Genome-scale DNA methylation maps of pluripotent and differentiated cells

A Meissner, TS Mikkelsen, H Gu, M Wernig, J Hanna… - Nature, 2008 - nature.com
DNA methylation is essential for normal development,, and has been implicated in many
pathologies including cancer,. Our knowledge about the genome-wide distribution of DNA …

Human DNA methylomes at base resolution show widespread epigenomic differences

R Lister, M Pelizzola, RH Dowen, RD Hawkins, G Hon… - nature, 2009 - nature.com
DNA cytosine methylation is a central epigenetic modification that has essential roles in
cellular processes including genome regulation, development and disease. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] A DNA methylation atlas of normal human cell types

N Loyfer, J Magenheim, A Peretz, G Cann, J Bredno… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a fundamental epigenetic mark that governs gene expression and
chromatin organization, thus providing a window into cellular identity and developmental …

Chromosome-wide and promoter-specific analyses identify sites of differential DNA methylation in normal and transformed human cells

M Weber, JJ Davies, D Wittig, EJ Oakeley, M Haase… - Nature …, 2005 - nature.com
Cytosine methylation is required for mammalian development and is often perturbed in
human cancer. To determine how this epigenetic modification is distributed in the genomes …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal DNA methylome dynamics of the developing mouse fetus

Y He, M Hariharan, DU Gorkin, DE Dickel, C Luo… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is essential for mammalian development but understanding of its
spatiotemporal distribution in the developing embryo remains limited,. Here, as part of the …

Charting a dynamic DNA methylation landscape of the human genome

MJ Ziller, H Gu, F Müller, J Donaghey, LTY Tsai… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a defining feature of mammalian cellular identity and is essential for
normal development,. Most cell types, except germ cells and pre-implantation embryos …

DNA-binding factors shape the mouse methylome at distal regulatory regions

MB Stadler, R Murr, L Burger, R Ivanek, F Lienert… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Methylation of cytosines is an essential epigenetic modification in mammalian genomes, yet
the rules that govern methylation patterns remain largely elusive. To gain insights into this …

Dynamic changes in the human methylome during differentiation

L Laurent, E Wong, G Li, T Huynh, A Tsirigos… - Genome …, 2010 - genome.cshlp.org
DNA methylation is a critical epigenetic regulator in mammalian development. Here, we
present a whole-genome comparative view of DNA methylation using bisulfite sequencing of …

Epigenetic restriction of extraembryonic lineages mirrors the somatic transition to cancer

ZD Smith, J Shi, H Gu, J Donaghey, K Clement… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
In mammals, the canonical somatic DNA methylation landscape is established upon
specification of the embryo proper and subsequently disrupted within many cancer types …

DNA methylation dynamics of the human preimplantation embryo

ZD Smith, MM Chan, KC Humm, R Karnik… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
In mammals, cytosine methylation is predominantly restricted to CpG dinucleotides and
stably distributed across the genome, with local, cell-type-specific regulation directed by …