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MTA2

Metastasis-associated protein MTA2 · UniProt O94776

Length
668 aa
Mass
75.0 kDa
Annotated
2026-06-10
46 papers in source corpus 27 papers cited in narrative 28 extracted findings
Cross-family judge vs UniProt: Affinage preferred faithfulness: 6/6 claims corpus-supported (100%)

Mechanistic narrative

Synthesis pass · prose summary of the discoveries below

MTA2 is a core subunit of the NuRD (nucleosome remodeling and histone deacetylase) complex that represses transcription by recruiting HDAC1 to target promoters to deacetylate histones (PMID:18353770, PMID:23086931). Within NuRD it interacts with MBD3 (PMID:12124384) and forms a stable elongated MTA2-RBBP7 module of 2:4 stoichiometry that represents an initial assembly intermediate of the complex (PMID:28179136). Through this repressive activity MTA2 controls diverse developmental and immune programs: it silences cytokine genes such as IL-4 in T cells, with its loss causing lupus-like autoimmunity (PMID:18353770); it maintains genomic imprinting of H19 and Peg3 in preimplantation embryos (PMID:20720167); it acts as a corepressor of FSHR transcription in Sertoli cells (PMID:23086931); it represses Igll1 and VpreB1 via histone deacetylation during B cell development in association with AIOLOS/IKAROS (PMID:31291582); and it restrains colonic cell identity by retaining HNF4A on colonic chromatin as part of a SATB2-MTA2 complex (PMID:38678016). In cancer, MTA2 is frequently co-opted to repress tumor-suppressor and epithelial genes such as E-cadherin and PTEN through partnerships with Snail, Twist, AIB1 and HIF-1α, driving EMT and metastasis (PMID:29708271, PMID:30814496, PMID:33340431, PMID:33420368). Beyond chromatin, MTA2 has a replication-associated role: it binds Tipin to support Polymerase α loading onto replicating chromatin and to prevent accumulation of reversed forks at difficult-to-replicate regions (PMID:24830473). MTA2 activity is itself tuned by post-translational regulation, including acetylation at K152 by p300 (PMID:24468085) and proteolytic and ubiquitination-controlled turnover (PMID:30642362).

Mechanistic history

Synthesis pass · year-by-year structured walk · 13 steps
  1. 1999 Medium

    Establishing the gene's existence and relationship to MTA1 was the first step, defining MTA2 as a distinct, broadly expressed family member.

    Evidence cDNA cloning, Northern blot and FISH mapping (as MTA1-L1)

    PMID:9929979

    Open questions at the time
    • No function assigned at cloning
    • Domain architecture not resolved
  2. 2002 Medium

    Placing MTA2 in a defined complex answered how it physically connects to chromatin machinery, identifying it as an MBD3-interacting NuRD subunit alongside HDAC1.

    Evidence Recombinant protein binding assays with wild-type/mutant MBD3

    PMID:12124384

    Open questions at the time
    • Stoichiometry and assembly order not defined
    • No genomic targets identified yet
  3. 2008 High

    Loss-of-function in mice tested the in vivo role of MTA2-NuRD, establishing it as a transcriptional repressor of cytokine genes whose loss causes autoimmunity.

    Evidence Whole-body and T cell-specific knockout mice with ChIP-based IL-4 target identification

    PMID:18353770

    Open questions at the time
    • Direct vs indirect targets beyond IL-4 not fully resolved
    • Mechanism of T cell hyperproliferation not detailed
  4. 2010 High

    Embryo knockdown addressed whether MTA2 maintains epigenetic marks, showing it is required for genomic imprinting at H19 and Peg3.

    Evidence RNAi in mouse preimplantation embryos, allele-specific expression and bisulfite sequencing

    PMID:20720167

    Open questions at the time
    • How NuRD links to DNA methylation maintenance not defined
    • Other imprinted loci not surveyed
  5. 2012 High

    The Sertoli cell study dissected a specific corepressor pathway, showing MTA2 recruits HDAC1 to the FSHR promoter within a negative-feedback loop.

