Active turnover of DNA methylation during cell fate decisions

A Parry, S Rulands, W Reik - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a key layer of epigenetic regulation. The deposition of methylation marks
relies on the catalytic activity of DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs), and their active removal …

A genome-scale map of DNA methylation turnover identifies site-specific dependencies of DNMT and TET activity

PA Ginno, D Gaidatzis, A Feldmann, L Hoerner… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA methylation is considered a stable epigenetic mark, yet methylation patterns can vary
during differentiation and in diseases such as cancer. Local levels of DNA methylation result …

DNA methylation dynamics in cellular commitment and differentiation

M Suelves, E Carrió, Y Núñez-Álvarez… - Briefings in functional …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic modification for mammalian development and is
crucial for the establishment and maintenance of cellular identity. Traditionally, DNA …

Dynamics and context-dependent roles of DNA methylation

C Ambrosi, M Manzo, T Baubec - Journal of molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is one of the most extensively studied epigenetic marks. It is involved in
transcriptional gene silencing and plays important roles during mammalian development. Its …

DNA methylation: superior or subordinate in the epigenetic hierarchy?

B Jin, Y Li, KD Robertson - Genes & cancer, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Epigenetic modifications are heritable changes in gene expression not encoded by the DNA
sequence. In the past decade, great strides have been made in characterizing epigenetic …

The diverse roles of DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

MVC Greenberg, D Bourc'his - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
DNA methylation is of paramount importance for mammalian embryonic development. DNA
methylation has numerous functions: it is implicated in the repression of transposons and …

Emerging concept in DNA methylation: role of transcription factors in shaping DNA methylation patterns

C Marchal, B Miotto - Journal of cellular physiology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation in mammals is a key epigenetic modification essential to normal genome
regulation and development. DNA methylation patterns are established during early …

Passive and active DNA methylation and the interplay with genetic variation in gene regulation

M Gutierrez-Arcelus, T Lappalainen, SB Montgomery… - elife, 2013 - elifesciences.org
DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic mark whose role in gene regulation and its
dependency on genomic sequence and environment are not fully understood. In this study …

DNA methylation and epigenetic control of cellular differentiation

DA Khavari, GL Sen, JL Rinn - Cell cycle, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
In mammals the genome is shaped by epigenetic regulation to manifest numerous cellular
identities. The term epigenetics has been used to refer to changes in gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] Reversing DNA methylation: mechanisms, genomics, and biological functions

H Wu, Y Zhang - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Methylation of cytosines in the mammalian genome represents a key epigenetic modification
and is dynamically regulated during development. Compelling evidence now suggests that …