Long noncoding RNAs: functions and mechanisms in colon cancer

S Chen, X Shen - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Evidence indicates that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play a crucial role in the
carcinogenesis and progression of a wide variety of human malignancies including colon …

The DNA methylation landscape of advanced prostate cancer

SG Zhao, WS Chen, H Li, A Foye, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Although DNA methylation is a key regulator of gene expression, the comprehensive
methylation landscape of metastatic cancer has never been defined. Through whole …

Gene–environment interactions in Alzheimer disease: the emerging role of epigenetics

L Migliore, F Coppedè - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2022 - nature.com
With the exception of a few monogenic forms, Alzheimer disease (AD) has a complex
aetiology that is likely to involve multiple susceptibility genes and environmental factors. The …

Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms

R Yehuda, A Lehrner - World psychiatry, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the research evidence concerning the intergenerational transmission of
trauma effects and the possible role of epigenetic mechanisms in this transmission. Two …

Epigenetics and epigenomics in diabetic kidney disease and metabolic memory

M Kato, R Natarajan - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2019 - nature.com
The development and progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD), a highly prevalent
complication of diabetes mellitus, are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors …

Dynamic DNA methylation: In the right place at the right time

C Luo, P Hajkova, JR Ecker - Science, 2018 - science.org
The classical model of cytosine DNA methylation (the presence of 5-methylcytosine, 5mC)
regulation depicts this covalent modification as a stable repressive regulator of promoter …

Epigenetic plasticity and the hallmarks of cancer

WA Flavahan, E Gaskell, BE Bernstein - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Chromatin is the essential medium through which transcription factors,
signaling pathways, and other cues alter gene activity and cellular phenotypes. It assumes …

Liquid biopsy of methylation biomarkers in cell-free DNA

H Luo, W Wei, Z Ye, J Zheng, R Xu - Trends in molecular medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Liquid biopsies, in particular, analysis of cell-free DNA (cfDNA), have emerged as a
promising noninvasive diagnostic approach in oncology. Abnormal distribution of DNA …

Analysis of DNA methylation in cancer: location revisited

A Koch, SC Joosten, Z Feng, TC de Ruijter… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in DNA methylation in cancer have been heralded as promising targets
for the development of powerful diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive biomarkers. Despite …

YTHDF2 destabilizes m6A-containing RNA through direct recruitment of the CCR4–NOT deadenylase complex

H Du, Y Zhao, J He, Y Zhang, H Xi, M Liu, J Ma… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Methylation at the N 6 position of adenosine (m6A) is the most abundant RNA modification
within protein-coding and long noncoding RNAs in eukaryotes and is a reversible process …