Slow-cycling melanoma persister cells are characterised by a high, reversible expression of H3K4 demethylase KDM5B. Here, the authors use genetic and chemical methods to enforce a permanent high expression of KDM5B and show that these cells transit to a melanocytic differentiated state and undergo cell cycle arrest.
- Heike Chauvistré
- Batool Shannan
- Alexander Roesch