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 …

The DNA methylation landscape in cancer

K Skvortsova, C Stirzaker, P Taberlay - Essays in biochemistry, 2019 - portlandpress.com
As one of the most abundant and well-studied epigenetic modifications, DNA methylation
plays an essential role in normal development and cellular biology. Global alterations to the …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation biomarkers in aging and age-related diseases

Y Salameh, Y Bejaoui, N El Hajj - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent research efforts provided compelling evidence of genome-wide DNA methylation
alterations in aging and age-related disease. It is currently well established that DNA …

From the genetic architecture to synaptic plasticity in autism spectrum disorder

T Bourgeron - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
Genetics studies of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have identified several risk genes that
are key regulators of synaptic plasticity. Indeed, many of the risk genes that have been …

[HTML][HTML] The role of DNA methylation in epigenetics of aging

A Unnikrishnan, WM Freeman, J Jackson… - Pharmacology & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent research suggests that epigenetics, especially DNA methylation, plays a mechanistic
role in aging. Epigenetic clocks, which measure changes in a few hundred specific CpG …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetics of modified DNA bases: 5-methylcytosine and beyond

S Kumar, V Chinnusamy, T Mohapatra - Frontiers in genetics, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Modification of DNA bases plays vital roles in the epigenetic control of gene expression in
both animals and plants. Though much attention is given to the conventional epigenetic …

The alternative role of DNA methylation in splicing regulation

GL Maor, A Yearim, G Ast - Trends in Genetics, 2015 - cell.com
Although DNA methylation was originally thought to only affect transcription, emerging
evidence shows that it also regulates alternative splicing. Exons, and especially splice sites …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A highly conserved program of neuronal microexons is misregulated in autistic brains

M Irimia, RJ Weatheritt, JD Ellis, NN Parikshak… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Alternative splicing (AS) generates vast transcriptomic and proteomic complexity. However,
which of the myriad of detected AS events provide important biological functions is not well …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide profiling of 5-formylcytosine reveals its roles in epigenetic priming

CX Song, KE Szulwach, Q Dai, Y Fu, SQ Mao, L Lin… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Summary TET proteins oxidize 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC),
5-formylcytosine (5fC), and 5-carboxylcytosine (5caC). 5fC and 5caC are excised by …