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ArticleJournal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN2019

DNA Methyltransferase 1 Controls Nephron Progenitor Cell Renewal and Differentiation.

Nicola Wanner, Julia Vornweg, Alexander Combes, Sean Wilson, Julia Plappert, Gesa Rafflenbeul, Victor G Puelles, Raza-Ur Rahman, Timur Liwinski, Saskia Lindner and 11 more

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Article in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Modeling DNA methyltransferase function to predict epigenetic correlation patterns in healthy and cancer cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  16. Sex-specific epigenetic programming in renal fibrosis and inflammation.American journal of physiology. Renal physiology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.

Nicola WannerIII. Department of Medicine, n.wanner@uke.de t.huber@uke.de.
Julia VornwegFaculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, and.
Alexander CombesAnatomy and Neuroscience.
Sean WilsonAnatomy and Neuroscience.
Julia PlappertFaculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, and.
Gesa RafflenbeulFaculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, and.
Victor G PuellesIII. Department of Medicine.
Raza-Ur RahmanInstitute of Medical Systems Biology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, and.
Timur LiwinskiInstitute of Medical Systems Biology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, and.
Saskia LindnerFaculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, and.
Florian GrahammerIII. Department of Medicine.
Oliver KretzIII. Department of Medicine.
Mary E WlodekPhysiology, and.
Tania RomanoDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.
Karen M MoritzChild Health Research Centre and School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.
Melanie BoerriesGerman Cancer Consortium, Heidelberg, Germany.
Hauke BuschInstitute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research.
Stefan BonnInstitute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research.
Melissa H LittleCell Biology Theme, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
Wibke Bechtel-WalzFaculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine IV, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, and.
Tobias B HuberIII. Department of Medicine, n.wanner@uke.de t.huber@uke.de.
University of Freiburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Freiburg · DEInstitute of Molecular Medicine · INGerman Cancer Research Center · DELa Trobe University · AUMurdoch Children's Research Institute · AUThe University of Queensland · AUUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNephron number is a major determinant of long-term renal function and cardiovascular risk. Observational studies suggest that maternal nutritional and metabolic factors during gestation contribute to the high variability of nephron endowment. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms have been unclear.

methodsWe used mouse models, including DNA methyltransferase (

resultsWe demonstrate that DNA hypomethylation is a key feature of nutritional kidney growth restriction

conclusionsThese findings establish DNA methylation as a key regulatory event of prenatal renal programming, which possibly represents a fundamental link between maternal nutritional factors during gestation and reduced nephron number.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA MethylationDNA Methyltransferase 3BGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalImmunohistochemistryKidneyMiceMice, KnockoutNephronsOrganogenesisRatsRats, WistarDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA Methyltransferase 3BDnmt1 protein, mouseDNA methylationDnmt1Dnmt3a/bepigeneticskidney developmentnephron progenitor cells

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PMID30518531
PMCPMC6317605
OpenAlexW2902974262

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