Epigenetic mechanisms in memory and cognitive decline associated with aging and Alzheimer's disease

S Maity, K Farrell, S Navabpour, SN Narayanan… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic mechanisms, which include DNA methylation, a variety of post-translational
modifications of histone proteins (acetylation, phosphorylation, methylation, ubiquitination …

Methylation multiplicity and its clinical values in cancer

X Dai, T Ren, Y Zhang, N Nan - Expert reviews in molecular …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Methylation at DNA, RNA and protein levels plays critical roles in many cellular processes
and is associated with diverse differentiation events, physiological activities and human …

Histone H3 proline 16 hydroxylation regulates mammalian gene expression

X Liu, J Wang, JA Boyer, W Gong, S Zhao, L Xie… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) are important for regulating various DNA-
templated processes. Here, we report the existence of a histone PTM in mammalian cells …

Interrogating epigenetic mechanisms with chemically customized chromatin

N Hananya, S Koren, TW Muir - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Genetic and genomic techniques have proven incredibly powerful for identifying and
studying molecular players implicated in the epigenetic regulation of DNA-templated …

Superfast desulfurization for protein chemical synthesis and modification

Z Sun, W Ma, Y Cao, T Wei, X Mo, HY Chow, Y Tan… - Chem, 2022 - cell.com
Highly effective yet chemoselective chemical transformation strategies enable the facile
access and precise modification of complicated biomacromolecules. In particular, the …

Nerves in gastrointestinal cancer: from mechanism to modulations

N Vaes, M Idris, W Boesmans, MM Alves… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Maintenance of gastrointestinal health is challenging as it requires balancing multifaceted
processes within the highly complex and dynamic ecosystem of the gastrointestinal tract …

Bioorthogonal labeling and enrichment of histone monoaminylation reveal its accumulation and regulatory function in cancer cell chromatin

N Zhang, J Wu, F Hossain, H Peng, H Li… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Histone monoaminylation (ie., serotonylation and dopaminylation) is an emerging category
of epigenetic mark occurring on the fifth glutamine (Q5) residue of H3 N-terminal tail, which …

TGM2-mediated histone transglutamination is dictated by steric accessibility

BJ Lukasak, MM Mitchener, L Kong… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Recent studies have identified serotonylation of glutamine-5 on histone H3 (H3Q5ser) as a
novel posttranslational modification (PTM) associated with active transcription. While …

Histone H3 dopaminylation in ventral tegmental area underlies heroin-induced transcriptional and behavioral plasticity in male rats

SL Fulton, S Mitra, AE Lepack, JA Martin… - …, 2022 - nature.com
Persistent transcriptional events in ventral tegmental area (VTA) and other reward relevant
brain regions contribute to enduring behavioral adaptations that characterize substance use …

Targeting epigenetics as a promising therapeutic strategy for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

L Zhang, Y Liu, Y Lu, G Wang - Biochemical pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, epigenetics is of great research value as a new gateway that can solve the
sophisticated mysteries behind neurodegenerative diseases. Epigenetic mechanisms …