BRD4 Connects Enhancer Remodeling to Senescence Immune Surveillance

This study reveals how cells undergoing oncogene-induced senescence acquire a distinctive enhancer landscape that includes formation of super-enhancers adjacent to immune-modulatory genes required for paracrine immune activation. This process links BRD4 and super-enhancers to a tumor-suppressive immune surveillance program that can be disrupted by small molecule inhibitors of the bromo and extra terminal domain family of proteins. Cancer Discov; 6(6); 612-29. ©2016 AACR.See related commentary by Vizioli and Adams, p. 576This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 561.