Histone post-translational modifications—cause and consequence of genome function

G Millán-Zambrano, A Burton, AJ Bannister… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Much has been learned since the early 1960s about histone post-translational modifications
(PTMs) and how they affect DNA-templated processes at the molecular level. This …

Establishment of H3K9-methylated heterochromatin and its functions in tissue differentiation and maintenance

J Padeken, SP Methot, SM Gasser - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Heterochromatin is characterized by dimethylated or trimethylated histone H3 Lys9
(H3K9me2 or H3K9me3, respectively) and is found at transposable elements, satellite …

Molecular mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

MH Fitz-James, G Cavalli - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates that non-DNA sequence-based epigenetic information can be
inherited across several generations in organisms ranging from yeast to plants to humans …

Symmetric inheritance of parental histones governs epigenome maintenance and embryonic stem cell identity

A Wenger, A Biran, N Alcaraz, A Redó-Riveiro… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Modified parental histones are segregated symmetrically to daughter DNA strands during
replication and can be inherited through mitosis. How this may sustain the epigenome and …

Advances in epigenetics link genetics to the environment and disease

G Cavalli, E Heard - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic research has accelerated rapidly in the twenty-first century, generating justified
excitement and hope, but also a degree of hype. Here we review how the field has evolved …

METTL3 regulates heterochromatin in mouse embryonic stem cells

W Xu, J Li, C He, J Wen, H Ma, B Rong, J Diao, L Wang… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract METTL3 (methyltransferase-like 3) mediates the N 6-methyladenosine (m6A)
methylation of mRNA, which affects the stability of mRNA and its translation into protein …

Diverse silent chromatin states modulate genome compartmentalization and loop extrusion barriers

G Spracklin, N Abdennur, M Imakaev… - Nature structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
The relationships between chromosomal compartmentalization, chromatin state and function
are poorly understood. Here by profiling long-range contact frequencies in HCT116 colon …

HP1 reshapes nucleosome core to promote phase separation of heterochromatin

S Sanulli, MJ Trnka, V Dharmarajan, RW Tibble… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Heterochromatin affects genome function at many levels. It enables heritable gene
repression, maintains chromosome integrity and provides mechanical rigidity to the …

The ageing epigenome and its rejuvenation

W Zhang, J Qu, GH Liu, JCI Belmonte - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Ageing is characterized by the functional decline of tissues and organs and the increased
risk of ageing-associated disorders. Several 'rejuvenating'interventions have been proposed …

Oncolytic viruses engineered to enforce cholesterol efflux restore tumor-associated macrophage phagocytosis and anti-tumor immunity in glioblastoma

S Wang, W Yan, L Kong, S Zuo, J Wu, C Zhu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The codependency of cholesterol metabolism sustains the malignant progression of
glioblastoma (GBM) and effective therapeutics remain scarce. In orthotopic GBM models in …