Vitamin C induces Tet-dependent DNA demethylation and a blastocyst-like state in ES cells

K Blaschke, KT Ebata, MM Karimi, JA Zepeda-Martínez… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a heritable epigenetic modification involved in gene silencing,
imprinting, and the suppression of retrotransposons. Global DNA demethylation occurs in …

Distribution, recognition and regulation of non-CpG methylation in the adult mammalian brain

JU Guo, Y Su, JH Shin, J Shin, H Li, B Xie… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
DNA methylation has critical roles in the nervous system and has been traditionally
considered to be restricted to CpG dinucleotides in metazoan genomes. Here we show that …

Epigenetic mechanisms in neurogenesis

B Yao, KM Christian, C He, P Jin, G Ming… - Nature reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
In the embryonic and adult brain, neural stem cells proliferate and give rise to neurons and
glia through highly regulated processes. Epigenetic mechanisms—including DNA and …

[HTML][HTML] The dynamics of genome-wide DNA methylation reprogramming in mouse primordial germ cells

S Seisenberger, S Andrews, F Krueger, J Arand… - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Genome-wide DNA methylation reprogramming occurs in mouse primordial germ cells
(PGCs) and preimplantation embryos, but the precise dynamics and biological outcomes are …

[HTML][HTML] Transcription factors drive Tet2-mediated enhancer demethylation to reprogram cell fate

JL Sardina, S Collombet, TV Tian, A Gómez… - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Here, we report DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation dynamics at nucleotide resolution
using C/EBPα-enhanced reprogramming of B cells into induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) …

[HTML][HTML] MeCP2 binds to 5hmC enriched within active genes and accessible chromatin in the nervous system

M Mellén, P Ayata, S Dewell, S Kriaucionis, N Heintz - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
The high level of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) present in neuronal genomes suggests
that mechanisms interpreting 5hmC in the CNS may differ from those present in embryonic …

[HTML][HTML] Programming and inheritance of parental DNA methylomes in mammals

L Wang, J Zhang, J Duan, X Gao, W Zhu, X Lu, L Yang… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
The reprogramming of parental methylomes is essential for embryonic development. In
mammals, paternal 5-methylcytosines (5mCs) have been proposed to be actively converted …

[HTML][HTML] Serine metabolism supports the methionine cycle and DNA/RNA methylation through de novo ATP synthesis in cancer cells

ODK Maddocks, CF Labuschagne, PD Adams… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Crosstalk between cellular metabolism and the epigenome regulates epigenetic and
metabolic homeostasis and normal cell behavior. Changes in cancer cell metabolism can …

Epigenetic modifications in cardiovascular aging and diseases

W Zhang, M Song, J Qu, GH Liu - Circulation research, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Aging is associated with a progressive decline in cardiovascular structure and function.
Accumulating evidence links cardiovascular aging to epigenetic alterations encompassing a …

Single-cell methylome landscapes of mouse embryonic stem cells and early embryos analyzed using reduced representation bisulfite sequencing

H Guo, P Zhu, X Wu, X Li, L Wen, F Tang - Genome research, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
DNA methylation is crucial for a wide variety of biological processes, yet no technique
suitable for the methylome analysis of DNA methylation at single-cell resolution is available …