Epigenetic mechanisms in human disease

AP Feinberg, M Oshimura, JC Barrett - 2002 - AACR
… For cancer research, this is a significant issue as alterations in DNA methylation in human
cancer were first discovered in 1983 (1), and since that time, hundreds of labs have examined …

Genome-scale approaches to the epigenetics of common human disease

AP Feinberg - Virchows Archiv, 2010 - Springer
… The focus of this review is the specific epigenetic modification involving DNA methylation
(DNAm), a covalent addition of a methyl (CH 3 ) group to the nucleotide cytosine. DNAm is the …

Epigenetics, DNA methylation, and chromatin modifying drugs

M Szyf - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2009 - annualreviews.org
… the development of DNMT inhibitors that do not require DNA … Although many questions
remain open, the DNA methylation … to have an impact on human disease. These classes of drugs …

Readers of DNA methylation, the MBD family as potential therapeutic targets

GD Ginder, DC Williams Jr - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
… , we have been studying readers of DNA methylation, the 5-… DNA methylation in gene
regulation and cancer development, … the complexes these proteins form to treat human disease. …

[HTML][HTML] Unraveling the epigenetic code: human kidney DNA methylation and chromatin dynamics in renal disease development

Y Yan, H Liu, A Abedini, X Sheng, M Palmer… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
… analysis, we performed epigenome analysis of human disease kidney samples at single-cell
resolution by reanalyzing open chromatin regions of over 60,000 cells, defining disease-…

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation: a promising approach in management of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

G Kaur, SSS Rathod, MM Ghoneim, S Alshehri… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
… of DNA methylation, its role in neurodevelopment functions, and how assessment of DNA
hypermethylation and … This review also paves the way for the development of novel treatment …

DNA methylation: a mechanism for embedding early life experiences in the genome

M Szyf, J Bick - Child development, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… The hypothesis that DNA methylation changes are driving human disease and health … with
pharmacological or behavioral interventions maladaptive DNA methylation marks. As several …

Lead exposure during early human development and DNA methylation of imprinted gene regulatory elements in adulthood

Y Li, C Xie, SK Murphy, D Skaar, M Nye… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
… on determining associations between lead exposure and global DNA methylation; however,
such approaches preclude the identification of loci that may alter human disease risk. …

DNA methylation and susceptibility to autism spectrum disorder

MW Tremblay, Y Jiang - Annual review of medicine, 2019 - annualreviews.org
… disorders and ASD syndromes such as fragile X and Angelman syndrome have provided
initial support for epimutations in human disease etiology and a hypothesis of altered DNA

DNA methylation

L Wang, X Li, D Tang, W Wang - Genome Plasticity in Health and Disease, 2020 - Elsevier
development of DNA methylation detection techniques, it has become possible to generate
genome-wide DNA methylation … promote the development of DNA methylation biomarkers …