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Comment
. 2010 Feb;42(2):100-1.
doi: 10.1038/ng0210-100.

Deregulation of H3K27 methylation in cancer

Eva Martinez-Garcia, Jonathan D Licht
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Deregulation of H3K27 methylation in cancer

Eva Martinez-Garcia et al. Nat Genet. 2010 Feb.

Abstract

A new study now reports recurrent somatic mutation of EZH2, a histone methyltransferase that modifies H3K27, in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). There is now evidence for both increased and decreased activity of enzymes controlling H3K27 methylation in cancer, suggesting that a precise balance of this methylation is critical for normal cell growth.

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  • Somatic mutations altering EZH2 (Tyr641) in follicular and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas of germinal-center origin.
    Morin RD, Johnson NA, Severson TM, Mungall AJ, An J, Goya R, Paul JE, Boyle M, Woolcock BW, Kuchenbauer F, Yap D, Humphries RK, Griffith OL, Shah S, Zhu H, Kimbara M, Shashkin P, Charlot JF, Tcherpakov M, Corbett R, Tam A, Varhol R, Smailus D, Moksa M, Zhao Y, Delaney A, Qian H, Birol I, Schein J, Moore R, Holt R, Horsman DE, Connors JM, Jones S, Aparicio S, Hirst M, Gascoyne RD, Marra MA. Morin RD, et al. Nat Genet. 2010 Feb;42(2):181-5. doi: 10.1038/ng.518. Epub 2010 Jan 17. Nat Genet. 2010. PMID: 20081860 Free PMC article.

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