Nature Communications (Aug 2019)

PAX8 activates metabolic genes via enhancer elements in Renal Cell Carcinoma

  • Melusine Bleu,
  • Swann Gaulis,
  • Rui Lopes,
  • Kathleen Sprouffske,
  • Verena Apfel,
  • Sjoerd Holwerda,
  • Marco Pregnolato,
  • Umut Yildiz,
  • Valentina Cordoʹ,
  • Antonella F. M. Dost,
  • Judith Knehr,
  • Walter Carbone,
  • Felix Lohmann,
  • Charles Y. Lin,
  • James E. Bradner,
  • Audrey Kauffmann,
  • Luca Tordella,
  • Guglielmo Roma,
  • Giorgio G. Galli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11672-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Transcription factors are critical regulators of cell identity. Here, the authors use computational and functional genomic approaches to show an oncogenic role of PAX8 in renal cancer. Mechanistic dissection of PAX8 functions reveal its role in activating genes associated with metabolic pathways.