Not exact matches
The researchers identified a surveillance mechanism that not only monitors DNA lesions caused
by epigenetic reprogramming but also fixes the damage.
As explained
by lead researcher, Dr Ferdinand von Meyenn, postdoctoral researcher in the
Epigenetics research programme at the Babraham Institute and first author on the paper: «Our method establishes a reliable system that can be used to explore the early stages of
epigenetic reprogramming in primordial germ cell - like cells and how this is regulated in the generation of reproductive cells.
The two genomes are marked
by distinct
epigenetic modifications acquired during
reprogramming.
The ultimate goal is to precisely understand the mechanisms of checkpoint blockade effectiveness and bring next generation, sustainable immunotherapies to even more patients, perhaps using
by using
epigenetic drugs in combination with checkpoint blockade to allow
epigenetic reprogramming of exhausted T cells into durable and functional memory T cells.
So this actually connects me to the next question
by Ohud, and the question was: What are exactly the
epigenetic barriers that might be responsible for interfering with
reprogramming?
Since the in vitro
reprogramming systems are characterised
by very low efficiency Petra's lab focuses on the systems where
epigenetic reprogramming occurs naturally as a part of normal embryonic development.
These two observations suggest that worker reproduction is influenced
by more plastic
epigenetic processes than those of queen — worker differentiation — processes, it has been suggested, that could be analogous to somatic cell
reprogramming and transdifferentiation [36].