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 …

Aberrant DNA methylation mediates the transgenerational risk of metabolic and chronic disease due to maternal obesity and overnutrition

Y Li, CA Pollock, S Saad - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
… Epigenetic modification, in particular DNA methylation, represents a mechanism … of human
disease. Maternal obesity or overnutrition contributes to the alterations in DNA methylation

DNA methylation as a transcriptional regulator of the immune system

L Morales-Nebreda, FS McLafferty, BD Singer - Translational Research, 2019 - Elsevier
… for treatment of human disease. The most well established therapies alter DNA methylation
and … The DNMTIs, 5-azacytadine, and decitabine, were originally developed in the 1960s as …

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 …

The 'golden age'of DNA methylation in neurodegenerative diseases

A Fuso - Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine, 2013 - degruyter.com
… for aberrant DNA methylation processes … DNA methylation, with particular focus on
neurodegenerative diseases, together with a short description of the state-of-the-art of methylation

DNA Methylation and Human Diseases

WA Schulz, OY Dokun - DNA and RNA Modification Enzymes, 2009 - books.google.com
… 4Broader changes in genomic DNA methylation patterns occur during development, in
germ … Phenotypic plasticity and the epigenetics of human disease. Nature 2007; 447: 433-440. …

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 …

Genetic impacts on DNA methylation: research findings and future perspectives

S Villicaña, JT Bell - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
… potential insights for human disease onset and progression. In this review, we summarize
recent milestones in characterizing the human genetic basis of DNA methylation variation over …

Association between DNA methylation and coronary heart disease or other atherosclerotic events: a systematic review

A Fernández-Sanlés, S Sayols-Baixeras, I Subirana… - Atherosclerosis, 2017 - Elsevier
… summarize all available evidence related to the association between DNA methylation
and CHD. We selected studies that analyzed DNA methylation at either a global or gene-specific …

Global DNA methylation as a potential underlying mechanism of congenital disease development

A Stanković - DNA Methylation Mechanism, 2020 - books.google.com
… as a surrogate marker of global DNA methylation. Altered maternal DNA methylation is
suggested to be an underlying mechanism in the trisomy 21 and the development of birth defects, …