ReviewEpigenetics & chromatin2017
DNA methylation and DNA methyltransferases.
Review in Epigenetics & chromatin, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 240 papers.
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240 citing papers in PubMed, 482 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genome-wide methylation profiling of early colorectal cancer using an Illumina Infinium Methylation EPIC BeadChip.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2022Trial
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- The Impact of Nutrition on DNA Methylation: Methodological Challenges in Understanding Cause and Effect.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Allele-specific methylation ofScience advances · 2026Article
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- Epigenetic Therapies for Inflammatory and Immune-Mediated Skin Diseases.Biomedicines · 2026Review
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- DNA methylation landscapes in human cells and their chromatin determinants.Ageing and cancer research & treatment · 2026Article
- Epigenetic intelligence: how organisms track their environment through molecular memory.Environmental epigenetics · 2026Article
- Autophagy as an adaptive resistance mechanism to epigenetic therapy in cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Epigenetic regulation of brain development, plasticity, and response to early-life stress.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- Plant-Derived Antioxidants as Modulators of Redox Signaling and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Cancer.Cells · 2025Review
- Reprogramming of H3K36me2 guides lineage-specific post-implantation de novo DNA methylation.Nature cell biology · 2025Article
- Base-resolution profiling of 5-glyceryl-methylcytosine in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii via deaminase-assisted sequencing.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- The Gut Microbiome and Epigenomic Reprogramming: Mechanisms, Interactions, and Implications for Human Health and Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation dynamics in the aging brain and its impact on ischemic stroke.Neurochemistry international · 2025Review
- MiRNA-29b accelerates the PDGF in exosomes and stimulates hepatic stellate cells to promote liver fibrosis in biliary atresia.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
- DNA methylation mechanisms in the maturing and ageing oocyte.Epigenetics & chromatin · 2025Review
- E2F2(E2F transcription factor 2) as a potential therapeutic target in meibomian gland carcinoma: evidence from functional and epigenetic studies.BMC cancer · 2025Article
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Abstract
The prevailing views as to the form, function, and regulation of genomic methylation patterns have their origin many years in the past, at a time when the structure of the mammalian genome was only dimly perceived, when the number of protein-encoding mammalian genes was believed to be at least five times greater than the actual number, and when it was not understood that only ~10% of the genome is under selective pressure and likely to have biological function. We use more recent findings from genome biology and whole-genome methylation profiling to provide a reappraisal of the shape of genomic methylation patterns and the nature of the changes that they undergo during gametogenesis and early development. We observe that the sequences that undergo deep changes in methylation status during early development are largely sequences without regulatory function. We also discuss recent findings that begin to explain the remarkable fidelity of maintenance methylation. Rather than a general overview of DNA methylation in mammals (which has been the subject of many reviews), we present a new analysis of the distribution of methylated CpG dinucleotides across the multiple sequence compartments that make up the mammalian genome, and we offer an updated interpretation of the nature of the changes in methylation patterns that occur in germ cells and early embryos. We discuss the cues that might designate specific sequences for demethylation or de novo methylation during development, and we summarize recent findings on mechanisms that maintain methylation patterns in mammalian genomes. We also describe the several human disorders, each very different from the other, that are caused by mutations in DNA methyltransferase genes.
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