New insights into establishment and maintenance of DNA methylation imprints in mammals

G Kelsey, R Feil - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Fundamental to genomic imprinting in mammals is the acquisition of epigenetic marks that
differ in male and female gametes at 'imprinting control regions'(ICRs). These marks mediate …

Imprinted microRNA gene clusters in the evolution, development, and functions of mammalian placenta

EC Malnou, D Umlauf, M Mouysset, J Cavaillé - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In mammals, the expression of a subset of microRNA (miRNA) genes is governed by
genomic imprinting, an epigenetic mechanism that confers monoallelic expression in a …

Loss of H3K27me3 imprinting in the Sfmbt2 miRNA cluster causes enlargement of cloned mouse placentas

K Inoue, N Ogonuki, S Kamimura, H Inoue… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in mammals is an inefficient process that is frequently
associated with abnormal phenotypes, especially in placentas. Recent studies …

Endogenous retroviral insertions drive non-canonical imprinting in extra-embryonic tissues

CW Hanna, R Pérez-Palacios, L Gahurova, M Schubert… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon that allows a subset of genes
to be expressed mono-allelically based on the parent of origin and is typically regulated by …

Genomic imprinting in the human placenta

D Monk - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2015 - Elsevier
With the launch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National
Institutes of Health Human Placenta Project, the anticipation is that this often-overlooked …

Long-lasting alterations to DNA methylation and ncRNAs could underlie the effects of fetal alcohol exposure in mice

BI Laufer, K Mantha, ML Kleiber… - Disease models & …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) are characterized by life-long changes in gene
expression, neurodevelopment and behavior. What mechanisms initiate and maintain these …

Noncanonical imprinting sustains embryonic development and restrains placental overgrowth

S Matoba, C Kozuka, K Miura, K Inoue… - Genes & …, 2022 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Genomic imprinting regulates parental origin-dependent monoallelic gene expression. It is
mediated by either germline differential methylation of DNA (canonical imprinting) or oocyte …

The miR‐379/miR‐410 cluster at the imprinted Dlk1‐Dio3 domain controls neonatal metabolic adaptation

S Labialle, V Marty, ML Bortolin‐Cavaillé… - The EMBO …, 2014 - embopress.org
In mammals, birth entails complex metabolic adjustments essential for neonatal survival.
Using a mouse knockout model, we identify crucial biological roles for the miR‐379/miR …

Re-investigation and RNA sequencing-based identification of genes with placenta-specific imprinted expression

H Okae, H Hiura, Y Nishida, R Funayama… - Human molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Within the vertebrate groups, only mammals are subject to a specialized epigenetic process
termed genomic imprinting in which genes are preferentially expressed from one parental …

Strategies to improve the efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer

K Srirattana, M Kaneda, R Parnpai - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mammalian oocytes can reprogram differentiated somatic cells into a totipotent state through
somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which is known as cloning. Although many mammalian …