Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

C/EBPβ enhances platinum resistance of ovarian cancer cells by reprogramming H3K79 methylation

  • Dan Liu,
  • Xiao-Xue Zhang,
  • Meng-Chen Li,
  • Can-Hui Cao,
  • Dong-Yi Wan,
  • Bi-Xin Xi,
  • Jia-Hong Tan,
  • Ji Wang,
  • Zong-Yuan Yang,
  • Xin-Xia Feng,
  • Fei Ye,
  • Gang Chen,
  • Peng Wu,
  • Ling Xi,
  • Hui Wang,
  • Jian-Feng Zhou,
  • Zuo-Hua Feng,
  • Ding Ma,
  • Qing-Lei Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03590-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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In ovarian cancer, the mechanism of chemoresistance is a key question. Here, the authors demonstrate that C/EBPβ and DOT1L together increase methylation of H3K79, which upregulates expression of oncogenic genes and drives poor platinum response and poor survival in ovarian cancer.