DNA methylation dynamics in health and disease

Y Bergman, H Cedar - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2013 - nature.com
DNA methylation is an epigenetic mark that is erased in the early embryo and then re-
established at the time of implantation. In this Review, dynamics of DNA methylation during …

Use of DNA methylation profiling in translational oncology

V Ortiz-Barahona, RS Joshi, M Esteller - Seminars in cancer biology, 2022 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is a highly regulated process that has a critical role in human development
and homeostatic control of the cell. The number of genes affected by anomalous DNA …

Defining driver DNA methylation changes in human cancer

GP Pfeifer - International journal of molecular sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Human malignant tumors are characterized by pervasive changes in the patterns of DNA
methylation. These changes include a globally hypomethylated tumor cell genome and the …

Genomic patterns of DNA methylation: targets and function of an epigenetic mark

M Weber, D Schübeler - Current opinion in cell biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Methylation of cytosines can mediate epigenetic gene silencing and is the only known DNA
modification in eukaryotes. Recent efforts to map DNA methylation across mammalian …

DNA methylation aberrancies as a guide for surveillance and treatment of human cancers

G Liang, DJ Weisenberger - Epigenetics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT DNA methylation aberrancies are hallmarks of human cancers and are
characterized by global DNA hypomethylation of repetitive elements and non-CpG rich …

DNA methylation of cancer genome

HH Cheung, TL Lee, OM Rennert… - Birth Defects Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
DNA methylation plays an important role in regulating normal development and
carcinogenesis. Current understanding of the biological roles of DNA methylation is limited …

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 …

The DNA methylation landscape in cancer

K Skvortsova, C Stirzaker, P Taberlay - Essays in biochemistry, 2019 - portlandpress.com
As one of the most abundant and well-studied epigenetic modifications, DNA methylation
plays an essential role in normal development and cellular biology. Global alterations to the …

DNA methylation and cancer

M Kulis, M Esteller - Advances in genetics, 2010 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is one of the most intensely studied epigenetic modifications in mammals.
In normal cells, it assures the proper regulation of gene expression and stable gene …

DNA methylation in cancer: a gene silencing mechanism and the clinical potential of its biomarkers

S Fukushige, A Horii - The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine, 2013 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Initiation and progression of human caner not only depends on genetic alterations but also
on epigenetic changes such as DNA methylation and histone modifications. Aberrant DNA …