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ReviewMolecular and cellular biochemistry2021

Epigenetic memory: gene writer, eraser and homocysteine.

Suresh C Tyagi, Dragana Stanisic, Mahavir Singh

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Review in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Suresh C TyagiDepartment of Physiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.
Dragana StanisicDepartment of Physiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.
Mahavir SinghDepartment of Physiology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA. mahavir.singh@louisville.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2415-3314
University of Louisville · USUniversity of Kragujevac · RS

Funding

NIH HHS AR-71789, HL139047, and DK116591.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naturally chromatin remodeling is highly organized, consisting of histone acetylation (opening/relaxation of the compact chromatin structure), DNA methylation (inhibition of the gene expression activity) and sequence rearrangement by shifting. All this is essentially required for proper "in-printing and off-printing" of genes thus ensuring the epigenetic memory process. Any imbalance in ratios of DNA methyltransferase (DNMT, gene writer), fat-mass obesity-associated protein (FTO, gene eraser) and product (function) homocysteine (Hcy) could lead to numerous diseases. Interestingly, a similar process also happens in stem cells during embryogenesis and development. Despite gigantic unsuccessful efforts undertaken thus far toward the conversion of a stem cell into a functional cardiomyocyte, there has been hardly any study that shows successful conversion of a stem cell into a multinucleated cardiomyocyte. We have shown nuclear hypertrophy during heart failure, however; the mechanism(s) of epigenetic memory, regulation of genes during fertilization, embryogenesis, development and during adulthood remain far from understanding. In addition, there may be a connection of aging, loosing of the memory leading to death, and presumably to reincarnation. This review highlights some of these pertinent issues facing the discipline of biology as a whole today.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationAcetylationAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOEpigenesis, GeneticHistone DeacetylasesHistonesHomocysteineHumansStem CellsAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOFTO protein, humanHistone DeacetylasesHistonesHomocysteine1-carbon (1-c) metabolismChromatin remodelingDevelopmentEmbryogenesisGrowth retardationHeart failureNuclear MMPRegenerative medicineStem cell

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PMID33030620
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