Epigenetic modifications: basic mechanisms and role in cardiovascular disease

DE Handy, R Castro, J Loscalzo - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
The term epigenetics was first used to refer to the complex interactions between the genome
and the environment that are involved in development and differentiation in higher …

Non‐coding RNAs: regulators of disease

RJ Taft, KC Pang, TR Mercer, M Dinger… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
For 50 years the term 'gene'has been synonymous with regions of the genome encoding
mRNAs that are translated into protein. However, recent genome‐wide studies have shown …

miRNA‐dependent gene silencing involving Ago2‐mediated cleavage of a circular antisense RNA

TB Hansen, ED Wiklund, JB Bramsen… - The EMBO …, 2011 - embopress.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are∼ 22 nt non‐coding RNAs that typically bind to the 3′ UTR of
target mRNAs in the cytoplasm, resulting in mRNA destabilization and translational …

The development of antiretroviral therapy and its impact on the HIV-1/AIDS pandemic

S Broder - Antiviral research, 2010 - Elsevier
In the last 25 years, HIV-1, the retrovirus responsible for the acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS), has gone from being an “inherently untreatable” infectious agent to one …

Regulation of mammalian DNA methyltransferases: a route to new mechanisms

H Denis, MN Ndlovu, F Fuks - EMBO reports, 2011 - embopress.org
DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) establish and maintain DNA methylation patterns at
specific regions of the genome, thereby contributing to gene regulation. It is becoming …

Novel classes of non-coding RNAs and cancer

J Sana, P Faltejskova, M Svoboda, O Slaby - Journal of translational …, 2012 - Springer
For the many years, the central dogma of molecular biology has been that RNA functions
mainly as an informational intermediate between a DNA sequence and its encoded protein …

A comprehensive view of the epigenetic landscape. Part II: Histone post-translational modification, nucleosome level, and chromatin regulation by ncRNAs

A Sadakierska-Chudy, M Filip - Neurotoxicity research, 2015 - Springer
The complexity of the genome is regulated by epigenetic mechanisms, which act on the
level of DNA, histones, and nucleosomes. Epigenetic machinery is involved in various …

[HTML][HTML] Non-coding RNAs: multi-tasking molecules in the cell

AQ Gomes, S Nolasco, H Soares - International journal of molecular …, 2013 - mdpi.com
In the last years it has become increasingly clear that the mammalian transcriptome is highly
complex and includes a large number of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) and long …

Deep-sequencing of human Argonaute-associated small RNAs provides insight into miRNA sorting and reveals Argonaute association with RNA fragments of diverse …

AM Burroughs, Y Ando, ML de Hoon, Y Tomaru… - RNA biology, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
While several studies have focused on the relationship between individual miRNA loci or
classes of small RNA with human Argonaute (AGO) proteins, a comprehensive, global …

The redox basis of epigenetic modifications: from mechanisms to functional consequences

AR Cyr, FE Domann - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Epigenetic modifications represent mechanisms by which cells may effectively translate
multiple signaling inputs into phenotypic outputs. Recent research is revealing that redox …