Dynamic evolution of de novo DNA methyltransferases in rodent and primate genomes

A Molaro, HS Malik, D Bourc'his - Molecular biology and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Transcriptional silencing of retrotransposons via DNA methylation is paramount for
mammalian fertility and reproductive fitness. During germ cell development, most …

Transgenerational impaired spermatogenesis with sperm H19 and Gtl2 hypomethylation induced by the endocrine disruptor p, p'-DDE

Y Song, L Yang - Toxicology Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
The hypothesis of fetal origins unraveled that environmental exposures in early life could
alter epigenetic modifications in the male germ-line, increasing the susceptibility to adult …

[HTML][HTML] miR-4270 suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma progression by inhibiting DNMT3A-mediated methylation of HGFAC promoter

Q Zou, S Cao - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background miR-4270 is a regulatory factor has been linked with the progression of various
cancers, such as nasopharyngeal carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and gastric …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting DNA methylation in leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, and lymphoma: a potential diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic tool

L Kalinkova, A Sevcikova, V Stevurkova… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
DNA methylation represents a crucial mechanism of epigenetic regulation in hematologic
malignancies. The methylation process is controlled by specific DNA methyl transferases …

Epigenetic mechanisms are behind the regulation of the key genes associated with the osteoblastic differentiation of the mesenchymal stem cells: The role of …

F Marofi, A Hassanzadeh, S Solali… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells and show distinct features such
as capability for self‐renewal and differentiation into several lineages of cells including …

[HTML][HTML] Hypermethylation of PRKCZ regulated by E6 inhibits invasion and EMT via Cdc42 in HPV-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

HF Wang, J Jiang, JS Wu, M Zhang, X Pang, L Dai… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary HPV+ and HPV-HNSCC share distinct epigenetic characteristics and
clinicopathological features. The aim of our study was to assess whether DNA methylation …

Genome-wide DNA methylation signatures are determined by DNMT3A/B sequence preferences

SQ Mao, SM Cuesta, D Tannahill… - Biochemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Cytosine methylation is an important epigenetic mark, but how the distinctive patterns of
DNA methylation arise remains elusive. For the first time, we systematically investigated how …

Targeting tumor endothelial cells with methyltransferase inhibitors: mechanisms of action and the potential of combination therapy

S Zhou, H Ou, Y Wu, D Qi, X Pei, X Yu, X Hu… - Pharmacology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tumor endothelial cells (TECs) reside in the inner lining of blood vessels and represent a
promising target for targeted cancer therapy. DNA methylation is a chemical process that …

CRISPR-mediated modification of DNA methylation pattern in the new era of cancer therapy

F Maroufi, A Maali, M Abdollahpour-Alitappeh… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In the last 2 decades, a wide variety of studies have been conducted on epigenetics and its
role in various cancers. A major mechanism of epigenetic regulation is DNA methylation …

[HTML][HTML] Expression and prognosis analysis of TET family in acute myeloid leukemia

T Zhang, Y Zhao, Y Zhao, J Zhou - Aging (Albany NY), 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
TET family members (TETs) encode proteins that represent crucial factors in the active DNA
demethylation pathway. Evidence has proved that TET2 mutation is associated with …