Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Interplay and cooperation between SREBF1 and master transcription factors regulate lipid metabolism and tumor-promoting pathways in squamous cancer

  • Li-Yan Li,
  • Qian Yang,
  • Yan-Yi Jiang,
  • Wei Yang,
  • Yuan Jiang,
  • Xiang Li,
  • Masaharu Hazawa,
  • Bo Zhou,
  • Guo-Wei Huang,
  • Xiu-E Xu,
  • Sigal Gery,
  • Ying Zhang,
  • Ling-Wen Ding,
  • Allen S. Ho,
  • Zachary S. Zumsteg,
  • Ming-Rong Wang,
  • Melissa J. Fullwood,
  • Stephen J. Freedland,
  • Stephen J. Meltzer,
  • Li-Yan Xu,
  • En-Min Li,
  • H. Phillip Koeffler,
  • De-Chen Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24656-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The relevance and underlying molecular mechanisms of epigenetic regulation in squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) await further characterization. Here, the authors show a transcriptional regulatory loop involving SREBF1, TP63 and KLF5 driving tumourigenesis in SCC through fatty acid, ERBB and mTOR pathway regulation.