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ReviewTranslational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine2019

DNA methylation as a transcriptional regulator of the immune system.

Luisa Morales-Nebreda, Fred S McLafferty, Benjamin D Singer

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Review in Translational research : the journal of laboratory and clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Luisa Morales-NebredaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: luisamorales@northwestern.edu.
Fred S McLaffertyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: fred.mclafferty@northwestern.edu.
Benjamin D SingerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Simpson Querrey Center for Epigenetics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: benjamin-singer@northwestern.edu.

Funding

Technology CoreU19AI135964 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI RICHARD G WUNDERINK · 2018 to 2026
$24.7M
Regulatory T cell Uhrf1 and DNA methylation in repair of acute lung injuryK08HL128867 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SINGER, BENJAMIN DAVID · 2015 to 2019
$779k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL128867NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI135964
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA methylation is a dynamic epigenetic modification with a prominent role in determining mammalian cell development, lineage identity, and transcriptional regulation. Primarily linked to gene silencing, novel technologies have expanded the ability to measure DNA methylation on a genome-wide scale and uncover context-dependent regulatory roles. The immune system is a prototypic model for studying how DNA methylation patterning modulates cell type- and stimulus-specific transcriptional programs. Preservation of host defense and organ homeostasis depends on fine-tuned epigenetic mechanisms controlling myeloid and lymphoid cell differentiation and function, which shape innate and adaptive immune responses. Dysregulation of these processes can lead to human immune system pathology as seen in blood malignancies, infections, and autoimmune diseases. Identification of distinct epigenotypes linked to pathogenesis carries the potential to validate therapeutic targets in disease prevention and management.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationGene Expression RegulationAutoimmune DiseasesCell DifferentiationCell LineageDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1Host-Pathogen InteractionsHumansImmune SystemT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryTranscription, GeneticDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNMT1 protein, human

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PMID30170004
PMCPMC6331288

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