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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2024

Epigenetics.

Rajan Jain, Jonathan A Epstein

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Rajan JainDepartments of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Epigenetics Institute and the Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. jainr@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
Jonathan A EpsteinDepartments of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Epigenetics Institute and the Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. epsteinj@upenn.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes to the genome and gene expression patterns that are not caused by direct changes to the DNA sequence. Examples of these changes include posttranslational modifications to DNA-bound histone proteins, DNA methylation, and remodeling of nuclear architecture. Collectively, epigenetic changes provide a layer of regulation that affects transcriptional activity of genes while leaving DNA sequences unaltered. Sequence variants or mutations affecting enzymes responsible for modifying or sensing epigenetic marks have been identified in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), and small-molecule inhibitors of epigenetic complexes have shown promise as therapies for adult heart diseases. Additionally, transgenic mice harboring mutations or deletions of genes encoding epigenetic enzymes recapitulate aspects of human cardiac disease. Taken together, these findings suggest that the evolving field of epigenetics will inform our understanding of congenital and adult cardiac disease and offer new therapeutic opportunities.

Indexed as

DNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticAnimalsHeart Defects, CongenitalHeart DiseasesHistonesHumansMiceMutationProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalHistonesAcetylationBAFBaf45cBETBrg1Brg1-associated factorCHD7ChromatinChromatin organizationChromatin remodeler complexCohesinDNA methylationEmbryonic stem cellEpigenetic marksEpigeneticsEuchromaticHATHDACHDAC1HDAC2HDAC3HDAC5HDAC7HDAC9HistoneHistone acetyltransferaseHistone deacetylaseHistone methylationHistone methyltransferaseHistone modificationIno80JumonjiKabuki syndromeLaminsMECP2MethylationMLL2Nuclear laminaNucleoporinNucleosomeSirtuinsSmydSWI/SNF complexWolf–Hirschhorn syndrome

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