Making sense of the ageing methylome

K Seale, S Horvath, A Teschendorff, N Eynon… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Over time, the human DNA methylation landscape accrues substantial damage, which has
been associated with a broad range of age-related diseases, including cardiovascular …

[HTML][HTML] An epigenetic role of mitochondria in cancer

Y Liu, C Chen, X Wang, Y Sun, J Zhang, J Chen, Y Shi - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are not only the main energy supplier but are also the cell metabolic center
regulating multiple key metaborates that play pivotal roles in epigenetics regulation. These …

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 …

Integrative analysis of multi-omics data for discovery and functional studies of complex human diseases

YV Sun, YJ Hu - Advances in genetics, 2016 - Elsevier
Complex and dynamic networks of molecules are involved in human diseases. High-
throughput technologies enable omics studies interrogating thousands to millions of makers …

TETonic shift: biological roles of TET proteins in DNA demethylation and transcription

WA Pastor, L Aravind, A Rao - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
In many organisms, the methylation of cytosine in DNA has a key role in silencing'parasitic'
DNA elements, regulating transcription and establishing cellular identity. The recent …

[HTML][HTML] MeCP2 binds to 5hmC enriched within active genes and accessible chromatin in the nervous system

M Mellén, P Ayata, S Dewell, S Kriaucionis, N Heintz - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
The high level of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) present in neuronal genomes suggests
that mechanisms interpreting 5hmC in the CNS may differ from those present in embryonic …

[HTML][HTML] Base-resolution analysis of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in the mammalian genome

M Yu, GC Hon, KE Szulwach, CX Song, L Zhang, A Kim… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Summary The study of 5-hydroxylmethylcytosines (5hmC) has been hampered by the lack of
a method to map it at single-base resolution on a genome-wide scale. Affinity purification …

The role of Tet3 DNA dioxygenase in epigenetic reprogramming by oocytes

TP Gu, F Guo, H Yang, HP Wu, GF Xu, W Liu, ZG Xie… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Sperm and eggs carry distinctive epigenetic modifications that are adjusted by
reprogramming after fertilization. The paternal genome in a zygote undergoes active DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroxylation of 5-methylcytosine by TET1 promotes active DNA demethylation in the adult brain

JU Guo, Y Su, C Zhong, G Ming, H Song - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
Cytosine methylation is the major covalent modification of mammalian genomic DNA and
plays important roles in transcriptional regulation. The molecular mechanism underlying the …

Cancer as a dysregulated epigenome allowing cellular growth advantage at the expense of the host

W Timp, AP Feinberg - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Although at the genetic level cancer is caused by diverse mutations, epigenetic
modifications are characteristic of all cancers, from apparently normal precursor tissue to …