Co-activation of super-enhancer-driven CCAT1 by TP63 and SOX2 promotes squamous cancer progression

Master regulator transcription factors TP63 and SOX2 have been reported to overlap in genomic occupancy in squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). Here, the authors demonstrate that TP63 and SOX2 promote co-operatively long non-coding RNA CCAT1 expression through activating its super-enhancer, and CCAT1 fo...

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Main Authors: Yuan Jiang, Yan-Yi Jiang, Jian-Jun Xie, Anand Mayakonda, Masaharu Hazawa, Li Chen, Jin-Fen Xiao, Chun-Quan Li, Mo-Li Huang, Ling-Wen Ding, Qiao-Yang Sun, Liang Xu, Deepika Kanojia, Maya Jeitany, Jian-Wen Deng, Lian-Di Liao, Harmik J. Soukiasian, Benjamin P. Berman, Jia-Jie Hao, Li-Yan Xu, En-Min Li, Ming-Rong Wang, Xin-Gang Bi, De-Chen Lin, H. Phillip Koeffler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06081-9