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ArticleCell2015

Tracing dynamic changes of DNA methylation at single-cell resolution.

Yonatan Stelzer, Chikdu Shakti Shivalila, Frank Soldner, Styliani Markoulaki, Rudolf Jaenisch

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Article in Cell, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Blood DNA methylation as a potential biomarker of dementia: A systematic review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yonatan StelzerWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Chikdu Shakti ShivalilaWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Frank SoldnerWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Styliani MarkoulakiWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Rudolf JaenischWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: jaenisch@wi.mit.edu.

Funding

In Vitro Reprogramming of Somatic Cells into Pluripotent ES-like CellsR37HD045022 · NICHD · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI JAENISCH, RUDOLF · 2009 to 2017
$7.5M
Nuclear Cloning and the Reprogramming of the GenomeR01HD045022 · NICHD · WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI JAENISCH, RUDOLF · 2003 to 2008
$4.7M
NICHD NIH HHS HD 045022NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD045022NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD045022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian DNA methylation plays an essential role in development. To date, only snapshots of different mouse and human cell types have been generated, providing a static view on DNA methylation. To enable monitoring of methylation status as it changes over time, we establish a reporter of genomic methylation (RGM) that relies on a minimal imprinted gene promoter driving a fluorescent protein. We show that insertion of RGM proximal to promoter-associated CpG islands reports the gain or loss of DNA methylation. We further utilized RGM to report endogenous methylation dynamics of non-coding regulatory elements, such as the pluripotency-specific super enhancers of Sox2 and miR290. Loci-specific DNA methylation changes and their correlation with transcription were visualized during cell-state transition following differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells and during reprogramming of somatic cells to pluripotency. RGM will allow the investigation of dynamic methylation changes during development and disease at single-cell resolution.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsCpG IslandsDNA Modification MethylasesEmbryonic Stem CellsEnhancer Elements, GeneticHumansMiceMicroRNAsPromoter Regions, GeneticSOXB1 Transcription FactorsDNA Modification MethylasesMicroRNAsMIRN290 microRNA, mouseSox2 protein, mouseSOXB1 Transcription Factors

Identifiers

PMID26406378
PMCPMC4583717

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