    Evidence siRNA knockdown, ChIP, and deacetylase activity assays in Sertoli cells

    PMID:23086931

    Open questions at the time
    • Generalizability beyond Sertoli cells unknown
    • Composition of MTA2 complex at FSHR not fully defined
  6. 2014 Medium

    Identification of K152 acetylation by p300 revealed how MTA2 activity is post-translationally tuned and linked to cancer cell behavior.

    Evidence Co-IP, site-directed mutagenesis, proliferation and migration assays

    PMID:24468085

    Open questions at the time
    • Deacetylase for K152 not identified
    • Mechanistic consequence on NuRD assembly unclear
  7. 2014 High

    The Tipin interaction uncovered a chromatin-replication role distinct from transcriptional repression, placing MTA2 at replication forks supporting Polymerase α loading.

    Evidence Xenopus egg extract replication reconstitution, Co-IP, locus-specific replication assay

    PMID:24830473

    Open questions at the time
    • Whether NuRD complex or MTA2 alone acts at forks unresolved
    • Human in vivo confirmation pending
  8. 2017 Medium

    Structural characterization defined the architecture of the initial NuRD assembly module, showing MTA2-RBBP7 forms an elongated 2:4 complex.

    Evidence Purification from HEK293F and negative-stain EM with 3D reconstruction

    PMID:28179136

    Open questions at the time
    • High-resolution structure not obtained
    • How further subunits dock not shown
  9. 2019 High

    Multiple studies clarified context-specific partners and targets: AIOLOS/IKAROS in B cell development and Snail-directed PTEN repression in cancer.

    Evidence Knockout mice, ChIP-seq, H3K27ac analysis, Co-IP, luciferase assays

    PMID:30814496 PMID:31291582

    Open questions at the time
    • How distinct recruiters select target genes not unified
    • Direct vs cofactor-driven repression not always separated
  10. 2019 Medium

    Cross-regulation between paralogs was defined, with MTA1 driving neutrophil elastase-mediated cleavage of MTA2 at specific C-terminal sites.

    Evidence Immunoblotting, truncation/mutation analysis, NE inhibitor/knockdown

    PMID:30642362

    Open questions at the time
    • Physiological contexts of NE cleavage limited
    • Functional output of cleaved fragments unclear
  11. 2021 Medium

    A series of cancer studies established MTA2 as an EMT/metastasis driver recruited by Twist, AIB1 and others to repress E-cadherin, and as a regulator of replication-stress sensitivity.

    Evidence Co-IP, ChIP, CUT&TAG origin-binding, PARP inhibitor sensitivity, xenografts

    PMID:33340431 PMID:33420368 PMID:34280886

    Open questions at the time
    • Tissue-specific versus general EMT mechanism unresolved
    • Link between origin binding and transcriptional roles unclear
  12. 2024 High

    The colonic identity study provided a high-resolution developmental mechanism, defining a SATB2-MTA2 complex that retains HNF4A on colonic chromatin to restrain plasticity.

    Evidence Proteomics, CRISPR screen, ChIP-seq co-occupancy, colon-specific knockout mice

    PMID:38678016

    Open questions at the time
    • How MTA2 anchors HNF4A mechanistically not fully resolved
    • Reversibility of identity switch not defined
  13. 2025 Medium

    Stability regulation was extended, showing HMGB2 stabilizes MTA2 against ubiquitination to support HIF-1α-driven cardiomyocyte proliferation.

