DNA methylation as a transcriptional regulator of the immune system

L Morales-Nebreda, FS McLafferty, BD Singer - Translational Research, 2019 - Elsevier
DNA methylation is a dynamic epigenetic modification with a prominent role in determining
mammalian cell development, lineage identity, and transcriptional regulation. Primarily …

Regulatory variants: from detection to predicting impact

E Rojano, P Seoane, JAG Ranea… - Briefings in …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Variants within non-coding genomic regions can greatly affect disease. In recent years,
increasing focus has been given to these variants, and how they can alter regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Pervasive chromatin-RNA binding protein interactions enable RNA-based regulation of transcription

R Xiao, JY Chen, Z Liang, D Luo, G Chen, ZJ Lu… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Increasing evidence suggests that transcriptional control and chromatin activities at large
involve regulatory RNAs, which likely enlist specific RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). Although …

[HTML][HTML] Topoisomerase II-induced chromosome breakage and translocation is determined by chromosome architecture and transcriptional activity

A Canela, Y Maman, NH Shar-yin, G Wutz, W Tang… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Topoisomerase II (TOP2) relieves torsional stress by forming transient cleavage complex
intermediates (TOP2ccs) that contain TOP2-linked DNA breaks (DSBs). While TOP2ccs are …

[HTML][HTML] Antisense lncRNA transcription mediates DNA demethylation to drive stochastic protocadherin α promoter choice

D Canzio, CL Nwakeze, A Horta, SM Rajkumar… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Stochastic activation of clustered Protocadherin (Pcdh) α, β, and γ genes generates a cell-
surface identity code in individual neurons that functions in neural circuit assembly. Here, we …

Acute depletion of CTCF directly affects MYC regulation through loss of enhancer–promoter looping

J Hyle, Y Zhang, S Wright, B Xu, Y Shao… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Numerous pieces of evidence support the complex, 3D spatial organization of the genome
dictates gene expression. CTCF is essential to define topologically associated domain …

Epigenomic signatures underpin the axonal regenerative ability of dorsal root ganglia sensory neurons

I Palmisano, MC Danzi, TH Hutson, L Zhou… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Axonal injury results in regenerative success or failure, depending on whether the axon lies
in the peripheral or the CNS, respectively. The present study addresses whether epigenetic …

Cell‐free DNA as a biomarker of aging

YV Teo, M Capri, C Morsiani, G Pizza, AMC Faria… - Aging cell, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) is present in the circulating plasma and other body fluids and is
known to originate mainly from apoptotic cells. Here, we provide the first in vivo evidence of …

[HTML][HTML] Batf pioneers the reorganization of chromatin in developing effector T cells via Ets1-dependent recruitment of Ctcf

D Pham, CE Moseley, M Gao, D Savic, CJ Winstead… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
The basic leucine zipper transcription factor activating transcription factor-like (Batf)
contributes to transcriptional programming of multiple effector T cells and is required for T …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the exome: the non-coding genome and enhancers in neurodevelopmental disorders and malformations of cortical development

E Perenthaler, S Yousefi, E Niggl… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The development of the human cerebral cortex is a complex and dynamic process, in which
neural stem cell proliferation, neuronal migration, and post-migratory neuronal organization …