Advanced cell culture techniques for cancer drug discovery

CJ Lovitt, TB Shelper, VM Avery - Biology, 2014 - mdpi.com
Human cancer cell lines are an integral part of drug discovery practices. However, modeling
the complexity of cancer utilizing these cell lines on standard plastic substrata, does not …

Epigenetic transgenerational actions of environmental factors in disease etiology

MK Skinner, M Manikkam… - Trends in Endocrinology & …, 2010 - cell.com
The ability of environmental factors to promote a phenotype or disease state not only in the
individual exposed but also in subsequent progeny for successive generations is termed …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental epigenetic transgenerational inheritance and somatic epigenetic mitotic stability

MK Skinner - Epigenetics, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The majority of environmental factors can not modify DNA sequence, but can influence the
epigenome. The mitotic stability of the epigenome and ability of environmental epigenetics …

Epigenetic transgenerational actions of vinclozolin on promoter regions of the sperm epigenome

C Guerrero-Bosagna, M Settles, B Lucker, MK Skinner - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Previous observations have demonstrated that embryonic exposure to the endocrine
disruptor vinclozolin during gonadal sex determination promotes transgenerational adult …

Epigenetics and cardiovascular disease

JM Ordovás, CE Smith - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2010 - nature.com
Despite advances in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease (CVD), this
group of multifactorial disorders remains a leading cause of mortality worldwide. CVD is …

Mutant DNMT3A: a marker of poor prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia

AFT Ribeiro, M Pratcorona… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
The prevalence, the prognostic effect, and interaction with other molecular markers of
DNMT3A mutations was studied in 415 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) younger …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical analysis of epigenetic cell memory by nucleosome modification

IB Dodd, MA Micheelsen, K Sneppen, G Thon - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Chromosomal regions can adopt stable and heritable alternative states resulting in bistable
gene expression without changes to the DNA sequence. Such epigenetic control is often …

Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of vinclozolin induced mouse adult onset disease and associated sperm epigenome biomarkers

C Guerrero-Bosagna, TR Covert, MM Haque… - Reproductive …, 2012 - Elsevier
The endocrine disruptor vinclozolin has previously been shown to promote epigenetic
transgenerational inheritance of adult onset disease in the rat. The current study was …

Epigenetic transgenerational actions of endocrine disruptors

MK Skinner, M Manikkam, C Guerrero-Bosagna - Reproductive toxicology, 2011 - Elsevier
Environmental factors have a significant impact on biology. Therefore, environmental
toxicants through similar mechanisms can modulate biological systems to influence …

Praegnatio perturbatio—impact of endocrine-disrupting chemicals

V Padmanabhan, W Song… - Endocrine …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The burden of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth and low birth weight is
considerable across the world. Several risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes have …