    Evidence IP-MS, RNA-seq, cardiomyocyte-specific manipulation in MI model

    PMID:41092376

    Open questions at the time
    • E3 ligase for MTA2 not identified
    • Direct vs indirect HIF-1α stabilization not separated

Open questions

Synthesis pass · forward-looking unresolved questions
  • How MTA2's distinct activities — NuRD-dependent transcriptional repression, replication-fork support, and context-specific recruiter partnerships — are coordinated within a single cell and selectively engaged across tissues remains unresolved.
  • No unified model linking chromatin and replication roles
  • Determinants of target-gene selection across partners unknown
  • E3 ligase and full PTM code governing MTA2 turnover undefined

Mechanism profile

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Molecular activity
GO:0140110 transcription regulator activity 4 GO:0003677 DNA binding 3 GO:0140096 catalytic activity, acting on a protein 1
Localization
GO:0005634 nucleus 4 GO:0000228 nuclear chromosome 1
Pathway
R-HSA-4839726 Chromatin organization 3 R-HSA-74160 Gene expression (Transcription) 3 R-HSA-1266738 Developmental Biology 2 R-HSA-168256 Immune System 2 R-HSA-69306 DNA Replication 2
Complex memberships
MTA2-RBBP7 assembly moduleNuRD complexSATB2-MTA2 complex

