Cytosine and adenine base editing of the brain, liver, retina, heart and skeletal muscle of mice via adeno-associated viruses

JM Levy, WH Yeh, N Pendse, JR Davis… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
The success of base editors for the study and treatment of genetic diseases depends on the
ability to deliver them in vivo to the relevant cell types. Delivery via adeno-associated viruses …

Unraveling the epigenetic landscape of pulmonary arterial hypertension: implications for personalized medicine development

J Dave, V Jagana, R Janostiak, M Bisserier - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a multifactorial disease associated with the
remodeling of pulmonary blood vessels. If left unaddressed, PAH can lead to right heart …

Domain structure of the Dnmt1, Dnmt3a, and Dnmt3b DNA methyltransferases

S Tajima, I Suetake, K Takeshita, A Nakagawa… - … -Role and Function, 2022 - Springer
In mammals, three major DNA methyltransferases, Dnmt1, Dnmt3a, and Dnmt3b, have been
identified. Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are responsible for establishing DNA methylation patterns …

Structure of the Dnmt1 reader module complexed with a unique two-mono-ubiquitin mark on histone H3 reveals the basis for DNA methylation maintenance

S Ishiyama, A Nishiyama, Y Saeki, K Moritsugu… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
The proper location and timing of Dnmt1 activation are essential for DNA methylation
maintenance. We demonstrate here that Dnmt1 utilizes two-mono-ubiquitylated histone H3 …

Activation of endogenous retroviruses in Dnmt1−/− ESCs involves disruption of SETDB1-mediated repression by NP95 binding to hemimethylated DNA

J Sharif, TA Endo, M Nakayama, MM Karimi… - Cell Stem Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Repression of endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) in mammals involves several epigenetic
mechanisms. Acute loss of the maintenance methyltransferase Dnmt1 induces widespread …

Regulatory mechanism and biological function of UHRF1–DNMT1-mediated DNA methylation

Y Ren - Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2022 - Springer
The maintenance of epigenetic characteristics is essential for the normal growth and
development of organisms. The maintenance of DNA methylation is an important way to …

The growing complexity of UHRF1-mediated maintenance DNA methylation

S Xie, C Qian - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mammalian DNMT1 is mainly responsible for maintenance DNA methylation that is critical in
maintaining stem cell pluripotency and controlling lineage specification during early …

Genetics meets DNA methylation in rare diseases

G Velasco, C Francastel - Clinical genetics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Alterations in epigenetic landscapes are hallmarks of many complex human diseases, yet, it
is often challenging to assess the underlying mechanisms and causal link with clinical …

The methyltransferase domain of DNMT1 is an essential domain in acute myeloid leukemia independent of DNMT3A mutation

B Bhogal, BA Weir, R Crescenzo, A Marien… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Aberrant DNA methylation patterns are a prominent feature of cancer. Methylation of DNA is
mediated by the DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) protein family, which regulates de novo …

DNMT1 regulates the timing of DNA methylation by DNMT3 in an enzymatic activity-dependent manner in mouse embryonic stem cells

T Ito, M Kubiura-Ichimaru, Y Murakami, AB Bogutz… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
DNA methylation (DNAme; 5-methylcytosine, 5mC) plays an essential role in mammalian
development, and the 5mC profile is regulated by a balance of opposing enzymatic …