Mechanisms of early placental development in mouse and humans

M Hemberger, CW Hanna, W Dean - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The importance of the placenta in supporting mammalian development has long been
recognized, but our knowledge of the molecular, genetic and epigenetic requirements that …

The emerging role of epigenetic therapeutics in immuno-oncology

MJ Topper, M Vaz, KA Marrone, JR Brahmer… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
The past decade has seen the emergence of immunotherapy as a prime approach to cancer
treatment, revolutionizing the management of many types of cancer. Despite the promise of …

Endogenous retroviral signatures predict immunotherapy response in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

CC Smith, KE Beckermann, DS Bortone… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Human endogenous retroviruses (hERVs) are remnants of exogenous retroviruses that have
integrated into the genome throughout evolution. We developed a computational workflow …

DNA hypomethylation and human diseases

AS Wilson, BE Power, PL Molloy - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2007 - Elsevier
Changes in human DNA methylation patterns are an important feature of cancer
development and progression and a potential role in other conditions such as …

Endogenous retroviral promoter exaptation in human cancer

A Babaian, DL Mager - Mobile DNA, 2016 - Springer
Cancer arises from a series of genetic and epigenetic changes, which result in abnormal
expression or mutational activation of oncogenes, as well as suppression/inactivation of …

Epigenetic mechanisms in mammals

JK Kim, M Samaranayake, S Pradhan - Cellular and molecular life …, 2009 - Springer
DNA and histone methylation are linked and subjected to mitotic inheritance in mammals.
Yet how methylation is propagated and maintained between successive cell divisions is not …

Role of exosomes/microvesicles in the nervous system and use in emerging therapies

CPK Lai, XO Breakefield - Frontiers in physiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular membrane vesicles (EMVs) are nanometer sized vesicles, including exosomes
and microvesicles capable of transferring DNAs, mRNAs, microRNAs, non-coding RNAs …

Resveratrol alleviates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through epigenetic modification of the Nrf2 signaling pathway

H Hosseini, M Teimouri, M Shabani, M Koushki… - The international journal …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent findings have demonstrated the aberrant DNA methylation of the Nrf2-Keap1 genes
in human cancers; however, the epigenetic control of this pathway in non-alcoholic fatty liver …

Transposable element regulation and expression in cancer

EE Grundy, N Diab, KB Chiappinelli - The FEBS journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 45% of the human genome is composed of transposable elements (TEs).
Expression of these elements is tightly regulated during normal development. TEs may be …

Single-cell RNA-seq-based proteogenomics identifies glioblastoma-specific transposable elements encoding HLA-I-presented peptides

PE Bonté, YA Arribas, A Merlotti, M Carrascal… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
We analyze transposable elements (TEs) in glioblastoma (GBM) patients using a
proteogenomic pipeline that combines single-cell transcriptomics, bulk RNA sequencing …