Evidence

Reading pass · 28 per-paper findings extracted from the source corpus
Year Finding Method Journal Conf PMIDs
2002 MBD3's methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) is necessary and sufficient for binding to HDAC1 and MTA2, two components of the NuRD/Mi2 complex, establishing MTA2 as an MBD3-interacting partner within the NuRD complex. Recombinant protein binding assays with wild-type and mutant MBD3 proteins The Journal of biological chemistry Medium 12124384
1999 MTA2 (originally cloned as MTA1-L1) encodes a 668 amino acid protein with 59.6% identity to MTA1, is ubiquitously expressed as a 3.0-kb transcript, and maps to chromosomal band 11q12-13.1. cDNA cloning, Northern blot, FISH Journal of human genetics Medium 9929979
2008 Mta2 knockout in mice causes lupus-like autoimmune disease with T cell hyperproliferation and hyperinduction of IL-2, IL-4, and IFN-γ; IL-4 was identified as a direct transcriptional target of Mta2/NuRD, establishing MTA2 as a repressor of cytokine gene expression in T cells. Knockout mouse model, bone marrow transplantation, T cell-specific knockout, gene expression analysis, chromatin immunoprecipitation The Journal of biological chemistry High 18353770
2010 RNAi-mediated knockdown of MTA2 in mouse preimplantation embryos leads to biallelic expression of the normally maternally-expressed H19 gene and loss of DNA methylation at the H19 differentially methylated region, and biallelic expression of the paternally-expressed Peg3 gene, demonstrating MTA2 is required within the NuRD complex for maintaining genomic imprinting. RNAi knockdown in mouse embryos, allele-specific expression analysis, bisulfite sequencing Biology of reproduction High 20720167
2012 MTA2 is exclusively expressed in Sertoli cells (SCs) and acts as a corepressor of FSHR transcription by recruiting HDAC1 to the FSHR promoter, participating in FSH-induced desensitization; the FSH/androgen receptor/MTA2 cascade constitutes a negative feedback loop modulating FSH signaling. siRNA knockdown, ChIP assay, deacetylase activity assay, gene expression analysis in Sertoli cells The Journal of biological chemistry High 23086931
2013 Transcription factor Sp1 binds to the MTA2 gene promoter at the region -1043 bp to -843 bp and enhances MTA2 transcriptional activity, establishing Sp1 as a transcriptional activator of MTA2. Chromatin immunoprecipitation, luciferase reporter assay, Sp1 overexpression Molecular cancer Medium 24010737
2014 MTA2 is acetylated at lysine 152 by the histone acetyltransferase p300; mutation of the K152 acetylation site inhibits colorectal cancer cell growth and migration/invasion of Rat1 fibroblasts. Co-immunoprecipitation, site-directed mutagenesis, cell proliferation and migration assays Biochemical and biophysical research communications Medium 24468085
2014 Mta2 is a novel Tipin binding partner; Mta2 is required for Tipin-dependent Polymerase α binding to replicating chromatin and prevents accumulation of reversed replication forks; Tipin is directly required for efficient replication of vertebrate centromeric DNA. Xenopus laevis egg extract replication assay, co-immunoprecipitation, specific genomic locus replication assay Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) High 24830473
2017 Human MTA2 forms a stable complex with RBBP7; purified MTA2-RBBP7 complex shows an elongated architecture with hinge-like motion by negative-stain EM, consistent with a 2:4 stoichiometry analogous to the MTA1-RBBP4 complex, and represents an initial assembly module of the NuRD complex. Protein expression/purification from HEK293F cells, negative-stain electron microscopy, 3D volume reconstruction Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics Medium 28179136
2018 MTA2 is transcriptionally upregulated by HIF-1α through a hypoxia response element (HRE) in the MTA2 promoter; reciprocally, MTA2 deacetylates HIF-1α and enhances its stability via interaction with HDAC1; HIF-1α then recruits MTA2 and HDAC1 to the E-cadherin promoter to repress its transcription in pancreatic carcinoma. ChIP assay, co-immunoprecipitation, luciferase reporter assay, overexpression and knockdown in vitro and in xenograft models The Journal of pathology Medium 29708271
2019 MTA2/NuRD directly interacts with AIOLOS/IKAROS in B cells and shows overlapping target genes; MTA2 deficiency leads to increased H3K27 acetylation at Igll1 and VpreB1 promoters, indicating MTA2/NuRD represses these genes via histone deacetylation during B cell development; MTA2 and OCA-B synergistically repress Igll1 and VpreB1 at the pre-B cell stage. Co-immunoprecipitation, knockout mouse model, ChIP-seq, H3K27 acetylation analysis, B cell developmental phenotyping Cell reports High 31291582
2019 MTA2 represses PTEN transcription by binding to the PTEN promoter, with Snail recruiting MTA2 and HDAC1 to suppress PTEN expression, thereby activating PI3K/AKT signaling in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. ChIP-seq, quantitative ChIP, luciferase reporter assay, overexpression/knockdown in vitro and xenograft models Cell death & disease Medium 30814496
2019 MTA1 overexpression promotes MTA2 protein degradation through neutrophil elastase (NE)-mediated proteolytic cleavage at specific C-terminal sites (486, 497, 542, 583, and 621), activated by MTA1-mediated epigenetic repression of the NE inhibitor elafin, establishing a cross-regulatory mechanism between MTA1 and MTA2. Immunoblotting, qRT-PCR, NE inhibitor/knockdown/overexpression, MTA2 truncation and mutation analysis, immunocytochemistry Cell communication and signaling : CCS Medium 30642362
