Molecular genetics of Rett syndrome: when DNA methylation goes unrecognized

T Bienvenu, J Chelly - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2006 - nature.com
… on a fifth group of diseases, Rett syndrome and related … ' methylation marks. The identification
of mutations in MECP2 as being causal in Rett syndrome 3 , an X-linked dominant disorder

Disruption of DNA-methylation-dependent long gene repression in Rett syndrome

HW Gabel, B Kinde, H Stroud, CS Gilbert, DA Harmin… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
… as measured by ChIP-seq analysis, as well as DNA methylationDNA methylation that were
used in this initial unbiased search are now known to be insensitive to low level methylation

The distinct methylation landscape of maturing neurons and its role in Rett syndrome pathogenesis

LA Lavery, HY Zoghbi - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Rett syndrome (RTT) is one of the most common causes of intellectual and developmental
… elucidating the distinct DNA methylation landscape in the brain that may explain why …

Role of DNA methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 in Rett syndrome pathobiology and mechanism of disease

S Pejhan, M Rastegar - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
… focus on Rett Syndrome caused by MECP2 mutations. This includes the history of the disease,
… Recently, we reported that not only MeCP2 but also other DNA methylation-related factors …

MeCP2 binds to non-CG methylated DNA as neurons mature, influencing transcription and the timing of onset for Rett syndrome

L Chen, K Chen, LA Lavery, SA Baker… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation, regulate … disease. A prime example
involving epigenetic dysfunction is the postnatal neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome (…

Binding of the Rett syndrome protein, MeCP2, to methylated and unmethylated DNA and chromatin

JC Hansen, RP Ghosh, CL Woodcock - IUBMB life, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
methylated DNA. Much … in Rett syndrome, a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that afflicts
one in 10,000–15,000 girls. Early studies suggested a connection between DNA methylation

Role of epigenetics in Rett syndrome

T Kubota, K Miyake, T Hirasawa - Epigenomics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
DNA methylation at MeCP2 target synaptic genes is restored by EE, because the DNA
methylation … of methyl groups for DNA methylation, increases DNA methylation of the promoter …

DNA methylation and Rett syndrome

S Kriaucionis, A Bird - Human molecular genetics, 2003 - academic.oup.com
… Most cancers also involve DNA methylation abnormalities, in particular unscheduled gene
silencing via DNA methylation at CpG island promoters. This review concerns Rett syndrome, …

Rett syndrome: from the gene to the disease

T Matijevic, J Knezevic, M Slavica, J Pavelic - European Neurology, 2008 - karger.com
… The gene codes for two isoforms of the methyl-CpG-binding protein (MeCP2, MeCP2B)
which are involved in transcriptional silencing through DNA methylation. The gene has 4 exons. …

Rett syndrome and MeCP2

VRB Liyanage, M Rastegar - Neuromolecular medicine, 2014 - Springer
… include DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modifications (PTMs) and noncoding
RNAs, which regulate gene expression without altering the corresponding DNA sequences (…