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ArticleNature communications2025

Removal of promoter CpG methylation by epigenome editing reverses HBG silencing.

Henry W Bell, Ruopeng Feng, Manan Shah, Yu Yao, James Douglas, Phillip A Doerfler, Thiyagaraj Mayuranathan, Michael F O'Dea, Yichao Li, Yong-Dong Wang and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Dissecting polycomb complexes for enhanced fetal hemoglobin production.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  11. Expanding the CRISPR/Cas toolkit: applications in proteomics and theranostics.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Henry W Bell *School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4677-8208
Ruopeng Feng *Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Manan ShahSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1390-5450
Yu YaoDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
James DouglasDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Phillip A DoerflerDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7566-9073
Thiyagaraj MayuranathanDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Michael F O'DeaSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8159-8004
Yichao LiDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5791-096X
Yong-Dong WangDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8751-9216
Jingjing ZhangDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Joel P MackaySchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Darlington, NSW, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7508-8033
Yong ChengDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9314-0971
Kate G R QuinlanSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5722-8183
Mitchell J Weiss *Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA. mitch.weiss@stjude.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6734-4858
Merlin Crossley *School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. m.crossley@unsw.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2057-3642

Funding

Defining the mechanisms of hemoglobin switching and genotoxicities associated with its manipulationK01DK132453 · NIDDK · VERSITI BLOOD HEALTH, INC. · PI Phillip A Doerfler · 2022 to 2026
$760k
Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2020861Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) K01DK132453Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Inc.) R01 156647NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK132453
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-hemoglobinopathies caused by mutations in adult-expressed HBB can be treated by re-activating the adjacent paralogous genes HBG1 and HBG2 (HBG), which are normally silenced perinatally. Although HBG expression is induced by global demethylating drugs, their mechanism is poorly understood, and toxicity limits their use. We identify the DNMT1-associated maintenance methylation protein UHRF1 as a mediator of HBG repression through a CRISPR/Cas9 screen. Loss of UHRF1 in the adult-type erythroid cell line HUDEP2 causes global demethylation and HBG activation that is reversed upon localized promoter re-methylation. Conversely, targeted demethylation of the HBG promoters activates their genes in HUDEP2 or primary CD34

Indexed as

CpG IslandsDNA MethylationEpigenomegamma-GlobinsGene EditingGene SilencingPromoter Regions, GeneticCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsCell LineCRISPR-Cas SystemsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1Epigenome EditingHumansUbiquitin-Protein LigasesCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1gamma-GlobinsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesUHRF1 protein, human

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PMID40715076
PMCPMC12297318

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