The interplay between DNA methylation and sequence divergence in recent human evolution

I Hernando-Herraez, H Heyn… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Despite the increasing knowledge about DNA methylation, the understanding of human
epigenome evolution is in its infancy. Using whole genome bisulfite sequencing we …

A comparative analysis of DNA methylation across human embryonic stem cell lines

PY Chen, S Feng, JWJ Joo, SE Jacobsen, M Pellegrini - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
Background We performed a comparative analysis of the genome-wide DNA methylation
profiles from three human embryonic stem cell (HESC) lines. It had previously been shown …

Reversible regulation of promoter and enhancer histone landscape by DNA methylation in mouse embryonic stem cells

AD King, K Huang, L Rubbi, S Liu, CY Wang, Y Wang… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
DNA methylation is one of a number of modes of epigenetic gene regulation. Here, we
profile the DNA methylome, transcriptome, and global occupancy of histone modifications …

Strand-specific single-cell methylomics reveals distinct modes of DNA demethylation dynamics during early mammalian development

M Sen, D Mooijman, A Chialastri, JC Boisset… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation (5mC) is central to cellular identity. The global erasure of 5mC from the
parental genomes during preimplantation mammalian development is critical to reset the …

DNA methylation-based variation between human populations

F Kader, M Ghai - Molecular genetics and genomics, 2017 - Springer
Several studies have proved that DNA methylation affects regulation of gene expression and
development. Epigenome-wide studies have reported variation in methylation patterns …

Variability of genome-wide DNA methylation and mRNA expression profiles in reproductive and endocrine disease related tissues

N Rahmioglu, AW Drong, H Lockstone, T Tapmeier… - Epigenetics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Genome-wide association studies in the fields of reproductive medicine and endocrinology
are yielding robust genetic variants associated with disease. Integrated genomic …

Functional DNA methylation differences between tissues, cell types, and across individuals discovered using the M&M algorithm

B Zhang, Y Zhou, N Lin, RF Lowdon, C Hong… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
DNA methylation plays key roles in diverse biological processes such as X chromosome
inactivation, transposable element repression, genomic imprinting, and tissue-specific gene …

Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in neonates reveals widespread differential DNA methylation associated with birthweight

LK Küpers, C Monnereau, GC Sharp, P Yousefi… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Birthweight is associated with health outcomes across the life course, DNA methylation may
be an underlying mechanism. In this meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies …

Dynamic DNA methylation across diverse human cell lines and tissues

KE Varley, J Gertz, KM Bowling, SL Parker… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
As studies of DNA methylation increase in scope, it has become evident that methylation has
a complex relationship with gene expression, plays an important role in defining cell types …

Developmental enhancers revealed by extensive DNA methylome maps of zebrafish early embryos

HJ Lee, RF Lowdon, B Maricque, B Zhang… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
DNA methylation undergoes dynamic changes during development and cell differentiation.
Recent genome-wide studies discovered that tissue-specific differentially methylated …