Abstract:
본 발명은 LIN28A 메틸화 억제제를 포함하는 줄기세포 전능화 조절용 조성물 및 LIN28A 메틸화 억제제를 스크리닝하는 방법에 관한 것으로, 보다 구체적으로는 Set7/9에 의해 메틸화 되는 LIN28A 135번째 라이신의 메틸화를 제어하는 억제제를 포함하는 줄기세포 전능화 조절용 또는 암 치료용 조성물 및 상기 억제제를 스크리닝하는 방법으로, 상기 스크리닝 방법은 (a) 후보물질을 LIN28A 유전자가 도입된 세포에 접촉시키는 단계 (b) LIN28A의 135번째 라이신의 메틸화 수준을 측정하는 단계 및 (c) LIN28A의 135번째 라이신의 메틸화를 제어하는 억제제를 선택하는 단계를 포함하는 배아줄기세포 전분화능 조절용 조성물 또는 항암 조성물 및 스크리닝 방법에 관한 것이다. 본 발명의 방법은 배아줄기세포의 전분화능을 조절할 수 있는 물질 또는 항암활성이 있는 물질을 효과적으로 스크리닝 할 수 있으며, 본 발명의 방법에 의해 스크리닝된 억제제는 배아줄기세포의 전분화능을 조절하고, 암세포의 성장을 억제하여 줄기세포 분화 장애 또는 암 치료제 제조에 효과적이다.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of the amplification of SETDB1 gene in lung cancer patients as predictive marker for the determination of the response to a SETDB1 antagonist, particularly to a SETDB1 -specific RNAi or to mithramycin. The invention relates to methods of treatment, methods for predicting the clinical response to a SETDB1 antagonist and methods for selecting a lung cancer patient for being treated with a SETDB1 antagonist based on the detection of SETDB1 gene amplification.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EZH2 (enhancer of zeste homolog 2) inhibitor and an enhancer of interferon-gamma receptor activity. The invention also relates to method of treating a patient having cancer, comprising administration of the pharmaceutical composition.
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A method for diagnosing Weaver syndrome or a genetic predisposition for developing Weaver syndrome in a subject is provided. The method includes, in part, obtaining sequence information for a subject, and identifying one or more mutations within the EZH2 gene.
Abstract:
This invention relates to long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), libraries of those ncRNAs that bind chromatin modifiers, such as Polycomb Repressive Complex 2, inhibitory nucleic acids and methods and compositions for targeting lncRNAs.
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Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods of suppressing the transcriptional expression of one or more genes by methylating the chromatin histone proteins of the one or more genes. Specifically, a viral SET domain histone lysine mehtyltransferase (vSET or vSET-like protein) methylates lysine 27 of a gene's histone protein 3 (H3- K27) thereby suppressing the transcription of the gene.