DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

CG Bell, R Lowe, PD Adams, AA Baccarelli, S Beck… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Epigenetic clocks comprise a set of CpG sites whose DNA methylation levels measure
subject age. These clocks are acknowledged as a highly accurate molecular correlate of …

[HTML][HTML] Genome regulation by polycomb and trithorax: 70 years and counting

B Schuettengruber, HM Bourbon, L Di Croce, G Cavalli - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Polycomb (PcG) and Trithorax (TrxG) group proteins are evolutionarily conserved chromatin-
modifying factors originally identified as part of an epigenetic cellular memory system that …

Roles and regulation of histone methylation in animal development

A Jambhekar, A Dhall, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Histone methylation can occur at various sites in histone proteins, primarily on lysine and
arginine residues, and it can be governed by multiple positive and negative regulators, even …

The molecular hallmarks of epigenetic control

CD Allis, T Jenuwein - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Over the past 20 years, breakthrough discoveries of chromatin-modifying enzymes and
associated mechanisms that alter chromatin in response to physiological or pathological …

The sound of silence: Transgene silencing in mammalian cell engineering

A Cabrera, HI Edelstein, F Glykofrydis, KS Love… - Cell Systems, 2022 - cell.com
To elucidate principles operating in native biological systems and to develop novel
biotechnologies, synthetic biology aims to build and integrate synthetic gene circuits within …

The interplay of epigenetic marks during stem cell differentiation and development

Y Atlasi, HG Stunnenberg - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Chromatin, the template for epigenetic regulation, is a highly dynamic entity that is constantly
reshaped during early development and differentiation. Epigenetic modification of chromatin …

A G3BP1-interacting lncRNA promotes ferroptosis and apoptosis in cancer via nuclear sequestration of p53

C Mao, X Wang, Y Liu, M Wang, B Yan, Y Jiang, Y Shi… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA) have been associated with various types of cancer;
however, the precise role of many lncRNAs in tumorigenesis remains elusive. Here we …

Sensitivity of transcription factors to DNA methylation

É Héberlé, AF Bardet - Essays in biochemistry, 2019 - portlandpress.com
Dynamic binding of transcription factors (TFs) to regulatory elements controls transcriptional
states throughout organism development. Epigenetics modifications, such as DNA …

Distinct features of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 chromatin domains in pre-implantation embryos

X Liu, C Wang, W Liu, J Li, C Li, X Kou, J Chen, Y Zhao… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Histone modifications have critical roles in regulating the expression of developmental
genes during embryo development in mammals,. However, genome-wide analyses of …

Function and information content of DNA methylation

D Schübeler - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Cytosine methylation is a DNA modification generally associated with transcriptional
silencing. Factors that regulate methylation have been linked to human disease, yet how …