Epigenetics and metabolism

ST Keating, A El-Osta - Circulation research, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
The molecular signatures of epigenetic regulation and chromatin architectures are
fundamental to genetically determined biological processes. Covalent and post-translational …

Oxidative stress signaling to chromatin in health and disease

S Kreuz, W Fischle - Epigenomics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Oxidative stress has a significant impact on the development and progression of common
human pathologies, including cancer, diabetes, hypertension and neurodegenerative …

A Werner syndrome stem cell model unveils heterochromatin alterations as a driver of human aging

W Zhang, J Li, K Suzuki, J Qu, P Wang, J Zhou, X Liu… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Werner syndrome (WS) is a premature aging disorder caused by WRN protein deficiency.
Here, we report on the generation of a human WS model in human embryonic stem cells …

H3K27 acetylation activated-long non-coding RNA CCAT1 affects cell proliferation and migration by regulating SPRY4 and HOXB13 expression in esophageal …

E Zhang, L Han, D Yin, X He, L Hong, X Si… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Recently, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to have important regulatory
roles in human cancer biology. In our study, we found that lncRNA CCAT1, whose …

SIRT6 safeguards human mesenchymal stem cells from oxidative stress by coactivating NRF2

H Pan, D Guan, X Liu, J Li, L Wang, J Wu, J Zhou… - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
SIRT6 belongs to the mammalian homologs of Sir2 histone NAD+-dependent deacylase
family. In rodents, SIRT6 deficiency leads to aging-associated degeneration of mesodermal …

A newly identified lncRNA MAR1 acts as a miR‐487b sponge to promote skeletal muscle differentiation and regeneration

ZK Zhang, J Li, D Guan, C Liang, Z Zhuo… - Journal of cachexia …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Skeletal muscle atrophy induced by either aging (sarcopenia) or mechanical
unloading is associated with serious health consequences. Long non‐coding RNAs …

Stabilizing heterochromatin by DGCR8 alleviates senescence and osteoarthritis

L Deng, R Ren, Z Liu, M Song, J Li, Z Wu, X Ren… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
DiGeorge syndrome critical region 8 (DGCR8) is a critical component of the canonical
microprocessor complex for microRNA biogenesis. However, the non-canonical functions of …

Epigenetic regulation of autophagy by the methyltransferase EZH2 through an MTOR-dependent pathway

FZ Wei, Z Cao, X Wang, H Wang, MY Cai, T Li… - Autophagy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy is an evolutionarily conserved cellular process involved in the clearance of
proteins and organelles. Although the autophagy regulation machinery has been widely …

Mammalian epigenetic mechanisms

G Zhang, S Pradhan - IUBMB life, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The mammalian genome is packaged into chromatin that is further compacted into three‐
dimensional structures consisting of distinct functional domains. The higher order structure …

Emerging roles of lysine methylation on non-histone proteins

X Zhang, Y Huang, X Shi - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
Lysine methylation is a common posttranslational modification (PTM) of histones that is
important for the epigenetic regulation of transcription and chromatin in eukaryotes …