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ArticleAcademia biology2025

Reflections and perspectives on epigenetically mediated biological control: compromises in cancer and skeletal pathology.

Gary S Stein

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Gary S SteinDepartment of Biochemistry, Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.

Funding

Understanding Factors Influencing COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination in Immigrant Low-income and Homeless Populations and Testing Targeted InterventionsU54GM115516 · NIGMS · MAINEHEALTH · PI Jan Kirk Carney · 2017 to 2026
$51.6M
Project 3: MANCR Mediates Epigenetic Mechanisms for Survival of Advanced Breast CancerP01CA240685 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI STEIN, GARY S. · 2021 to 2025
$8.7M
Chromatin Organization Regulates OsteogenesisR01DE029311 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI LIAN, JANE B., STEIN, GARY S. · 2020 to 2024
$2.5M
Deciphering the molecular mechanisms of histone code recognition by ATAD2/BR01GM129338 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI FRIETZE, SETH E, GLASS, KAREN CHAMPAGNE · 2018 to 2022
$2.1M
Understanding Ikaros molecular functions for targeted therapies of pre-B ALLR01CA230618 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FRIETZE, SETH E, SCHJERVEN, HILDE · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Human lncRNA mediated control of human osteogenesisR01AR084561 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI Jonathan A.R. Gordon, Gary S. Stein · 2025 to 2026
$1.2M
Supplement to AWD32581 - Fritz fellowship F32CA220935F32CA220935 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI FRITZ, ANDREW J · 2018 to 2021
$216k
NCI NIH HHS F32 CA220935NCI NIH HHS P01 CA240685NCI NIH HHS R01 CA230618NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR084561NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE029311NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM129338NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115516
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Abstract

Establishing DNA as the genetic material, deciphering the genetic code and defining the double helical structure of the genome provided a foundation for pursuing a mechanistic understanding of gene expression that is operative for biological control and pathology. Equally important are a series of discoveries that have established epigenetic mechanisms, defined as the control of gene expression by non-DNA-encoded regulation, mediated by an evolving histone code that supports chromatin states, as complementary and obligatory determinants for biological activity. Evidence is accruing for pivotal contributions by epigenetic parameters of control to gene expression that is required for development and differentiation as well as for transient and sustained responsiveness to physiological regulatory cues that support cell structure, function, cell survival, tissue repair and remodeling. Epigenetic control is emerging as a decisive contributor to the regulatory compliance for the highly integrative processes that balance phenotypic function and tumor suppression with aberrant gene expression that accompanies the onset and progression of disease, strikingly illustrated with tumorigenesis and skeletal disorders.

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bhromatinbone biology and pathologycancer hallmarkscell cycleepigenetic controlhistone codemitotic bookmarkingnuclear organizationstem cellstranscription

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