Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Bromodomain and extraterminal proteins foster the core transcriptional regulatory programs and confer vulnerability in liposarcoma

  • Ye Chen,
  • Liang Xu,
  • Anand Mayakonda,
  • Mo-Li Huang,
  • Deepika Kanojia,
  • Tuan Zea Tan,
  • Pushkar Dakle,
  • Ruby Yu-Tong Lin,
  • Xin-Yu Ke,
  • Jonathan W. Said,
  • Jianxiang Chen,
  • Sigal Gery,
  • Ling-Wen Ding,
  • Yan-Yi Jiang,
  • Angela Pang,
  • Mark Edward Puhaindran,
  • Boon Cher Goh,
  • H. Phillip Koeffler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09257-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Liposarcoma (LPS) is a rare cancer that can acquire resistance to chemotherapy. Here, the authors map super-enhancers in LPS, finding BET-protein dependent mechanisms that can be targeted by a BET protein degrader, which also can overcome acquired resistance to chemotherapy in LPS.