Advances in the profiling of DNA modifications: cytosine methylation and beyond

N Plongthongkum, DH Diep, K Zhang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Chemical modifications of DNA have been recognized as key epigenetic mechanisms for
maintenance of the cellular state and memory. Such DNA modifications include canonical 5 …

Epigenetic control of gene regulation during development and disease: A view from the retina

X Corso-Díaz, C Jaeger, V Chaitankar… - Progress in retinal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Complex biological processes, such as organogenesis and homeostasis, are stringently
regulated by genetic programs that are fine-tuned by epigenetic factors to establish cell fates …

Characterization of tissue-specific differential DNA methylation suggests distinct modes of positive and negative gene expression regulation

J Wan, VF Oliver, G Wang, H Zhu, DJ Zack, SL Merbs… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background DNA methylation plays an important role in regulating gene expression during
many biological processes. However, the mechanism of DNA-methylation-dependent gene …

Epigenomic landscapes of retinal rods and cones

A Mo, C Luo, FP Davis, EA Mukamel, GL Henry… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Rod and cone photoreceptors are highly similar in many respects but they have important
functional and molecular differences. Here, we investigate genome-wide patterns of DNA …

Cell-free DNA-methylation-based methods and applications in oncology

F Galardi, F De Luca, D Romagnoli, C Biagioni… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Liquid biopsy based on cell-free DNA (cfDNA) enables non-invasive dynamic assessment of
disease status in patients with cancer, both in the early and advanced settings. The analysis …

Laboratory methods to decipher epigenetic signatures: a comparative review

R Halabian, V Arshad, A Ahmadi, P Saeedi… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetics refers to nucleotide sequence-independent events, and heritable changes,
including DNA methylation and histone modification (as the two main processes) …

[HTML][HTML] Vision from next generation sequencing: multi-dimensional genome-wide analysis for producing gene regulatory networks underlying retinal development …

HJ Yang, R Ratnapriya, T Cogliati, JW Kim… - Progress in retinal and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Genomics and genetics have invaded all aspects of biology and medicine, opening
uncharted territory for scientific exploration. The definition of “gene” itself has become …

Integrative analysis of tissue-specific methylation and alternative splicing identifies conserved transcription factor binding motifs

J Wan, VF Oliver, H Zhu, DJ Zack, J Qian… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The exact role of intragenic DNA methylation in regulating tissue-specific gene regulation is
unclear. Recently, the DNA-binding protein CTCF has been shown to participate in the …

A simple bridging flocculation assay for rapid, sensitive and stringent detection of gene specific DNA methylation

EJH Wee, T Ha Ngo, M Trau - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The challenge of bringing DNA methylation biomarkers into clinic is the lack of simple
methodologies as most current assays have been developed for research purposes. To …

DNA methylome analyses implicate fallopian tube epithelia as the origin for high-grade serous ovarian cancer

D Klinkebiel, W Zhang, SN Akers, K Odunsi… - Molecular Cancer …, 2016 - AACR
High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSC) is the most common and lethal form of epithelial
ovarian cancer (EOC). Two distinct tissues have been suggested as the tissue of origin …