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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

DNA Methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) Shapes Neuronal Activity of Human iPSC-Derived Glutamatergic Cortical Neurons.

Sarah Bachmann, Jenice Linde, Michael Bell, Marc Spehr, Hans Zempel, Geraldine Zimmer-Bensch

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Role of DNMTs in the Brain.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah BachmannInstitute of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3636-1364
Jenice LindeFunctional Epigenetics in the Animal Model, Institute for Biology II, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7677-1480
Michael BellInstitute of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0681-901X
Marc SpehrResearch Training Group 2416 MultiSenses-MultiScales, Institute for Biology II, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6616-4196
Hans ZempelInstitute of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Geraldine Zimmer-BenschFunctional Epigenetics in the Animal Model, Institute for Biology II, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8894-8079
RWTH Aachen University · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 368482240/GRK2416Else-Kröner-Fresenius Stiftung 2019_A41Köln Fortune 475/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetic mechanisms are emerging key players for the regulation of brain function, synaptic activity, and the formation of neuronal engrams in health and disease. As one important epigenetic mechanism of transcriptional control, DNA methylation was reported to distinctively modulate synaptic activity in excitatory and inhibitory cortical neurons in mice. Since DNA methylation signatures are responsive to neuronal activity, DNA methylation seems to contribute to the neuron's capacity to adapt to and integrate changing activity patterns, being crucial for the plasticity and functionality of neuronal circuits. Since most studies addressing the role of DNA methylation in the regulation of synaptic function were conducted in mice or murine neurons, we here asked whether this functional implication applies to human neurons as well. To this end, we performed calcium imaging in human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived excitatory cortical neurons forming synaptic contacts and neuronal networks in vitro. Treatment with

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AnimalsCalcium SignalingCell DifferentiationCerebral CortexDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1GlutamatesHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMiceNeuronsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1Glutamatescalcium imagingDNMT1human iPSClayer 2/3 cortical neuronsspontaneous activitysynaptic activity

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PMID33670788
PMCPMC7922860
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