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 …

Inflammation, epigenetics, and metabolism converge to cell senescence and ageing: the regulation and intervention

X Zhu, Z Chen, W Shen, G Huang, JM Sedivy… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Remarkable progress in ageing research has been achieved over the past decades.
General perceptions and experimental evidence pinpoint that the decline of physical …

Epigenetic silencing by SETDB1 suppresses tumour intrinsic immunogenicity

GK Griffin, J Wu, A Iracheta-Vellve, JC Patti, J Hsu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Epigenetic dysregulation is a defining feature of tumorigenesis that is implicated in immune
escape,. Here, to identify factors that modulate the immune sensitivity of cancer cells, we …

The roles of DNA, RNA and histone methylation in ageing and cancer

EM Michalak, ML Burr, AJ Bannister… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2019 - nature.com
Chromatin is a macromolecular complex predominantly comprising DNA, histone proteins
and RNA. The methylation of chromatin components is highly conserved as it helps …

ADP‐ribosyltransferases, an update on function and nomenclature

B Lüscher, I Ahel, M Altmeyer, A Ashworth… - The FEBS …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
ADP‐ribosylation, a modification of proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites, confers broad
functions, including roles in stress responses elicited, for example, by DNA damage and …

Ten principles of heterochromatin formation and function

RC Allshire, HD Madhani - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2018 - nature.com
Heterochromatin is a key architectural feature of eukaryotic chromosomes, which endows
particular genomic domains with specific functional properties. The capacity of …

Genome surveillance by HUSH-mediated silencing of intronless mobile elements

M Seczynska, S Bloor, SM Cuesta, PJ Lehner - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All life forms defend their genome against DNA invasion. Eukaryotic cells recognize
incoming DNA and limit its transcription through repressive chromatin modifications. The …

The sound of silence: Transgene silencing in mammalian cell engineering

A Cabrera, HI Edelstein, F Glykofrydis, KS Love… - Cell Systems, 2022 - cell.com
To elucidate principles operating in native biological systems and to develop novel
biotechnologies, synthetic biology aims to build and integrate synthetic gene circuits within …

Taming transposable elements in vertebrates: from epigenetic silencing to domestication

MV Almeida, G Vernaz, ALK Putman, EA Miska - Trends in Genetics, 2022 - cell.com
Transposable element (TE)-derived sequences are ubiquitous in most eukaryotic genomes
known to date. Because their expression and mobility can lead to genomic instability …

Genome-wide inactivation of porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs)

L Yang, M Güell, D Niu, H George, E Lesha, D Grishin… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The shortage of organs for transplantation is a major barrier to the treatment of organ failure.
Although porcine organs are considered promising, their use has been checked by …