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 …

New perspectives on the importance of cell-free DNA biology

AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer, A Oberhofer, S Gabriel… - Diagnostics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Body fluids are constantly replenished with a population of genetically diverse cell-free DNA
(cfDNA) fragments, representing a vast reservoir of information reflecting real-time changes …

A practical guide to the measurement and analysis of DNA methylation

BD Singer - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
DNA methylation represents a fundamental epigenetic mark that is associated with
transcriptional repression during development, maintenance of homeostasis, and disease …

An ecologist's guide for studying DNA methylation variation in wild vertebrates

VN Laine, B Sepers, M Lindner… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The field of molecular biology is advancing fast with new powerful technologies, sequencing
methods and analysis software being developed constantly. Commonly used tools originally …

Preanalytical variables that affect the outcome of cell-free DNA measurements

V Ungerer, AJ Bronkhorst… - Critical Reviews in Clinical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fragments of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in human body fluids often carry disease-specific
alterations and are now widely recognized as ideal biomarkers for the detection and …

Early detection of cancer using circulating tumor DNA: biological, physiological and analytical considerations

AJ Bronkhorst, V Ungerer… - Critical reviews in clinical …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Early diagnosis of cancer improves the efficacy of curative therapies. However, due to the
difficulties involved in distinguishing between small early-stage tumors and normal …

5mC DNA methylation modification-mediated regulation in tissue functional differentiation and important flavor substance synthesis of tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.)

W Kong, Q Zhu, Q Zhang, Y Zhu, J Yang… - Horticulture …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In plants, 5mC DNA methylation is an important and conserved epistatic mark involving
genomic stability, gene transcriptional regulation, developmental regulation, abiotic stress …

MethylScore, a pipeline for accurate and context-aware identification of differentially methylated regions from population-scale plant whole-genome bisulfite …

P Hüther, J Hagmann, A Nunn, I Kakoulidou… - Quantitative Plant …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) is the standard method for profiling DNA
methylation at single-nucleotide resolution. Different tools have been developed to extract …

MethylC-analyzer: a comprehensive downstream pipeline for the analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation

RJH Lu, PY Lin, MR Yen, BH Wu, PY Chen - Botanical studies, 2023 - Springer
DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic modification involved in multiple biological
processes and diseases. Current approaches for measuring genome-wide DNA methylation …

Population epigenomics: advancing understanding of phenotypic plasticity, acclimation, adaptation and diseases

ERV Moler, A Abakir, M Eleftheriou, JS Johnson… - Population genomics …, 2019 - Springer
Advances in chromatin state mapping, high-throughput DNA sequencing, and bioinformatics
have revolutionized the study and interpretability of epigenomic variation. The increasing …