Genetic contributions to autism spectrum disorder

A Havdahl, M Niarchou, A Starnawska… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Autism spectrum disorder (autism) is a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental
conditions characterized by early childhood-onset impairments in communication and social …

The role of DNA methylation in cancer

R Lakshminarasimhan, G Liang - DNA Methyltransferases-Role and …, 2016 - Springer
The malignant transformation of normal cells is driven by both genetic and epigenetic
changes. With the advent of next-generation sequencing and large-scale multinational …

[HTML][HTML] Consistent inverse correlation between DNA methylation of the first intron and gene expression across tissues and species

D Anastasiadi, A Esteve-Codina, F Piferrer - Epigenetics & chromatin, 2018 - Springer
Background DNA methylation is one of the main epigenetic mechanisms for the regulation of
gene expression in eukaryotes. In the standard model, methylation in gene promoters has …

A comprehensive epigenome atlas reveals DNA methylation regulating skeletal muscle development

Y Yang, X Fan, J Yan, M Chen, M Zhu… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is important for the epigenetic regulation of gene expression and plays a
critical role in mammalian development. However, the dynamic regulation of genome-wide …

Landscape of DNA methylation on the X chromosome reflects CpG density, functional chromatin state and X-chromosome inactivation

AM Cotton, EM Price, MJ Jones… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) achieves dosage compensation between males and
females through the silencing of the majority of genes on one of the female X chromosomes …

Reprogrammable CRISPR/Cas9-based system for inducing site-specific DNA methylation

JI McDonald, H Celik, LE Rois, G Fishberger… - Biology …, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Advances in sequencing technology allow researchers to map genome-wide changes in
DNA methylation in development and disease. However, there is a lack of experimental …

Prenatal maternal stress predicts methylation of genes regulating the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical system in mothers and newborns in the Democratic …

DA Kertes, HS Kamin, DA Hughes… - Child …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Exposure to stress early in life permanently shapes activity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–
adrenocortical (HPA) axis and the brain. Prenatally, glucocorticoids pass through the …

[HTML][HTML] DNA methylation markers for kidney function and progression of diabetic kidney disease

KY Li, CHT Tam, H Liu, S Day, CKP Lim, WY So… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Epigenetic markers are potential biomarkers for diabetes and related complications. Using a
prospective cohort from the Hong Kong Diabetes Register, we perform two independent …

Detection and accurate false discovery rate control of differentially methylated regions from whole genome bisulfite sequencing

K Korthauer, S Chakraborty, Y Benjamini… - Biostatistics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
With recent advances in sequencing technology, it is now feasible to measure DNA
methylation at tens of millions of sites across the entire genome. In most applications …

The epigenetic landscape of transgenerational acclimation to ocean warming

T Ryu, HD Veilleux, JM Donelson, PL Munday… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Epigenetic inheritance is a potential mechanism by which the environment in one
generation can influence the performance of future generations. Rapid climate change …