Measuring and interpreting transposable element expression

S Lanciano, G Cristofari - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are insertional mutagens that contribute greatly to the
plasticity of eukaryotic genomes, influencing the evolution and adaptation of species as well …

ADAR1 masks the cancer immunotherapeutic promise of ZBP1-driven necroptosis

T Zhang, C Yin, A Fedorov, L Qiao, H Bao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Only a small proportion of patients with cancer show lasting responses to immune
checkpoint blockade (ICB)-based monotherapies. The RNA-editing enzyme ADAR1 is an …

Transposable elements as new players in neurodegenerative diseases

C Ravel‐Godreuil, R Znaidi, T Bonnifet, RL Joshi… - FEBS …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), including the most prevalent Alzheimer's disease and
Parkinson disease, share common pathological features. Despite decades of gene‐centric …

Genome surveillance by HUSH-mediated silencing of intronless mobile elements

M Seczynska, S Bloor, SM Cuesta, PJ Lehner - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
All life forms defend their genome against DNA invasion. Eukaryotic cells recognize
incoming DNA and limit its transcription through repressive chromatin modifications. The …

Evolution of the ancestral mammalian karyotype and syntenic regions

J Damas, M Corbo, J Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Decrypting the rearrangements that drive mammalian chromosome evolution is critical to
understanding the molecular bases of speciation, adaptation, and disease susceptibility …

Endogenous retroviruses promote homeostatic and inflammatory responses to the microbiota

DS Lima-Junior, SR Krishnamurthy, N Bouladoux… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The microbiota plays a fundamental role in regulating host immunity. However, the
processes involved in the initiation and regulation of immunity to the microbiota remain …

Dynamic reprogramming of H3K9me3 at hominoid-specific retrotransposons during human preimplantation development

H Yu, M Chen, Y Hu, S Ou, X Yu, S Liang, N Li, M Yang… - Cell stem cell, 2022 - cell.com
Reprogramming of H3K9me3-dependent heterochromatin is required for early development.
How H3K9me3 is involved in early human development remains, however, largely unclear …

Asymmetric distribution of parental H3K9me3 in S phase silences L1 elements

Z Li, S Duan, X Hua, X Xu, Y Li, D Menolfi, H Zhou… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, repetitive DNA sequences are transcriptionally silenced through histone H3
lysine 9 trimethylation (H3K9me3). Loss of silencing of the repeat elements leads to genome …

Locus-resolution analysis of L1 regulation and retrotransposition potential in mouse embryonic development

P Gerdes, D Chan, M Lundberg… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
Mice harbor∼ 2800 intact copies of the retrotransposon Long Interspersed Element 1 (L1).
The in vivo retrotransposition capacity of an L1 copy is defined by both its sequence integrity …

RNA m6A modification orchestrates a LINE-1–host interaction that facilitates retrotransposition and contributes to long gene vulnerability

F Xiong, R Wang, JH Lee, S Li, SF Chen, Z Liao… - Cell Research, 2021 - nature.com
The molecular basis underlying the interaction between retrotransposable elements (RTEs)
and the human genome remains poorly understood. Here, we profiled N 6-methyladenosine …