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 …

A unique regulatory phase of DNA methylation in the early mammalian embryo

ZD Smith, MM Chan, TS Mikkelsen, H Gu, A Gnirke… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
DNA methylation is highly dynamic during mammalian embryogenesis. It is broadly
accepted that the paternal genome is actively depleted of 5-methylcytosine at fertilization …

The DNA methylation landscape of human early embryos

H Guo, P Zhu, L Yan, R Li, B Hu, Y Lian, J Yan, X Ren… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a crucial element in the epigenetic regulation of mammalian embryonic
development,,,,. However, its dynamic patterns have not been analysed at the genome scale …

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 …

Single-cell DNA methylome sequencing of human preimplantation embryos

P Zhu, H Guo, Y Ren, Y Hou, J Dong, R Li, Y Lian… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a crucial layer of epigenetic regulation during mammalian embryonic
development,–. Although the DNA methylome of early human embryos has been analyzed …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Reconstituting the transcriptome and DNA methylome landscapes of human implantation

F Zhou, R Wang, P Yuan, Y Ren, Y Mao, R Li, Y Lian… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Implantation is a milestone event during mammalian embryogenesis. Implantation failure is
a considerable cause of early pregnancy loss in humans. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining …

DNA methylation represses transcription in vivo

Z Siegfried, S Eden, M Mendelsohn, X Feng… - Nature …, 1999 - nature.com
DNA in somatic tissue is characterized by a bimodal pattern of methylation, which is
established in the animal through a series of developmental events 1. In the mouse blastula …