Interplay between chromatin marks in development and disease

SM Janssen, MC Lorincz - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
DNA methylation (DNAme) and histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) have
important roles in transcriptional regulation. Although many reports have characterized the …

The interplay between DNA and histone methylation: molecular mechanisms and disease implications

Y Li, X Chen, C Lu - EMBO reports, 2021 - embopress.org
Methylation of cytosine in CpG dinucleotides and histone lysine and arginine residues is a
chromatin modification that critically contributes to the regulation of genome integrity …

Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes

JE Moore, MJ Purcaro, HE Pratt, CB Epstein… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The human and mouse genomes contain instructions that specify RNAs and proteins and
govern the timing, magnitude, and cellular context of their production. To better delineate …

Single-cell DNA methylation and 3D genome architecture in the human brain

W Tian, J Zhou, A Bartlett, Q Zeng, H Liu, RG Castanon… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Delineating the gene-regulatory programs underlying complex cell types is fundamental for
understanding brain function in health and disease. Here, we comprehensively examined …

Promoter-proximal CTCF binding promotes distal enhancer-dependent gene activation

N Kubo, H Ishii, X Xiong, S Bianco… - Nature structural & …, 2021 - nature.com
The CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) works together with the cohesin complex to drive the
formation of chromatin loops and topologically associating domains, but its role in gene …

Pig genome functional annotation enhances the biological interpretation of complex traits and human disease

Z Pan, Y Yao, H Yin, Z Cai, Y Wang, L Bai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The functional annotation of livestock genomes is crucial for understanding the molecular
mechanisms that underpin complex traits of economic importance, adaptive evolution and …

A transcriptomic and epigenomic cell atlas of the mouse primary motor cortex

Z Yao, H Liu, F Xie, S Fischer, RS Adkins, AI Aldridge… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Single-cell transcriptomics can provide quantitative molecular signatures for large, unbiased
samples of the diverse cell types in the brain,–. With the proliferation of multi-omics datasets …

An atlas of dynamic chromatin landscapes in mouse fetal development

DU Gorkin, I Barozzi, Y Zhao, Y Zhang, H Huang… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project has established a genomic
resource for mammalian development, profiling a diverse panel of mouse tissues at 8 …

Single-cell DNA methylome and 3D multi-omic atlas of the adult mouse brain

H Liu, Q Zeng, J Zhou, A Bartlett, BA Wang, P Berube… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is essential in brain development and is implicated in various
neurological disorders. Understanding DNA methylation diversity across the entire brain in a …

DNA methylation atlas of the mouse brain at single-cell resolution

H Liu, J Zhou, W Tian, C Luo, A Bartlett, A Aldridge… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Mammalian brain cells show remarkable diversity in gene expression, anatomy and
function, yet the regulatory DNA landscape underlying this extensive heterogeneity is poorly …