Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Enhancer remodeling promotes tumor-initiating activity in NRF2-activated non-small cell lung cancers

  • Keito Okazaki,
  • Hayato Anzawa,
  • Zun Liu,
  • Nao Ota,
  • Hiroshi Kitamura,
  • Yoshiaki Onodera,
  • Md. Morshedul Alam,
  • Daisuke Matsumaru,
  • Takuma Suzuki,
  • Fumiki Katsuoka,
  • Shu Tadaka,
  • Ikuko Motoike,
  • Mika Watanabe,
  • Kazuki Hayasaka,
  • Akira Sakurada,
  • Yoshinori Okada,
  • Masayuki Yamamoto,
  • Takashi Suzuki,
  • Kengo Kinoshita,
  • Hiroki Sekine,
  • Hozumi Motohashi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19593-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Aberrant activation of NRF2 in cancer cells contributes to tumorigenicity and therapeutic resistance. Here, the authors show that NRF2 cooperates with CEBPB and remodels enhancers to confer tumor-initiating activity on NRF2- activated non-small cell lung cancers.