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ArticleEMBO reports2025

The DNA demethylase TET1 modifies the impact of maternal folic acid status on embryonic brain development.

Lehua Chen, Bernard K van der Veer, Qiuying Chen, Spyridon Champeris Tsaniras, Wannes Brangers, Harm H M Kwak, Rita Khoueiry, Yunping Lei, Robert Cabrera, Steven S Gross and 2 more

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Article in EMBO reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Lehua Chen *Department of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.ORCID 0009-0005-2722-0745
Bernard K van der Veer *Department of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2576-7529
Qiuying ChenDepartment of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5909-3959
Spyridon Champeris TsanirasDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Wannes BrangersDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Harm H M KwakDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.
Rita KhoueiryDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-2089-4315
Yunping LeiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Robert CabreraDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Steven S GrossDepartment of Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8029-2338
Richard H FinnellDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5962-8754
Kian Peng KohDepartment of Development and Regeneration, Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, 3000, Belgium. kian.koh@kuleuven.be.ORCID 0000-0003-2523-5175

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES030285 · NIEHS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Cheryl L. Walker · 2019 to 2026
$14.7M
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR NON-FOLATE RESPONSIVE NEURAL TUBE DEFECTSR01HD083809 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI FINNELL, RICHARD H. · 2016 to 2024
$5.1M
Role of Slc25a32 and Its Interaction with Lrp6 in the Etiology of Neural Tube DefectsR01HD100535 · NICHD · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI FINNELL, RICHARD H., LEI, YUNPING · 2020 to 2024
$2.9M
China Scholarship Council (CSC) 202004910440Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) G092518NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) G0C6820NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) MSCA SoE postdoctoral fellowship 673343/12ZZE23NFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO) PhD fellowship 11E7920NHHS | NIH | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Precision Environmental Health pilot award P30ES030285HHS | NIH | U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) R01 grant HD100535KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Internal Funds C14/21/117KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) postdoctoral mandate PDMT2/23/083NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD083809NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD100535NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES030285
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Folic acid (FA) is well known to prevent neural tube defects (NTDs), but we do not know why many human NTD cases still remain refractory to FA supplementation. Here, we investigate how the DNA demethylase TET1 interacts with maternal FA status to regulate mouse embryonic brain development. We determined that cranial NTDs display higher penetrance in non-inbred than in inbred Tet1

Indexed as

BrainDNA-Binding ProteinsFolic AcidProto-Oncogene ProteinsAnimalsDNA MethylationEmbryonic DevelopmentEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleFolic Acid DeficiencyGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceMice, KnockoutNeural Tube DefectsPregnancyDNA-Binding ProteinsFolic AcidProto-Oncogene ProteinsTET1 protein, mouseDNA MethylationEmbryonic BrainFolic AcidGene-environmentNeural Tube Closure

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PMID39578553
PMCPMC11724065

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