[HTML][HTML] Molecular and epigenetic control of aldosterone synthase, CYP11B2 and 11-Hydroxylase, CYP11B1

Y Takeda, M Demura, M Kometani… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aldosterone and cortisol serve important roles in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular
diseases and metabolic disorders. Epigenetics is a mechanism to control enzyme …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive analysis of regulation of DNA methyltransferase isoforms in human breast tumors

M Hegde, MB Joshi - Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Significant reprogramming of epigenome is widely described during pathogenesis of breast
cancer. Transformation of normal cell to hyperplastic cell and to neoplastic phenotype is …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale DNA demethylation occurs in proliferating ovarian granulosa cells during mouse follicular development

T Kawai, JAS Richards, M Shimada - Communications Biology, 2021 - nature.com
During ovarian follicular development, granulosa cells proliferate and progressively
differentiate to support oocyte maturation and ovulation. To determine the underlying links …

Leydig cell and spermatogenesis

RS Ge, X Li, Y Wang - Molecular Mechanisms in Spermatogenesis, 2021 - Springer
Leydig cells of the testis have the capacity to synthesize androgen (mainly testosterone)
from cholesterol. Adult Leydig cells are the cell type for the synthesis of testosterone, which …

Decreased expression of EZH2 in granulosa cells contributes to endometriosis-associated infertility by targeting IL-1R2

X Lin, X Tong, Y Zhang, W Gu, Q Huang… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The mechanism by which endometriosis, a common gynecological disease characterized by
chronic pelvic pain and infertility, causes infertility remains elusive. Luteinized unruptured …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of a unique epigenetic profile in women with diminished ovarian reserve

KW Olsen, J Castillo-Fernandez, AC Chan… - Fertility and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate whether epigenetic profiles of mural granulosa cells (MGC) and
leukocytes from women with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR) differ from those of women …

[HTML][HTML] The essential glucose transporter GLUT1 is epigenetically upregulated by C/EBPβ and WT1 during decidualization of the endometrium

I Tamura, T Fujimura, Y Doi-Tanaka, H Takagi… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) differentiate into decidual cells by the action of
progesterone, which is essential for implantation and maintenance of pregnancy. We …

scRNA‐seq of ovarian follicle granulosa cells from different fertility goats reveals distinct expression patterns

Z Li, J Wang, Y Zhao, D Ma, M Zhao… - … in Domestic Animals, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The new technology of high‐throughput single‐cell RNA sequencing (10× scRNA‐seq) was
developed recently with many advantages. However, it was not commonly used in farm …

Transcription factor C/EBPβ induces genome-wide H3K27ac and upregulates gene expression during decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells

I Tamura, R Maekawa, K Jozaki, Y Ohkawa… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2021 - Elsevier
We previously reported that H3K27 acetylation (H3K27ac) increases throughout the genome
during decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs). However, its …

[HTML][HTML] The distal upstream region of insulin-like growth factor–binding protein-1 enhances its expression in endometrial stromal cells during decidualization

I Tamura, K Jozaki, S Sato, Y Shirafuta… - Journal of Biological …, 2018 - ASBMB
We have previously shown that decidualization of human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs)
causes a genome-wide increase in the levels of acetylation of histone-H3 Lys-27 …