DNA methylation: a historical perspective

AL Mattei, N Bailly, A Meissner - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
… of DNA methylation patterns remain under investigation. Here, we review the field of DNA
methylation from its beginning to present day, with an emphasis on findings in mammalian

Dynamics and context-dependent roles of DNA methylation

C Ambrosi, M Manzo, T Baubec - Journal of molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
mammalian development. Its perturbation is often associated with human diseases. In mammalian
genomes, DNA methylation … including early embryonic development and in embryonic …

DNA methylation in early mammalian development

D Jähner, R Jaenisch - DNA methylation: Biochemistry and biological …, 1984 - Springer
… in DNA methylation has been created by increasing evidence that links methylation patterns
… An inverse correlation between methylation and transcriptional activity has been found for a …

Tissue-specific differences in DNA methylation in various mammals

MA Gama-Sosa, RM Midgett, VA Slagel… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 1983 - Elsevier
… differences in overall levels of human DNA methylation and the extent of transcriptional …
of DNA methylation in eucaryotes, we have analyzed the 5-methylcytosine content of DNA for …

Targets and dynamics of promoter DNA methylation during early mouse development

J Borgel, S Guibert, Y Li, H Chiba, D Schübeler… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
DNA methylation is extensively reprogrammed during the early phases of mammalian
development, yet genomic targets of this process are largely unknown. We optimized …

Epigenetic reprogramming during early development in mammals

F Santos, W Dean - Reproduction, 2004 - rep.bioscientifica.com
… In mammals, DNA methylation and the modification of histones … Two cycles of DNA methylation
reprogramming have been … Mammalian development is characterised by bimodal DNA

New concepts in DNA methylation

A Jeltsch, RZ Jurkowska - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2014 - cell.com
… For a long time DNA methylation at CpG sites in mammals had been considered a paradigm
of epigenetic information transfer, because its molecular mechanism of inheritance was …

Universal DNA methylation age across mammalian tissues

AT Lu, Z Fei, A Haghani, TR Robeck, JA Zoller, CZ Li… - Nature aging, 2023 - nature.com
Aging, often considered a result of random cellular damage, can be accurately estimated
using DNA methylation profiles, the foundation of pan-tissue epigenetic clocks. Here, we …

Methylation dynamics in the early mammalian embryo: implications of genome reprogramming defects for development

T Haaf - DNA methylation: development, genetic disease and …, 2006 - Springer
In mouse and most other mammalian species, the paternal and maternal genomes undergo
parent-specific epigenetic reprogramming during preimplantation development. The …

DNA methylation and epigenetic mechanisms

R Holliday - Cell biophysics, 1989 - Springer
… There is strong evidence that DNA methylation plays an important role in the control of gene
mammalian cells, and the properties of a CHO mutant strain affected in DNA methylation are …