Oocyte aging: cellular and molecular changes, developmental potential and reversal possibility

YL Miao, K Kikuchi, QY Sun… - Human reproduction …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND In humans, normal healthy children are regularly produced through
fertilization of fresh oocytes with fresh spermatozoa. However, asynchrony between oocytes …

[HTML][HTML] Complex networks of multiple factors in the pathogenesis of uterine leiomyoma

MS Islam, O Protic, P Stortoni, G Grechi, P Lamanna… - Fertility and sterility, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the information regarding pathogenetic factors of leiomyoma
formation and growth, and to make a simple integrated pathogenetic view of this tumor for …

Oxidative damage to methyl-CpG sequences inhibits the binding of the methyl-CpG binding domain (MBD) of methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2)

V Valinluck, HH Tsai, DK Rogstad, A Burdzy… - Nucleic acids …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Cytosine methylation in CpG dinucleotides is believed to be important in gene regulation,
and is generally associated with reduced levels of transcription. Methylation-mediated gene …

A mammalian microRNA cluster controls DNA methylation and telomere recombination via Rbl2-dependent regulation of DNA methyltransferases

R Benetti, S Gonzalo, I Jaco, P Muñoz… - Nature structural & …, 2008 - nature.com
Dicer initiates RNA interference by generating small RNAs involved in various silencing
pathways. Dicer participates in centromeric silencing, but its role in the epigenetic regulation …

[HTML][HTML] Methyl-CpG-binding protein, MeCP2, is a target molecule for maintenance DNA methyltransferase, Dnmt1

H Kimura, K Shiota - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
During mammalian cell division, DNA methylation patterns are transferred accurately to the
newly synthesized DNA strand. This depends on maintenance DNA methyltransferase …

Molecular signatures of pancreatic cancer

SM Hong, JY Park, RH Hruban… - Archives of pathology …, 2011 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context.—The introduction of genome-and epigenome-wide screening techniques has
dramatically improved our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the …

DNA methyltransferase expression in the human endometrium: down-regulation by progesterone and estrogen

Y Yamagata, H Asada, I Tamura, L Lee… - Human …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Epigenetic regulation may be involved in modulation of gene expression
during the normal cyclic changes of the human endometrium. We investigated expression of …

Non-coding RNA directed DNA demethylation of Sphk1 CpG island

T Imamura, S Yamamoto, J Ohgane, N Hattori… - Biochemical and …, 2004 - Elsevier
The formation of DNA methylation patterns is one of the epigenetic events that underlie
mammalian development. The Sphk1 CpG island is a target for tissue-dependent DNA …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation-mediated control of Sry gene expression in mouse gonadal development

K Nishino, N Hattori, S Tanaka, K Shiota - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2004 - ASBMB
DNA methylation at CpG sequences is involved in tissue-specific and developmentally
regulated gene expression. The Sry (sex-determining region on the Y chromosome) gene …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis reveals a potential mechanism for the pathogenesis and development of uterine leiomyomas

R Maekawa, S Sato, Y Yamagata, H Asada, I Tamura… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background The pathogenesis of uterine leiomyomas, the most common benign tumor in
women, remains unclear. Since acquired factors such as obesity, hypertension and early …