Gene regulation in time and space during X-chromosome inactivation

A Loda, S Collombet, E Heard - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the epigenetic mechanism that ensures X-linked dosage
compensation between cells of females (XX karyotype) and males (XY). XCI is essential for …

Cross-talk of four types of RNA modification writers defines tumor microenvironment and pharmacogenomic landscape in colorectal cancer

H Chen, J Yao, R Bao, Y Dong, T Zhang, Y Du… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background The four major RNA adenosine modifications, ie, m 6 A, m 1 A, alternative
polyadenylation, and adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing, are mediated mostly by the “writer” …

Genetic and epigenetic targets of natural dietary compounds as anti-Alzheimer's agents

WO Castillo-Ordoñez, N Cajas-Salazar… - Neural regeneration …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common
cause of dementia that principally affects older adults. Pathogenic factors, such as oxidative …

DNA 5-methylcytosine detection and methylation phasing using PacBio circular consensus sequencing

P Ni, F Nie, Z Zhong, J Xu, N Huang, J Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Long single-molecular sequencing technologies, such as PacBio circular consensus
sequencing (CCS) and nanopore sequencing, are advantageous in detecting DNA 5 …

DNA methylation is required to maintain both DNA replication timing precision and 3D genome organization integrity

Q Du, GC Smith, PL Luu, JM Ferguson, NJ Armstrong… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
DNA replication timing and three-dimensional (3D) genome organization are associated
with distinct epigenome patterns across large domains. However, whether alterations in the …

Megabase-scale methylation phasing using nanopore long reads and NanoMethPhase

V Akbari, JM Garant, K O'Neill, P Pandoh, R Moore… - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
The ability of nanopore sequencing to simultaneously detect modified nucleotides while
producing long reads makes it ideal for detecting and phasing allele-specific methylation …

Genome-wide detection of imprinted differentially methylated regions using nanopore sequencing

V Akbari, JM Garant, K O'Neill, P Pandoh, R Moore… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Imprinting is a critical part of normal embryonic development in mammals, controlled by
defined parent-of-origin (PofO) differentially methylated regions (DMRs) known as imprinting …

Monoallelic expression can govern penetrance of inborn errors of immunity

OJ Stewart, C Gruber, HE Randolph, R Patel, M Ramba… - Nature, 2025 - nature.com
Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) are genetic disorders that underlie susceptibility to infection,
autoimmunity, autoinflammation, allergy and/or malignancy. Incomplete penetrance is …

Association between MGMT Enhancer Methylation and MGMT Promoter Methylation, MGMT Protein Expression, and Overall Survival in Glioblastoma

K Zappe, K Pühringer, S Pflug, D Berger, A Böhm… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The repair protein O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is regulated
epigenetically, mainly by the methylation of the MGMT promoter. MGMT promoter …

Modeling cross‐talk of RNA modification enzymes reveals tumor microenvironment‐associated clinical significance and immunotherapy prediction in hepatobiliary …

F Qi, J Li, Z Qi, B Zhou, B Yang, J Zhang, W Qin - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
RNA modification includes four main types, N6‐methyladenosine, N1‐methyladenosine,
alternative polyadenylation (APA), and adenosine‐to‐inosine (A‐to‐I) RNA editing, involving …