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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

The Roles of H3K9me3 Writers, Readers, and Erasers in Cancer Immunotherapy.

Urszula Oleksiewicz, Monika Kuciak, Anna Jaworska, Dominika Adamczak, Anna Bisok, Julia Mierzejewska, Justyna Sadowska, Patrycja Czerwinska, Andrzej A Mackiewicz

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Urszula OleksiewiczDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0357-9284
Monika KuciakDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5272-7680
Anna JaworskaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
Dominika AdamczakDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
Anna BisokDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
Julia MierzejewskaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
Justyna SadowskaDepartment of Health Sciences, The Jacob of Paradies University, 66-400 Gorzow Wielkopolski, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5273-0919
Patrycja CzerwinskaDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2400-1174
Andrzej A MackiewiczDepartment of Cancer Immunology, Chair of Medical Biotechnology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5574-6609

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interplay between cancer and the immune system has captivated researchers for a long time. Recent developments in cancer immunotherapy have substantiated this interest with a significant benefit to cancer patients. Tumor and immune cells are regulated via a wide range of molecular mechanisms involving intricate transcriptional and epigenetic networks. Epigenetic processes influence chromatin structure and accessibility, thus governing gene expression, replication, and DNA damage repair. However, aberrations within epigenetic signatures are frequently observed in cancer. One of the key epigenetic marks is the trimethylation of histone 3 at lysine 9 (H3K9me3), confined mainly within constitutive heterochromatin to suppress DNA accessibility. It is deposited at repetitive elements, centromeric and telomeric loci, as well as at the promoters of various genes. Dysregulated H3K9me3 deposition disrupts multiple pathways, including immune signaling. Consequently, altered H3K9me3 dynamics may modify the efficacy of immunotherapy. Indeed, growing evidence highlights the pivotal roles of various proteins mediating H3K9me3 deposition (SETDB1/2, SUV39H1/2), erasure (KDM3, KDM4 families, KDM7B, LSD1) and interpretation (HP1 proteins, KAP1, CHD4, CDYL, UHRF1) in modulating immunotherapy effectiveness. Here, we review the existing literature to synthesize the available information on the influence of these H3K9me3 writers, erasers, and readers on the response to immunotherapy.

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Epigenesis, GeneticHistonesImmunotherapyNeoplasmsAnimalsHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHumansHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseHistonescancerH3K9me3HP1immunotherapyKAP1KDM3/4LSD1SETDB1SUV39H1

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PMID39519018
PMCPMC11546771

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