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In a new paper in Cell Research, Ji et al. find that transcription factor-instigated opening of chromatin, during cell reprogramming, can be sensed by the Baf60b-containing chromatin remodeling complex, which then activates the ATM-p53 pathway, leading to cell death. These findings from reprogramming studies unveil what I term a "chromatin remodeling checkpoint" whereby extensive, inappropriate chromatin opening events lead to cell elimination, thus preventing cell fate conversion that might occur upon tissue damage; if unchecked, such conversion could lead to metaplasia and cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28361895 PMCID: PMC5520856 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.44
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Res ISSN: 1001-0602 Impact factor: 25.617