2020 MTA2 transcriptionally suppresses miR-7 expression, leading to increased Sp1 levels, which in turn drives KLK10 transcription to promote cervical cancer cell migration and invasion. shRNA knockdown, gene expression analysis, luciferase reporter assay, ChIP, in vitro and in vivo functional assays Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids Medium 32402941
2020 MTA2 interacts with SerRS (seryl tRNA synthetase) and regulates SerRS transcription; an isoflavone derivative MEQ binds MTA2 to upregulate SerRS and thereby downregulate VEGFA, suppressing angiogenesis in triple-negative breast cancer. Proteomics, biochemical studies, dual-luciferase reporter system, in vivo angiogenesis assays, xenograft models Cancer biology & medicine Low 32944400
2021 MTA2 silencing reduces MMP12 expression in cervical cancer cells via the ASK1/MEK3/p38/YB1 signaling axis; p38-mediated YB1 phosphorylation disrupts AP1 (c-Fos/c-Jun) binding to the MMP12 promoter, thereby inhibiting MMP12 expression and metastasis. shRNA knockdown, ChIP assay, Western blotting, in vitro and in vivo invasion assays, xenograft models Cell death & disease Medium 33958583
2021 MTA2 interacts with EIF4E (eukaryotic initiation factor 4E), which positively regulates Twist expression; Twist then recruits MTA2 to the E-cadherin promoter to reduce histone acetylation and suppress E-cadherin expression, promoting EMT in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Co-immunoprecipitation, expression microarray, ChIP assay, in vitro and in vivo functional assays Cancer science Medium 33340431
2021 MTA2 preferentially binds replication origin-associated DNA sequences (by CUT&TAG assay), and MTA2 expression confers sensitivity to PARP inhibitor olaparib by aggravating olaparib-induced replication stress in gastric cancer cells. CUT&TAG assay, proteomic profiling, PARP inhibitor sensitivity assays, ATR inhibitor combination studies Translational oncology Medium 34280886
2021 AIB1 interacts with MTA2 to form a repressive complex that inhibits CDH1 (E-cadherin) transcription, promoting EMT in ER+ breast cancer metastasis. Interactome analysis (complementary RNAseq), CDX and PDX ex-vivo models, functional cancer assays Oncogene Medium 33420368
2021 lncRNA LINC00941 interacts with NuRD-associated MTA2 and CHD4 in human primary keratinocytes; LINC00941 perturbation changes MTA2/NuRD occupancy at bivalent chromatin domains near the EGR3 gene locus, leading to increased EGR3 expression and premature epidermal differentiation. RNA immunoprecipitation, ChIP, gene expression analysis, keratinocyte differentiation assays Life science alliance Medium 38649186
2024 MTA2 co-occupies DNA with HNF4A on colonic chromatin; MTA2 loss leads to HNF4A release from colonic chromatin and its accumulation on small intestinal chromatin, activating lipid absorptive genes and converting colonic identity toward small intestinal identity, establishing MTA2 as part of a SATB2-MTA2 complex that restrains colonic plasticity by retaining HNF4A at colonic chromatin. Proteomics, CRISPR-Cas9 screening, ChIP-seq, chromatin co-occupancy analysis, functional lipid uptake assays, mouse colon-specific knockout Nature communications High 38678016
2025 HMGB2 directly interacts with MTA2 and inhibits its ubiquitination-mediated degradation, thereby stabilizing HIF-1α protein and promoting glycolysis-dependent cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration. Immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry (IP-MS), RNA-seq, single-nucleus RNA-seq, cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression and knockdown in mice, myocardial infarction model Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) Medium 41092376
2024 MTA2 is a direct target of miR-34a in endothelial cells; endothelial miR-34a deletion de-represses MTA2 to promote Ang II-induced EC proliferation and protect against abdominal aortic aneurysm formation. miR-34a endothelial-specific knockout mice, Ang II AAA model, luciferase reporter (implied direct targeting), functional EC proliferation assays bioRxivpreprint Low
2016 lncRNA SNHG5 interacts with MTA2 protein and prevents its translocation from the cytoplasm into the nucleus, leading to increased acetylation of histone H3 and p53 and interfering with NuRD complex formation. RNA pulldown, Co-immunoprecipitation, subcellular fractionation, histone acetylation assays, overexpression in gastric cancer cells Oncogene Low 27065326
2019 MTA2 promotes HCC proliferation and metastasis through transcriptional repression of FRMD6 (a key upstream component of the Hippo signaling pathway), identified by genome-wide ChIP-seq. ChIP-seq, knockdown/overexpression in vitro and in vivo xenograft models Biochemical and biophysical research communications Medium 31128910
2023 MTA2 directly binds the promoter of MCM5 (minichromosome maintenance deficient 5) to promote its expression, thereby facilitating gastric cancer growth and metastasis. ChIP assay, in vitro and in vivo overexpression/knockdown functional assays Journal of Cancer Low 36741260
2023 MTA2 knockdown in HCC cells downregulates PTK7 expression, and PTK7 regulates MMP7 expression and cell migration/invasion through FAK signaling, establishing an MTA2-PTK7-FAK-MMP7 axis in HCC metastasis. siRNA knockdown, FAK inhibitor, recombinant human MMP7 rescue assay, migration/invasion assays Environmental toxicology Low 38050825
2024 MTA2 knockdown reduces uPA (urokinase-type plasminogen activator) expression in osteosarcoma cells via ERK1/2 signaling, inhibiting cell migration and invasion; recombinant uPA rescues migration in MTA2-knockdown cells. shRNA knockdown, recombinant human uPA rescue assay, ERK depletion, in vivo metastasis model Aging Low 39248711

