El aumento de la actividad de metilación de la histona NSD3 conduce al cáncer de pulmón de células escamosas

Gang Yuan1, Natasha M Flores2, Simone Hausmann2

  • 1Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Nature
|February 4, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

La histona metiltransferasa NSD3 es un factor clave del carcinoma de células escamosas del pulmón (LUSC) impulsado por el amplicon 8p11-12. La orientación a NSD3, no a FGFR1, muestra un potencial terapéutico en la LUSC, en particular con los inhibidores de la bromodomaína.

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