regulate cell survival, migration, invasion, and proliferation. This review summarizes the current progress of research on the role of histone demethylases in supporting drug tolerant cancer stem cell state and their potential as a drug target.
 
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Language en
 
Relation CDRI Communication No. 8325
 
Subject Cancer stem cells
Histone lysine demethylases
Cell death
LSD1
KDM5A
 
Title Modulation of cell death pathways in cancer stem cells: targeting histone demethylases
 
Type Article