Gene regulation in time and space during X-chromosome inactivation

A Loda, S Collombet, E Heard - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the epigenetic mechanism that ensures X-linked dosage
compensation between cells of females (XX karyotype) and males (XY). XCI is essential for …

The diverse roles of DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

MVC Greenberg, D Bourc'his - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
DNA methylation is of paramount importance for mammalian embryonic development. DNA
methylation has numerous functions: it is implicated in the repression of transposons and …

The role of 3D genome organization in development and cell differentiation

H Zheng, W Xie - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, the genome does not exist as a linear molecule but instead is hierarchically
packaged inside the nucleus. This complex genome organization includes multiscale …

Xist RNA in action: Past, present, and future

A Loda, E Heard - PLoS genetics, 2019 - journals.plos.org
In mammals, dosage compensation of sex chromosomal genes between females (XX) and
males (XY) is achieved through X-chromosome inactivation (XCI). The X-linked X-inactive …

[HTML][HTML] Progress toward understanding chromosome silencing by Xist RNA

N Brockdorff, JS Bowness, G Wei - Genes & development, 2020 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The X inactive-specific transcript (Xist) gene is the master regulator of X chromosome
inactivation in mammals. Xist produces a long noncoding (lnc) RNA that accumulates over …

[HTML][HTML] X inactivation and escape: epigenetic and structural features

H Fang, CM Disteche, JB Berletch - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
X inactivation represents a complex multi-layer epigenetic mechanism that profoundly
modifies chromatin composition and structure of one X chromosome in females. The …

[PDF][PDF] SFTSV infection induces BAK/BAX-dependent mitochondrial DNA release to trigger NLRP3 inflammasome activation

S Li, H Li, YL Zhang, QL Xin, ZQ Guan, X Chen… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus (SFTSV) is an emerging tick-
borne virus that carries a high fatality rate of 12%–50%. In-depth understanding of the …

Epigenetic-sensitive pathways in personalized therapy of major cardiovascular diseases

C Schiano, G Benincasa, M Franzese… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The complex pathobiology underlying cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) has yet to be
explained. Aberrant epigenetic changes may result from alterations in enzymatic activities …

XIST loss impairs mammary stem cell differentiation and increases tumorigenicity through Mediator hyperactivation

L Richart, ML Picod-Chedotel, M Wassef, M Macario… - Cell, 2022 - Elsevier
X inactivation (XCI) is triggered by upregulation of XIST, which coats the chromosome in cis,
promoting formation of a heterochromatic domain (Xi). XIST role beyond initiation of XCI is …

Systematic allelic analysis defines the interplay of key pathways in X chromosome inactivation

TB Nesterova, G Wei, H Coker, G Pintacuda… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Xist RNA, the master regulator of X chromosome inactivation, acts in cis to induce
chromosome-wide silencing. Whilst recent studies have defined candidate silencing factors …