Three recent publications on BEND3 firmly establish its role as a novel sequence-specific transcription factor that is essential for PRC2 recruitment and maintenance of pluripotency. Here, we briefly review our current understanding of the BEND3-PRC2 axis in the regulation of pluripotency and also explore the possibility of a similar connection in cancer.
Keywords: BEND3; EZH2; PRC2; pluripotency; stem cells.
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