Source papers

Stage 0 corpus · 46 papers · ranked by NIH iCite citations
Year Title Journal Citations PMID
2002 The mCpG-binding domain of human MBD3 does not bind to mCpG but interacts with NuRD/Mi2 components HDAC1 and MTA2. The Journal of biological chemistry 143 12124384
2016 Long non-coding RNA SNHG5 suppresses gastric cancer progression by trapping MTA2 in the cytosol. Oncogene 99 27065326
2013 MTA2 promotes gastric cancer cells invasion and is transcriptionally regulated by Sp1. Molecular cancer 66 24010737
2012 Sertoli cell-specific expression of metastasis-associated protein 2 (MTA2) is required for transcriptional regulation of the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) gene during spermatogenesis. The Journal of biological chemistry 62 23086931
2008 Inactivation of NuRD component Mta2 causes abnormal T cell activation and lupus-like autoimmune disease in mice. The Journal of biological chemistry 52 18353770
2014 Role of MTA2 in human cancer. Cancer metastasis reviews 51 25394532
2018 miR-1236-3p inhibits invasion and metastasis in gastric cancer by targeting MTA2. Cancer cell international 48 29743816
1999 Molecular cloning, mapping, and characterization of a novel human gene, MTA1-L1, showing homology to a metastasis-associated gene, MTA1. Journal of human genetics 36 9929979
2019 MTA2/NuRD Regulates B Cell Development and Cooperates with OCA-B in Controlling the Pre-B to Immature B Cell Transition. Cell reports 33 31291582
2021 MTA2 silencing attenuates the metastatic potential of cervical cancer cells by inhibiting AP1-mediated MMP12 expression via the ASK1/MEK3/p38/YB1 axis. Cell death & disease 27 33958583
2018 Reciprocal loop of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and metastasis-associated protein 2 (MTA2) contributes to the progression of pancreatic carcinoma by suppressing E-cadherin transcription. The Journal of pathology 26 29708271
2015 MTA2 enhances colony formation and tumor growth of gastric cancer cells through IL-11. BMC cancer 26 25929737
2012 Expression of metastasis-associated protein 2 (MTA2) might predict proliferation in non-small cell lung cancer. Targeted oncology 26 22585429
2014 P300 binds to and acetylates MTA2 to promote colorectal cancer cells growth. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 24 24468085
2015 Metastasis-associated protein 2 (MTA2) promotes the metastasis of non-small-cell lung cancer through the inhibition of the cell adhesion molecule Ep-CAM and E-cadherin. Japanese journal of clinical oncology 23 25969565
2019 MTA2 as a Potential Biomarker and Its Involvement in Metastatic Progression of Human Renal Cancer by miR-133b Targeting MMP-9. Cancers 22 31771219
2010 Metastasis tumor antigen 2 (MTA2) is involved in proper imprinted expression of H19 and Peg3 during mouse preimplantation development. Biology of reproduction 22 20720167
2021 SNHG5 inhibits the progression of EMT through the ubiquitin-degradation of MTA2 in oesophageal cancer. Carcinogenesis 21 33095847
2019 MTA2-mediated inhibition of PTEN leads to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma carcinogenicity. Cell death & disease 21 30814496
2006 Expression of MTA2 gene in ovarian epithelial cancer and its clinical implication. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban 19 16961294
2021 Comparative analysis of the AIB1 interactome in breast cancer reveals MTA2 as a repressive partner which silences E-Cadherin to promote EMT and associates with a pro-metastatic phenotype. Oncogene 17 33420368
2019 MTA2 promotes HCC progression through repressing FRMD6, a key upstream component of hippo signaling pathway. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 17 31128910
2012 Correlation between MTA2 overexpression and tumour progression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Experimental and therapeutic medicine 16 22969963
