Targeting epigenetic modifications in Parkinson's disease therapy

D Zhang, J Zhang, Y Wang, G Wang… - Medicinal Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a multifactorial disease due to a complex interplay between
genetic and epigenetic factors. Recent efforts shed new light on the epigenetic mechanisms …

Phytochemicals as regulators of genes involved in synucleinopathies

A Surguchov, L Bernal, AA Surguchev - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the
accumulation of α-synuclein aggregates in neurons, nerve fibers or glial cells. Three main …

Deepm5C: a deep-learning-based hybrid framework for identifying human RNA N5-methylcytosine sites using a stacking strategy

MM Hasan, S Tsukiyama, JY Cho, H Kurata, MA Alam… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
As one of the most prevalent post-transcriptional epigenetic modifications, N5-
methylcytosine (m5C) plays an essential role in various cellular processes and disease …

Parkinson's disease-associated, sex-specific changes in DNA methylation at PARK7 (DJ-1), SLC17A6 (VGLUT2), PTPRN2 (IA-2β), and NR4A2 (NURR1) in cortical …

J Kochmanski, NC Kuhn, AI Bernstein - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence for epigenetic regulation playing a role in Parkinson's disease (PD) is growing,
particularly for DNA methylation. Approximately 90% of PD cases are due to a complex …

5-Hydroxymethylcytosine-mediated active demethylation is required for mammalian neuronal differentiation and function

E Stoyanova, M Riad, A Rao, N Heintz - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Although high levels of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) accumulate in mammalian
neurons, our knowledge of its roles in terminal differentiation or as an intermediate in active …

DNA methylation as a mediator of genetic and environmental influences on Parkinson's disease susceptibility: Impacts of alpha-Synuclein, physical activity, and …

SL Schaffner, MS Kobor - Frontiers in genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with a complex etiology and
increasing prevalence worldwide. As PD is influenced by a combination of genetic and …

Communal interaction of glycation and gut microbes in diabetes mellitus, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

RS Patil, RS Tupe - Medicinal Research Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diabetes and its complications, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD) are
increasing gradually, reflecting a global threat vis‐à‐vis expressing the essentiality of a …

Oxidative DNA damage and repair at non-coding regulatory regions

SF El-Khamisy - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
DNA breaks at protein-coding sequences are well-established threats to tissue homeostasis
and maintenance. They arise from the exposure to intracellular and environmental …

Roles of physical exercise in neurodegeneration: reversal of epigenetic clock

M Xu, JY Zhu, XD Liu, MY Luo, NJ Xu - Translational Neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
The epigenetic clock is defined by the DNA methylation (DNAm) level and has been
extensively applied to distinguish biological age from chronological age. Aging-related …

TET enzymes and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in neural progenitor cell biology and neurodevelopment

IC MacArthur, MM Dawlaty - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Studies of tissue-specific epigenomes have revealed 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) to be
a highly enriched and dynamic DNA modification in the metazoan nervous system, inspiring …