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Oncometabolite Tinkers with Genome Folding, Boosting Oncogene Expression.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Mar 2016
Ing-Simmons Elizabeth, Merkenschlager Matthias
Abstract excerpt
A recent article makes a compelling case for a new mechanism by which heterozygous mutations in isocitrate dehydrogenases (IDH1/2)--implicated in cancer--undermine gene regulation. 2-Hydroxyglutarate (2HG) produced by mutant IDH alters the binding of the chromosomal organizer protein CTCF, disrupting the spatial and regulatory organization of the genome.
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