MGMT
promoter methylation is associated with temozolomide response and prolonged progression - free survival in disseminated cutaneous melanoma.
With the knowledge that the HOXA9 promoter is methylated in stage I tumors, Robles, Lissa, and team used ddPCR technology to analyze HOXA9
promoter methylation in formalin - fixed, paraffin - embedded tumor specimens.
This last observation seems to indicate that
promoter methylation does not play a significant role in regulation of gene expression between tissues.
Dnmt3a / b deletion retards ES cell transition, correlating with delayed Nanog
promoter methylation and phenocopying loss of Eprn or Lin28a.
Epigenetic gene
promoter methylation at birth is associated with child's later adiposity.
Moreover, using a Bayesian deconvolution method to estimate methylation levels from the data [53], we found
promoter methylation levels to be significantly inversely correlated (p value = 2.3e - 25) with previously published gene expression levels of T cells from human samples (Figure S1).
Second, DRD1 and SLC6A3 genes have higher
promoter methylation in the CPA group and increased brain dopamine levels are thought to be positively associated with aggression [20], [89].
The distributions show that genes with low or no expression (represented in green) tend to have highly methylated promoters, whereas genes with high expression (represented in red) tend to have lower
promoter methylation.
Maternal mental well - being during pregnancy and glucocorticoid receptor gene
promoter methylation in the neonate.
Not exact matches
In cancers, both gene mutations and aberrant regulation of genes (
promoter inhibition by
methylation of DNA) are known to play pivotal roles regulating cancer growth.
In this case, viruses cause
methylation of parts of the genome known as DNA
promoter regions.
«You don't want to just turn down
methylation globally, which would result in over-activation of all genes in the cell, but demethylating some of these gene
promoter regions selectively could revive an immune system muted by cancer - causing viruses,» Kuss - Duerkop says.
It has also been suggested that
methylation is not the initial event in triggering gene silencing in cancer; rather, the
methylation of the
promoter CpG islands is a consequence of prior gene inactivation, and it is a mechanism for locking the chromatin in a repressed state (5, 13, 37).
Furthermore, high - resolution analysis of cytosine
methylation in primary and transformed cells has found less aberrant
methylation of CpG island
promoters in transformed cells than had been previously hypothesized based on candidate gene studies [58].
Integrating these with
methylation data revealed that half fell into an expected pattern: hypermethylated
promoters which repressed gene expression.
Methylation sites showing inverse relationships with expression were over-represented in promoter regions, whereas methylation sites showing positive relationships with expression were over-represented in gene bodies and 3 ′ UTRs (Fig. 3G and H), which is in agreement with the current liter
Methylation sites showing inverse relationships with expression were over-represented in
promoter regions, whereas
methylation sites showing positive relationships with expression were over-represented in gene bodies and 3 ′ UTRs (Fig. 3G and H), which is in agreement with the current liter
methylation sites showing positive relationships with expression were over-represented in gene bodies and 3 ′ UTRs (Fig. 3G and H), which is in agreement with the current literature (39).
Methylation of promoters (which are often rich in CpG dinucleotides) is usually associated with repression, whereas methylation of genic regions typically correlates with tra
Methylation of
promoters (which are often rich in CpG dinucleotides) is usually associated with repression, whereas
methylation of genic regions typically correlates with tra
methylation of genic regions typically correlates with transcription.
A new study suggests that DNA
methylation analysis of select gene
promoters can identify the optimal pluripotent stem cell for bone repair strategies
To do this, we performed bisulfite sequencing to evaluate the
methylation status of these
promoters in several of our iPS lines.
The group isolated ALDEFLUOR ‐ positive (bCSCs)[1] and ALDEFLUOR ‐ negative (non ‐ bCSCs) populations from five breast cancer lines and established their DNA
methylation landscape using whole genome
promoter arrays.
On the other hand, parental NPCs showed approximately 50 %
methylation at the Oct4
promoter (Figure 3D).