2020 Transcriptional Suppression of miR-7 by MTA2 Induces Sp1-Mediated KLK10 Expression and Metastasis of Cervical Cancer. Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids 15 32402941
2014 Mta2 promotes Tipin-dependent maintenance of replication fork integrity. Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) 15 24830473
2014 Short-hairpin RNA-mediated MTA2 silencing inhibits human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB231 proliferation and metastasis. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 13 25081667
2022 lncRNA PCAT1 might coordinate ZNF217 to promote CRC adhesion and invasion through regulating MTA2/MTA3/Snai1/E-cadherin signaling. Cellular and molecular biology (Noisy-le-Grand, France) 11 35809308
2021 MTA2 promotes the metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma via EIF4E-Twist feedback loop. Cancer science 11 33340431
2020 An isoflavone derivative potently inhibits the angiogenesis and progression of triple-negative breast cancer by targeting the MTA2/SerRS/VEGFA pathway. Cancer biology & medicine 11 32944400
2021 Inhibition of MTA2 and MTA3 induces mesendoderm specification of human embryonic stem cells. Biochemical and biophysical research communications 9 33744762
2017 Expression, purification and characterization of the human MTA2-RBBP7 complex. Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics 9 28179136
2024 A MTA2-SATB2 chromatin complex restrains colonic plasticity toward small intestine by retaining HNF4A at colonic chromatin. Nature communications 8 38678016
2021 MTA2 sensitizes gastric cancer cells to PARP inhibition by induction of DNA replication stress. Translational oncology 8 34280886
2024 CircMTA2 Drives Gastric Cancer Progression through Suppressing MTA2 Degradation via Interacting with UCHL3. International journal of molecular sciences 6 38474064
2024 lncRNA LINC00941 modulates MTA2/NuRD occupancy to suppress premature human epidermal differentiation. Life science alliance 6 38649186
2021 Long Noncoding RNA TTC39A-AS1 Promotes Breast Cancer Tumorigenicity by Sponging MicroRNA-483-3p and Thereby Upregulating MTA2. Pharmacology 6 34488224
2023 MTA2 is one of 14 Transcription factors predicting recurrence free survival in gastric cancer and promotes cancer progression by targeting MCM5. Journal of Cancer 5 36741260
2023 Loss of MTA2-mediated downregulation of PTK7 inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis progression by modulating the FAK-MMP7 axis. Environmental toxicology 4 38050825
2010 [Expression and significance of MTA2 in non-small cell lung cancer]. Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer 4 20704817
2019 Overexpression of MTA1 inhibits the metastatic ability of ZR-75-30 cells in vitro by promoting MTA2 degradation. Cell communication and signaling : CCS 3 30642362
2002 Parallelizing a DNA simulation code for the Cray MTA-2. Proceedings. IEEE Computer Society Bioinformatics Conference 3 15838145
2025 HMGB2 Promotes Cardiomyocyte Proliferation and Heart Regeneration Through MTA2-Driven Metabolic Reprogramming. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 2 41092376
2012 [Expression of metastasis associated 1 family member 2 (MTA2) in gastric cancer and its relationship with transcription factor Sp1]. Zhonghua zhong liu za zhi [Chinese journal of oncology] 2 23158992
2025 AS1411 Aptamer-Conjugated Liposomal siRNA Targeting MTA2 Suppresses PI3K/AKT Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Cells. International journal of molecular sciences 1 40943389
2024 MTA2 knockdown suppresses human osteosarcoma metastasis by inhibiting uPA expression. Aging 0 39248711
2023 Expression and Significance of MTA2 and CPNE1 in Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology : AIMM 0 37399268

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