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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022

Epigenetic MRI: Noninvasive imaging of DNA methylation in the brain.

Fan Lam, James Chu, Ji Sun Choi, Chang Cao, T Kevin Hitchens, Scott K Silverman, Zhi-Pei Liang, Ryan N Dilger, Gene E Robinson, King C Li

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fan LamDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
James ChuBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Ji Sun ChoiBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Chang CaoBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
T Kevin HitchensDepartment of Neurobiology and Animal Imaging Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.
Scott K SilvermanDepartment of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0001-8166-3460
Zhi-Pei LiangDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Ryan N DilgerBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
Gene E RobinsonCarl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0003-4828-4068
King C LiBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.ORCID 0000-0002-6473-2687
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both neuronal and genetic mechanisms regulate brain function. While there are excellent methods to study neuronal activity in vivo, there are no nondestructive methods to measure global gene expression in living brains. Here, we present a method, epigenetic MRI (eMRI), that overcomes this limitation via direct imaging of DNA methylation, a major gene-expression regulator. eMRI exploits the methionine metabolic pathways for DNA methylation to label genomic DNA through

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DNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticAnimalsBrainCarbon-13 Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyCarbon IsotopesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMethionineReproducibility of ResultsSwineCarbon-13Carbon IsotopesMethionineDNA methylationgene expressionisotope labelingNMR spectroscopyspectroscopic imaging

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PMID35235458
PMCPMC8915962
OpenAlexW4221011921

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