TET-mediated active DNA demethylation: mechanism, function and beyond

X Wu, Y Zhang - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
In mammals, DNA methylation in the form of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) can be actively
reversed to unmodified cytosine (C) through TET dioxygenase-mediated oxidation of 5mC to …

Advances in quantum dot-based biosensors for DNA-modifying enzymes assay

Q Zhang, X Zhang, F Ma, C Zhang - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
DNA-modifying enzymes participate in various genetic functions (eg, DNA replication,
repairing, and recombination) through alternating certain DNA sequence, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Reconfiguration of DNA methylation in aging

M Zampieri, F Ciccarone, R Calabrese… - Mechanisms of ageing …, 2015 - Elsevier
A complex interplay between multiple biological effects shapes the aging process. The
advent of genome-wide quantitative approaches in the epigenetic field has highlighted the …

A screen for hydroxymethylcytosine and formylcytosine binding proteins suggests functions in transcription and chromatin regulation

M Iurlaro, G Ficz, D Oxley, EA Raiber, M Bachman… - Genome biology, 2013 - Springer
Background DNA methylation (5mC) plays important roles in epigenetic regulation of
genome function. Recently, TET hydroxylases have been found to oxidise 5mC to …

TET Enzymes in the Immune System: From DNA Demethylation to Immunotherapy, Inflammation, and Cancer

IF López-Moyado, M Ko, PG Hogan… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Ten-eleven translocation (TET) proteins are iron-dependent and α-ketoglutarate-dependent
dioxygenases that sequentially oxidize the methyl group of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5 …

Occurrence, biological consequences, and human health relevance of oxidative stress-induced DNA damage

Y Yu, Y Cui, LJ Niedernhofer… - Chemical research in …, 2016 - ACS Publications
A variety of endogenous and exogenous agents can induce DNA damage and lead to
genomic instability. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), an important class of DNA damaging …

Quantitative sequencing of 5-formylcytosine in DNA at single-base resolution

MJ Booth, G Marsico, M Bachman, D Beraldi… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Recently, the cytosine modifications 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) and 5-formylcytosine
(5fC) were found to exist in the genomic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of a wide range of …

Characterizing DNA methylation alterations from the cancer genome atlas

DJ Weisenberger - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network is an ambitious multi-institutional
consortium effort aimed at characterizing sequence, copy number, gene (mRNA) …

5-hydroxymethylcytosine and its potential roles in development and cancer

GP Pfeifer, S Kadam, SG Jin - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2013 - Springer
Only a few years ago it was demonstrated that mammalian DNA contains oxidized forms of 5-
methylcytosine (5mC). The base 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) is the most abundant of …

Epigenetic regulation of asthma and allergic disease

P Bégin, KC Nadeau - Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2014 - Springer
Epigenetics of asthma and allergic disease is a field that has expanded greatly in the last
decade. Previously thought only in terms of cell differentiation, it is now evident the …