His group uses high - throughput genomic methods — including DNA sequencing, genotyping, chromatin immunoprecipitation, mRNA expression profiling, transcriptional
promoter and DNA
methylation measurements — as well as computational and statistical tools to identify, characterize and understand the functional elements encoded in our genomes and how they work together at the molecular level in normal and pathological conditions.
By using a strategy to target DNA
methylation directly to the p16
promoter in mice, epigenetic inactivation of p16 function has been demonstrated unequivocally to cause tumor formation (Yu et al. 2015).
When
methylation blocks a
promoter site, RNA can't transcribe that gene and it can't be expressed, or make proteins.
Silencing of the Oct4
promoter in P19 cells is a complex process, mediated by a combination of events including orphan receptor binding, DNA
methylation, histone deacetylation, and heterochromatin formation [36], [37].
,» Steven Zeisel from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill noted that choline and betaine work together in the cellular process of
methylation, which is not only responsible for the removal of homocysteine, but is involved in turning off the
promoter regions of genes involved in inflammation.
A cross-platform genome - wide comparison of the relationship of
promoter DNA
methylation to gene expression.
Moreover, they have shown that, through differential patterns of DNA
methylation of the
promoter region and thereby differential expression of the estrogen receptor alpha gene in the medial preoptic area (MPOA) of the brain, this individual variation of early experience influences adult reproductive behaviour, suggesting a mechanism for intergenerational transmission of the pattern of maternal care [137, 138].
Maternal care and DNA
methylation of a glutamic acid decarboxylase 1
promoter in rat hippocampus
To compare levels of
methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene (NR3C1)
promoter between women with bulimia nervosa (BN) and women with no eating disorder.
More than 60 % of the genes analyzed by the microarray have inversely correlated
promoter DNA
methylation and expression levels (defined as gene
promoters with
methylation above 50 % and expression below the 50 - percentile of expression levels, and vice versa).
Importantly, we have recently shown that differential DNA
methylation of the serotonin transporter gene
promoter (SLC6A4) in T cells and monocytes is associated with in vivo measures of human brain serotonin synthesis and childhood limited physical aggression in men [46].
Then,
promoter - level
methylation differences were identified as those
promoters significantly enriched with probes having positive or negative t - statistics using the Wilcoxon rank - sum test.
Q - MeDIP analysis of DNA
methylation differences between CPA (black) and control (white) groups in men and women T cells samples for four gene
promoters predicted to be more methylated in the men CPA group by microarray analysis.
The
methylation levels of hundreds of
promoters scattered across the genome were found to be associated with CPA with statistically significant overrepresentations of associations in chromosomes 4 and 5 (p ≤ 0.01; hypergeometric, Figure 1A).
We mapped the
methylation state of the
promoters of nearly 20 000 genes and 400 microRNAs in triplicate using custom designed 244 K
promoter tiling arrays (Agilent technologies) containing probes selected to tile ∼ 1000 bp upstream to ∼ 250 bp downstream of the transcription start site.
Methylation profiles covering the
promoter regions of 20 000 genes and 400 microRNAs were generated using MeDIP followed by hybridization to microarrays.
This study provides evidence of clustered and genome - wide variation in
promoter DNA
methylation in young adults that associates with a history of chronic physical aggression from 6 to 15 years of age.
Methylation of the glucocorticoid receptor gene
promoter in bulimic women: Associations with...
Transgenerational impact of intimate partner violence on
methylation in the
promoter of the glucocorticoid receptor
Associations between DNA
methylation of a glucocorticiod receptor
promoter and acute stress responses in a large healthy adult population are largely explained by lifestyle and educational differences
Early life adversity and serotonin transporter gene variation interact to affect DNA
methylation of the corticotropin - releasing factor gene
promoter region in the adult rat brain
Higher 5 - HTT CpG
methylation, but not sequence variation in the serotonin transporter
promoter region, exacerbates the effects of early life stress on behavioral stress reactivity.