Superenhancers as master gene regulators and novel therapeutic targets in brain tumors

HH Zhuang, Q Qu, XQ Teng, YH Dai, J Qu - Experimental & Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Transcriptional deregulation, a cancer cell hallmark, is driven by epigenetic abnormalities in
the majority of brain tumors, including adult glioblastoma and pediatric brain tumors …

The role of thymine DNA glycosylase in transcription, active DNA demethylation, and cancer

O Onabote, HM Hassan, M Isovic, J Torchia - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Thymine DNA Glycosylase (TDG) is a DNA repair protein that plays an
important role in gene regulation. Recent studies have shown that TDG interacts with …

Highly sensitive and specific fluorescence biosensor for global 5–hydroxymethylcytosine detection based on M. HhaI methyltransferase catalysis and the improved …

Y An, Y Li, X Chen, L Han, X **n, H Nie… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) is closely correlated with cancer occurrence and
development. Monitoring 5hmC level is of great significance for understanding the …

Associations in cell type-specific hydroxymethylation and transcriptional alterations of pediatric central nervous system tumors

MK Lee, N Azizgolshani, Z Zhang, L Perreard… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Although intratumoral heterogeneity has been established in pediatric central nervous
system tumors, epigenomic alterations at the cell type level have largely remained …

DNA strand asymmetry generated by CpG hemimethylation has opposing effects on CTCF binding

SL Thomas, TH Xu, BL Carpenter… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
CpG methylation generally occurs on both DNA strands and is essential for mammalian
development and differentiation. Until recently, hemimethylation, in which only one strand is …

Region‐specific DNA hydroxymethylation along the malignant progression of IDH‐mutant gliomas

T Hana, A Mukasa, M Nomura, G Nagae… - Cancer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of low‐grade isocitrate dehydrogenase‐mutant (IDHmt) gliomas undergo
malignant progression (MP), but their underlying mechanism remains unclear. IDHmt …

[HTML][HTML] Cell-Free DNA Hydroxymethylation in Cancer: Current and Emerging Detection Methods and Clinical Applications

JJN Li, G Liu, BH Lok - Genes, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the era of precision oncology, identifying abnormal genetic and epigenetic alterations has
transformed the way cancer is diagnosed, managed, and treated. 5-hydroxymethylcytosine …

Unidirectional alteration of methylation and hydroxymethylation at the promoters and differential gene expression in oral squamous cell carcinoma

W Zhao, L Zhu, Q Gong, S Ma, H **ong, T Su… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most common types of
cancer worldwide. Although overall losses of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5 …

Decoding the Epigenetic Landscape: Insights into 5mC and 5hmC Patterns in Mouse Cortical Cell Types

X Wei, J Li, Z Cheng, S Wei, G Yu, ML Olsen - bioRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SUMMARY The DNA modifications, 5-methylcytosine (5mC) and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine
(5hmC), represent powerful epigenetic regulators of temporal and spatial gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] Methods in DNA methylation array dataset analysis: A review

K Sahoo, V Sundararajan - Computational and Structural Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the intricate relationships between gene expression levels and epigenetic
modifications in a genome is crucial to comprehending the pathogenic mechanisms of many …