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ReviewCell2025

20 years of histone lysine demethylases: From discovery to the clinic and beyond.

Zach H Gray, Madison A Honer, Pooja Ghatalia, Yang Shi, Johnathan R Whetstine

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Review in Cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Role of histone modifications in gastric cancer (Review).International journal of oncology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Zach H GrayCancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Biomedical Sciences Program, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA; Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
Madison A HonerCancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Biomedical Sciences Program, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA; Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
Pooja GhataliaCancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Biomedical Sciences Program, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Yang ShiLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Johnathan R WhetstineCancer Epigenetics Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA; Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. Electronic address: johnathan.whetstine@fccc.edu.

Funding

WORD PROCESSING CENTER--COREP30CA006927 · NCI · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI Eric Andrew Ross · 1985 to 2026
$138.8M
Deciphering Networks Controlling DNA AmplificationR35GM144131 · NIGMS · RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR · PI Johnathan R. Whetstine · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006927NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM144131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Twenty years ago, histone lysine demethylases (KDMs) were discovered. Since their discovery, they have been increasingly studied and shown to be important across species, development, and diseases. Considerable advances have been made toward understanding their (1) enzymology, (2) role as critical components of biological complexes, (3) role in normal cellular processes and functions, (4) implications in pathological conditions, and (5) therapeutic potential. This Review covers these key relationships related to the KDM field with the awareness that numerous laboratories have contributed to this field. The current knowledge coupled with future insights will shape our understanding about cell function, development, and disease onset and progression, which will allow for novel biomarkers to be identified and for optimal therapeutic options to be developed for KDM-related diseases in the years ahead.

Indexed as

Histone DemethylasesAnimalsHumansHistone Demethylases

Identifiers

PMID40185081
PMCPMC12553519

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