Oxidative stress and male infertility: current knowledge of pathophysiology and role of antioxidant therapy in disease management

E Barati, H Nikzad, M Karimian - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Infertility is a global health problem involving about 15% of couples. Approximately half of
the infertility cases are related to male factors. The oxidative stress, which refers to an …

Epigenetics in cancer

M Esteller - New England Journal of Medicine, 2008 - Mass Medical Soc
Gene transcription can be activated or inhibited by a reversible modification of the gene; this
modification is termed an epigenetic change. This account of epigenetics in cancer reviews …

Dynamic DNA methylation across diverse human cell lines and tissues

KE Varley, J Gertz, KM Bowling, SL Parker… - Genome …, 2013 - genome.cshlp.org
As studies of DNA methylation increase in scope, it has become evident that methylation has
a complex relationship with gene expression, plays an important role in defining cell types …

DNA methylation and human disease

KD Robertson - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2005 - nature.com
DNA methylation is a crucial epigenetic modification of the genome that is involved in
regulating many cellular processes. These include embryonic development, transcription …

Vitamin D and the epigenome

IS Fetahu, J Höbaus, E Kállay - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Epigenetic mechanisms play a crucial role in regulating gene expression. The main
mechanisms involve methylation of DNA and covalent modifications of histones by …

Aberrant DNA methylation as a cancer-inducing mechanism

M Esteller - Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol., 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Aberrant DNA methylation is the most common molecular lesion of the cancer cell.
Neither gene mutations (nucleotide changes, deletions, recombinations) nor cytogenetic …

Impact of aging on DNA methylation

B Richardson - Ageing research reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
The biochemistry of aging is complex, with biologically significant changes occurring in
proteins, lipids and nucleic acids. One of these changes is in the methylation of DNA. DNA …

Critical pathways in cellular senescence and immortalization revealed by gene expression profiling

AL Fridman, MA Tainsky - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
Bypassing cellular senescence and becoming immortal is a prerequisite step in the
tumorigenic transformation of a cell. It has long been known that loss of a key tumor …

Sperm DNA integrity and male fertility in farm animals: a review

A Kumaresan, M Das Gupta, TK Datta… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The accurate prediction of male fertility is of major economic importance in the animal
breeding industry. However, the results of conventional semen analysis do not always …

Rethinking periodontal inflammation

S Offenbacher, SP Barros, JD Beck - Journal of periodontology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical signs and symptoms, as well as medical and dental history, are all considered in the
clinical determination of gingival inflammation and periodontal disease severity. However …