DNA methylation methods: Global DNA methylation and methylomic analyses

S Li, TO Tollefsbol - Methods, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA methylation provides a pivotal layer of epigenetic regulation in eukaryotes that has
significant involvement for numerous biological processes in health and disease. The …

Epigenetics and pulmonary diseases in the horizon of precision medicine: a review

G Benincasa, DL DeMeo, K Glass… - European …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Epigenetic mechanisms represent potential molecular routes which could bridge the gap
between genetic background and environmental risk factors contributing to the …

[HTML][HTML] Chicken embryo as a model in epigenetic research

M Bednarczyk, A Dunislawska, K Stadnicka… - Poultry Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Epigenetics is defined as the study of changes in gene function that are mitotically or
meiotically heritable and do not lead to a change in DNA sequence. Epigenetic …

[HTML][HTML] Prenatal epigenetics diets play protective roles against environmental pollution

S Li, M Chen, Y Li, TO Tollefsbol - Clinical epigenetics, 2019 - Springer
It is thought that germ cells and preimplantation embryos during development are most
susceptible to endogenous and exogenous environmental factors because the epigenome …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation in poultry: a review

X Ju, Z Wang, D Cai, SF Bello, Q Nie - Journal of Animal Science and …, 2023 - Springer
As an important epigenetic modification, DNA methylation is involved in many biological
processes such as animal cell differentiation, embryonic development, genomic imprinting …

Maternal epigenetic regulation contributes to prevention of estrogen receptor–negative mammary cancer with broccoli sprout consumption

S Li, M Chen, H Wu, Y Li, TO Tollefsbol - Cancer Prevention Research, 2020 - AACR
Cruciferous vegetables have been of special interest due to the rich presence of bioactive
compounds such as sulforaphane which show promising potential on cancer prevention and …

Effects of in ovo feeding of vitamin C on post-hatch performance, immune status and DNA methylation-related gene expression in broiler chickens

Y Zhu, S Li, Y Duan, Z Ren, X Yang… - British Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of in ovo feeding (IOF) of vitamin C at embryonic age
11 (E11) on post-hatch performance, immune status and DNA methylation-related gene …

CpG islands methylation analysis of CDH11, EphA5, and HS3ST2 genes in gastric adenocarcinoma patients

S Eyvazi, AM Khamaneh, V Tarhriz… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Gastric cancer is an aggressive disease which is the fourth prevalent malignancy in
the world. Beside the genetic factors, epigenetic alterations such as promoter CpG island …

[HTML][HTML] The landscape of DNA methylation associated with the transcriptomic network in layers and broilers generates insight into embryonic muscle development in …

Z Liu, S Han, X Shen, Y Wang, C Cui, H He… - … journal of biological …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Scope: As DNA methylation is one of the key epigenetic mechanisms involved in embryonic
muscle development, elucidating its relationship with non-coding RNAs and genes is …

Zygotic genome activation in the chicken: A comparative review

D Rengaraj, YS Hwang, HC Lee, JY Han - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2020 - Springer
Maternal RNAs and proteins in the oocyte contribute to early embryonic development. After
fertilization, these maternal factors are cleared and embryonic development is determined …