[HTML][HTML] Noncanonical imprinting: intergenerational epigenetic inheritance mediated by Polycomb complexes

A Inoue - Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Genomic imprinting is illustrative of intergenerational epigenetic inheritance. The passage of
parental genomes into the embryo is accompanied by epigenetic modifications, resulting in …

Epigenetic signatures of trophoblast lineage and their biological functions

J Wang, X Zhou, T Han, H Zhang - Cells & Development, 2024 - Elsevier
Trophoblasts play a crucial role in embryo implantation and in interacting with the maternal
uterus. The trophoblast lineage develops into a substantial part of the placenta, a temporary …

Noncanonical imprinting sustains embryonic development and restrains placental overgrowth

S Matoba, C Kozuka, K Miura, K Inoue… - Genes & …, 2022 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Genomic imprinting regulates parental origin-dependent monoallelic gene expression. It is
mediated by either germline differential methylation of DNA (canonical imprinting) or oocyte …

Fetal growth delay caused by loss of non-canonical imprinting is resolved late in pregnancy and culminates in offspring overgrowth

R Oberin, S Petautschnig, EG Jarred, Z Qu, T Tsai… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Germline epigenetic programming, including genomic imprinting, substantially influences
offspring development. Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) plays an important role in …

Farrerol directly activates the deubiqutinase UCHL3 to promote DNA repair and reprogramming when mediated by somatic cell nuclear transfer

W Zhang, M Wang, Z Song, Q Fu, J Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Farrerol, a natural flavanone, promotes homologous recombination (HR) repair to improve
genome-editing efficiency, but the specific protein that farrerol directly targets to regulate HR …

Maternal Ezh1/2 deficiency in oocyte delays H3K27me2/3 restoration and impairs epiblast development responsible for embryonic sub-lethality in mouse

Y Zhao, D Bai, Y Wu, D Zhang, M Liu, Y Tian… - …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT How maternal Ezh1 and Ezh2 function in H3K27 methylation in vivo in pre-
implantation embryos and during embryonic development is not clear. Here, we have …

Determining expression changes of ANO7 and SLC38A4 membrane transporters in colorectal cancer

EM Khosroshahi, M Maghsoudloo, H Fahimi… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Membrane transporters are proteins responsible for facilitating the movement of molecules
within biological membranes. They play a vital role in maintaining cellular homeostasis by …

Transient Polycomb activity represses developmental genes in growing oocytes

EG Jarred, Z Qu, T Tsai, R Oberin, S Petautschnig… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Background Non-genetic disease inheritance and offspring phenotype are substantially
influenced by germline epigenetic programming, including genomic imprinting. Loss of …

Generation of live mice from haploid ESCs with germline-DMR deletions or switch

Y Ma, M Yan, Z **e, H Zhang, Z Li, Y Li, S Yang… - Cell Discovery, 2025 - nature.com
Genomic imprinting is required for sexual reproduction and embryonic development of
mammals, in which, differentially methylated regions (DMRs) regulate the parent-specific …

Epigenetic manipulation to improve mouse SCNT embryonic development

Y Li, Q Sun - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cloned mammals can be achieved through somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), which
involves reprogramming of differentiated somatic cells into a totipotent state. However, low …