[HTML][HTML] Tumorigenic cell reprogramming and cancer plasticity: interplay between signaling, microenvironment, and epigenetics

V Poli, L Fagnocchi, A Zippo - Stem cells international, 2018 - hindawi.com
Accumulating evidences indicate that many tumors rely on subpopulations of cancer stem
cells (CSCs) with the ability to propagate malignant clones indefinitely and to produce an overt …

PIM1-dependent phosphorylation of histone H3 at serine 10 is required for MYC-dependent transcriptional activation and oncogenic transformation

A Zippo, A De Robertis, R Serafini, S Oliviero - Nature cell biology, 2007 - nature.com
The serine/threonine kinase human Pim1 (hereafter PIM1) cooperates with human c-Myc (hereafter
MYC) in cell cycle progression and tumorigenesis. However, the nature of this …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple roles of MYC in integrating regulatory networks of pluripotent stem cells

L Fagnocchi, A Zippo - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are defined by their self-renewal potential, which permits their
unlimited propagation, and their pluripotency, being able to generate cell of the three …

[HTML][HTML] Histone crosstalk between H3S10ph and H4K16ac generates a histone code that mediates transcription elongation

A Zippo, R Serafini, M Rocchigiani, S Pennacchini… - Cell, 2009 - cell.com
The phosphorylation of the serine 10 at histone H3 has been shown to be important for
transcriptional activation. Here, we report the molecular mechanism through which H3S10ph …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenetic perspective on intra-tumour heterogeneity: novel insights and new challenges from multiple fields

S Beyes, NG Bediaga, A Zippo - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although research on cancer biology in recent decades has unveiled the
main genetic perturbations driving the onset of tumorigenesis, we are still far from properly …

[PDF][PDF] SETD5 regulates chromatin methylation state and preserves global transcriptional fidelity during brain development and neuronal wiring

…, A Fasciani, R Belli, S Taverna, M Andreazzoli, A Zippo… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Mutations in one SETD5 allele are genetic causes of intellectual disability and autistic spectrum
disorders. However, the mechanisms by which SETD5 regulates brain development and …

MLL4-associated condensates counterbalance Polycomb-mediated nuclear mechanical stress in Kabuki syndrome

…, I Conte, C Testi, P Vergyris, G Ruocco, A Zippo - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The genetic elements required to tune gene expression are partitioned in active and repressive
nuclear condensates. Chromatin compartments include transcriptional clusters whose …

Identification of Flk-1 target genes in vasculogenesis: Pim-1 is required for endothelial and mural cell differentiation in vitro

A Zippo, A De Robertis, M Bardelli, F Galvagni… - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
The tyrosine kinase receptor fetal liver kinase 1 (Flk-1) plays a crucial role in vasculogenesis
and angiogenesis, but its target genes remain elusive. Comparing Flk-1 +/+ with Flk-1 -/- …

Myc regulates the transcription of the PRC2 gene to control the expression of developmental genes in embryonic stem cells

F Neri, A Zippo, A Krepelova, A Cherubini… - … and cellular biology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Myc family members are critical to maintain embryonic stem cells (ESC) in the undifferentiated
state. However, the mechanism by which they perform this task has not yet been …

[HTML][HTML] MYC-driven epigenetic reprogramming favors the onset of tumorigenesis by inducing a stem cell-like state

…, S Bicciato, S Bosari, M Todaro, A Zippo - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Breast cancer consists of highly heterogeneous tumors, whose cell of origin and driver
oncogenes are difficult to be uniquely defined. Here we report that MYC acts as tumor …