Cardiomyocyte maturation: new phase in development

Y Guo, WT Pu - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Maturation is the last phase of heart development that prepares the organ for strong,
efficient, and persistent pumping throughout the mammal's lifespan. This process is …

Roles and regulation of histone methylation in animal development

A Jambhekar, A Dhall, Y Shi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Histone methylation can occur at various sites in histone proteins, primarily on lysine and
arginine residues, and it can be governed by multiple positive and negative regulators, even …

Direct promoter repression by BCL11A controls the fetal to adult hemoglobin switch

N Liu, VV Hargreaves, Q Zhu, JV Kurland, J Hong… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Fetal hemoglobin (HbF, α 2 γ 2) level is genetically controlled and modifies severity of adult
hemoglobin (HbA, α 2 β 2) disorders, sickle cell disease, and β-thalassemia. Common …

Profiling chromatin states using single-cell itChIP-seq

S Ai, H Xiong, CC Li, Y Luo, Q Shi, Y Liu, X Yu, C Li… - Nature Cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Single-cell measurement of chromatin states, including histone modifications and non-
histone protein binding, remains challenging. Here, we present a low-cost, efficient …

Genome-wide analyses reveal a role of Polycomb in promoting hypomethylation of DNA methylation valleys

Y Li, H Zheng, Q Wang, C Zhou, L Wei, X Liu, W Zhang… - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Background Previous studies showed that the majority of developmental genes are devoid
of DNA methylation at promoters even when they are repressed. Such hypomethylated …

Nuclear peripheral chromatin-lamin B1 interaction is required for global integrity of chromatin architecture and dynamics in human cells

L Chang, M Li, S Shao, C Li, S Ai, B Xue, Y Hou… - Protein & …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The eukaryotic genome is folded into higher-order conformation accompanied with
constrained dynamics for coordinated genome functions. However, the molecular machinery …

Histone deacetylases in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases

RA Bagchi, KL Weeks - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) regulate gene transcription by catalyzing the removal of
acetyl groups from key lysine residues in nucleosomal histones and via the recruitment of …

Downregulation of MEG3 and upregulation of EZH2 cooperatively promote neuroblastoma progression

M Ye, R Gao, S Chen, M Wei, J Wang… - Journal of cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Neuroblastoma (NB), an embryonic tumour originating from sympathetic crest cells, is the
most common extracranial solid tumour type in children with poor overall prognosis …

PRC2‐complex related dysfunction in overgrowth syndromes: A review of EZH2, EED, and SUZ12 and their syndromic phenotypes

S Cyrus, D Burkardt, DD Weaver… - American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The EZH2, EED, and SUZ12 genes encode proteins that comprise core
components of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), an epigenetic “writer” with …

Multimodal regulation of cardiac myocyte proliferation

X Yuan, T Braun - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Efficient cardiac regeneration is closely associated with the ability of cardiac myocytes to
proliferate. Fetal or neonatal mouse hearts containing proliferating cardiac myocytes …