Effect of aberrant DNA methylation on cancer stem cell properties

Z Mazloumi, R Farahzadi, A Rafat, KD Asl… - Experimental and …, 2022 - Elsevier
DNA methylation, as an epigenetic mechanism, occurs by adding a methyl group of
cytosines in position 5 by DNA methyltransferases and has essential roles in cellular …

Clonal selection parallels between normal and cancer tissues

A Salavaty, E Azadian, SH Naik, PD Currie - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Clonal selection and drift drive both normal tissue and cancer development. However, the
biological mechanisms and environmental conditions underpinning these processes remain …

Down syndrome altered cell composition in blood, brain, and buccal swab samples profiled by DNA-methylation-based cell-type deconvolution

Z Zhang, HG Stolrow, BC Christensen, LA Salas - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21 that
presents developmental dysfunction and intellectual disability. To better understand the …

Integrative Pan-Cancer Analysis Reveals Decreased Melatonergic Gene Expression in Carcinogenesis and RORA as a Prognostic Marker for Hepatocellular …

Y Zou, H Sun, Y Guo, Y Shi, Z Jiang, J Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Melatonin has been shown to play a protective role in the development and
progression of cancer. However, the relationship between alterations in the melatonergic …

Biophysical modeling of the ionizing radiation influence on cells using the stochastic (Monte Carlo) and deterministic (analytical) approaches

KW Fornalski, Ł Adamowski, E Bugała… - Dose …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This review article describes our simplified biophysical model for the response of a group of
cells to ionizing radiation. The model, which is a product of 10 years of studies, acts as (a) a …

[PDF][PDF] Biophysical Modeling of the Ionizing Radiation Influence on Cells Using the Stochastic (Monte Carlo) and Deterministic (Analytical) Approaches

M Kirejczyk, J Kopycinski, J Krasowska, P Kukulski… - 2022 - academia.edu
This review article describes our simplified biophysical model for the response of a group of
cells to ionizing radiation. The model, which is a product of 10 years of studies, acts as (a) a …

Identification of a foetal epigenetic compartment in adult human kidney

JK Wiencke, Z Zhang, DC Koestler, LA Salas… - Epigenetics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The mammalian kidney has extensive repair capacity; however, identifying adult renal stem
cells has proven elusive. We applied an epigenetic marker of foetal cell origin (FCO) in …

Identification of a foetal epigenetic compartment in adult human kidney

JK Wiencke, Z Zhang, DC Koestler, LA Salas… - Epigenetics, 2022 - escholarship.org
The mammalian kidney has extensive repair capacity; however, identifying adult renal stem
cells has proven elusive. We applied an epigenetic marker of foetal cell origin (FCO) in …