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ReviewCells2019

The Bright and Dark Side of DNA Methylation: A Matter of Balance.

Marta Borchiellini, Simone Ummarino, Annalisa Di Ruscio

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In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Germ cells and the aging niche: a systems approach to reproductive longevity.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025
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  7. DNA methylation modification in Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
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  14. Epigenetics of pregnancy: looking beyond the DNA code.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marta BorchielliniDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, 28100 Novara, Italy. marta.borchiellini@uniupo.it.
Simone UmmarinoHarvard Medical School Initiative for RNA Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. summarin@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Annalisa Di RuscioDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 28100 Novara, Italy. adirusci@bidmc.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9705-4245
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · ITHarvard University · US

Funding

Determining the role of DNMT-interacting RNAs in myeloid disordersR00CA188595 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI DI RUSCIO, ANNALISA · 2017 to 2019
$747k
NCI NIH HHS R00 CA188595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA methylation controls several cellular processes, from early development to old age, including biological responses to endogenous or exogenous stimuli contributing to disease transition. As a result, minimal DNA methylation changes during developmental stages drive severe phenotypes, as observed in germ-line imprinting disorders, while genome-wide alterations occurring in somatic cells are linked to cancer onset and progression. By summarizing the molecular events governing DNA methylation, we focus on the methods that have facilitated mapping and understanding of this epigenetic mark in healthy conditions and diseases. Overall, we review the bright (health-related) and dark (disease-related) side of DNA methylation changes, outlining how bulk and single-cell genomic analyses are moving toward the identification of new molecular targets and driving the development of more specific and less toxic demethylating agents.

Indexed as

AnimalsDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsGenomeGenomic ImprintingHumansNeoplasmscancerDNA methylationDNMTsepigeneticsimprinting

Identifiers

PMID31614870
PMCPMC6830319
OpenAlexW2979843502

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