Whole-genome fingerprint of the DNA methylome during human B cell differentiation

M Kulis, A Merkel, S Heath, AC Queirós, RP Schuyler… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
We analyzed the DNA methylome of ten subpopulations spanning the entire B cell
differentiation program by whole-genome bisulfite sequencing and high-density microarrays …

Preparation of cfMeDIP-seq libraries for methylome profiling of plasma cell-free DNA

SY Shen, JM Burgener, SV Bratman… - Nature protocols, 2019 - nature.com
Circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) comprises small DNA fragments derived from normal and
tumor tissue that are released into the bloodstream. Recently, methylation profiling of cfDNA …

DNA methylation heterogeneity defines a disease spectrum in Ewing sarcoma

NC Sheffield, G Pierron, J Klughammer, P Datlinger… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Developmental tumors in children and young adults carry few genetic alterations, yet they
have diverse clinical presentation. Focusing on Ewing sarcoma, we sought to establish the …

Dietary restriction protects from age-associated DNA methylation and induces epigenetic reprogramming of lipid metabolism

O Hahn, S Grönke, TM Stubbs, G Ficz, O Hendrich… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Dietary restriction (DR), a reduction in food intake without malnutrition,
increases most aspects of health during aging and extends lifespan in diverse species …

Global changes in DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in Alzheimer's disease human brain

N Coppieters, BV Dieriks, C Lill, RLM Faull… - Neurobiology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract DNA methylation (5-methylcytosine [5mC]) is one of several epigenetic markers
altered in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain. More recently, attention has been given to DNA …

Targeting polycomb to pericentric heterochromatin in embryonic stem cells reveals a role for H2AK119u1 in PRC2 recruitment

S Cooper, M Dienstbier, R Hassan, L Schermelleh… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
The mechanisms by which the major Polycomb group (PcG) complexes PRC1 and PRC2
are recruited to target sites in vertebrate cells are not well understood. Building on recent …

[PDF][PDF] Distinct properties of cell-type-specific and shared transcription factor binding sites

J Gertz, D Savic, KE Varley, EC Partridge, A Safi, P Jain… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Most human transcription factors bind a small subset of potential genomic sites and often
use different subsets in different cell types. To identify mechanisms that govern cell-type …

[HTML][HTML] Huntington's disease accelerates epigenetic aging of human brain and disrupts DNA methylation levels

S Horvath, P Langfelder, S Kwak, J Aaronson… - Aging (Albany …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Age of Huntington's disease (HD) motoric onset is strongly related to the number of CAG
trinucleotide repeats in the huntingtin gene, suggesting that biological tissue age plays an …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular basis of MeCP2 function in the brain

R Tillotson, A Bird - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
MeCP2 is a reader of the DNA methylome that occupies a large proportion of the genome
due to its high abundance and the frequency of its target sites. It has been the subject of …

H19 lncRNA alters DNA methylation genome wide by regulating S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

J Zhou, L Yang, T Zhong, M Mueller, Y Men… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
DNA methylation is essential for mammalian development and physiology. Here we report
that the developmentally regulated H19 lncRNA binds to and inhibits S …