H3K36 dimethylation shapes the epigenetic interaction landscape by directing repressive chromatin modifications in embryonic stem cells

H Chen, B Hu, C Horth, E Bareke… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
Epigenetic modifications on the chromatin do not occur in isolation. Chromatin-associated
proteins and their modification products form a highly interconnected network, and …

Methylation classifiers: Brain tumors, sarcomas, and what's next

C Koelsche, A von Deimling - Genes, Chromosomes and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor classification has evolved over the last decades with technical progress contributing
much to our current concepts. Among diagnostic hallmarks, novelties were immunostaining …

New genetic and epigenetic insights into the chemokine system: the latest discoveries aiding progression toward precision medicine

H Xu, S Lin, Z Zhou, D Li, X Zhang, M Yu… - Cellular & Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Over the past thirty years, the importance of chemokines and their seven-transmembrane G
protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) has been increasingly recognized. Chemokine …

Frequency, morbidity and equity—the case for increased research on male fertility

S Kimmins, RA Anderson, CLR Barratt… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Currently, most men with infertility cannot be given an aetiology, which reflects a lack of
knowledge around gamete production and how it is affected by genetics and the …

A genetic screen identifies BEND3 as a regulator of bivalent gene expression and global DNA methylation

L Yakhou, A Azogui, N Gupta… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Epigenetic mechanisms are essential to establish and safeguard cellular identities in
mammals. They dynamically regulate the expression of genes, transposable elements and …

Functional correlation of genome‐wide DNA methylation profiles in genetic neurodevelopmental disorders

MA Levy, R Relator, H McConkey… - Human …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An expanding range of genetic syndromes are characterized by genome‐wide disruptions in
DNA methylation profiles referred to as episignatures. Episignatures are distinct, highly …

CDCA7-associated global aberrant DNA hypomethylation translates to localized, tissue-specific transcriptional responses

M Vukic, J Chouaref, V Della Chiara, S Dogan… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Disruption of cell division cycle associated 7 (CDCA7) has been linked to aberrant DNA
hypomethylation, but the impact of DNA methylation loss on transcription has not been …

Inheritance of paternal lifestyles and exposures through sperm DNA methylation

KW Greeson, KMS Crow, RC Edenfield… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Many different lifestyle factors and chemicals present in the environment are a threat to the
reproductive tracts of humans. The potential for parental preconception exposure to alter …

Rare diseases of epigenetic origin: Challenges and opportunities

MP Fu, SM Merrill, M Sharma, WT Gibson… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rare diseases (RDs), more than 80% of which have a genetic origin, collectively affect
approximately 350 million people worldwide. Progress in next-generation sequencing …

Single-cell joint profiling of multiple epigenetic proteins and gene transcription

H Xiong, Q Wang, CC Li, A He - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Sculpting the epigenome with a combination of histone modifications and transcription factor
occupancy determines gene transcription and cell fate specification. Here, we first develop …