Environmental pollutants: genetic damage and epigenetic changes in male germ cells

C Vecoli, L Montano, MG Andreassi - Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Springer
About a quarter of the human diseases occurs for exposure to air pollution. The male
reproductive system, and especially spermatogenesis, seems to be particularly sensitive. As …

A unique regulatory phase of DNA methylation in the early mammalian embryo

ZD Smith, MM Chan, TS Mikkelsen, H Gu, A Gnirke… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
DNA methylation is highly dynamic during mammalian embryogenesis. It is broadly
accepted that the paternal genome is actively depleted of 5-methylcytosine at fertilization …

Environmentally induced epigenetic transgenerational inheritance of male infertility

C Guerrero-Bosagna, MK Skinner - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Decreasing male fertility has been observed for the past fifty years. Examples of affected
reproductive parameters include decreases in sperm count and sperm quality and increases …

Aberrant DNA methylation patterns of spermatozoa in men with unexplained infertility

RG Urdinguio, GF Bayon, M Dmitrijeva… - Human …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract STUDY QUESTION Are there DNA methylation alterations in sperm that could
explain the reduced biological fertility of male partners from couples with unexplained …

Dynamics of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine during mouse spermatogenesis

H Gan, L Wen, S Liao, X Lin, T Ma, J Liu, C Song… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Little is known about how patterns of DNA methylation change during mammalian
spermatogenesis. 5hmC has been recognized as a stable intermediate of DNA …

A replication-dependent passive mechanism modulates DNA demethylation in mouse primordial germ cells

R Ohno, M Nakayama, C Naruse, N Okashita… - …, 2013 - journals.biologists.com
Germline cells reprogramme extensive epigenetic modifications to ensure the cellular
totipotency of subsequent generations and to prevent the accumulation of epimutations …

Accurate estimation of 5-methylcytosine in mammalian mitochondrial DNA

S Matsuda, T Yasukawa, Y Sakaguchi, K Ichiyanagi… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Whilst 5-methylcytosine (5mC) is a major epigenetic mark in the nuclear DNA in
mammals, whether or not mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) receives 5mC modification remains …

Accumulation and loss of asymmetric non-CpG methylation during male germ-cell development

T Ichiyanagi, K Ichiyanagi, M Miyake… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation is a well-characterized epigenetic modification involved in gene regulation
and transposon silencing in mammals. It mainly occurs on cytosines at CpG sites but …

Regulation of mammalian 3D genome organization and histone H3K9 dimethylation by H3K9 methyltransferases

K Fukuda, C Shimura, H Miura, A Tanigawa… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation (H3K9me2) is a highly conserved silencing epigenetic
mark. Chromatin marked with H3K9me2 forms large domains in mammalian cells and …