DNA methylation methods: Global DNA methylation and methylomic analyses

S Li, TO Tollefsbol - Methods, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA methylation provides a pivotal layer of epigenetic regulation in eukaryotes that has
significant involvement for numerous biological processes in health and disease. The …

A practical guide to the measurement and analysis of DNA methylation

BD Singer - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
DNA methylation represents a fundamental epigenetic mark that is associated with
transcriptional repression during development, maintenance of homeostasis, and disease …

Deleting DNMT3A in CAR T cells prevents exhaustion and enhances antitumor activity

B Prinzing, CC Zebley, CT Petersen, Y Fan… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is revolutionizing cancer immunotherapy for
patients with B cell malignancies and is now being developed for solid tumors and chronic …

A signal processing and deep learning framework for methylation detection using Oxford Nanopore sequencing

MU Ahsan, A Gouru, J Chan, W Zhou… - Nature communications, 2024 - nature.com
Oxford Nanopore sequencing can detect DNA methylations from ionic current signal of
single molecules, offering a unique advantage over conventional methods. Additionally …

The DNA methylation landscape of advanced prostate cancer

SG Zhao, WS Chen, H Li, A Foye, M Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Although DNA methylation is a key regulator of gene expression, the comprehensive
methylation landscape of metastatic cancer has never been defined. Through whole …

A genomic and epigenomic atlas of prostate cancer in Asian populations

J Li, C Xu, HJ Lee, S Ren, X Zi, Z Zhang, H Wang, Y Yu… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men worldwide. Over the past
decade, large-scale integrative genomics efforts have enhanced our understanding of this …

Impact of cytosine methylation on DNA binding specificities of human transcription factors

Y Yin, E Morgunova, A Jolma, E Kaasinen, B Sahu… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Nearly all cells in the human body share the same primary genome
sequence consisting of four nucleotide bases. One of the bases, cytosine, is commonly …

Effector CD8 T cells dedifferentiate into long-lived memory cells

B Youngblood, JS Hale, HT Kissick, E Ahn, X Xu… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Memory CD8 T cells that circulate in the blood and are present in lymphoid organs are an
essential component of long-lived T cell immunity. These memory CD8 T cells remain …

De novo epigenetic programs inhibit PD-1 blockade-mediated T cell rejuvenation

HE Ghoneim, Y Fan, A Moustaki, HA Abdelsamed… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Summary Immune-checkpoint-blockade (ICB)-mediated rejuvenation of exhausted T cells
has emerged as a promising approach for treating various cancers and chronic infections …

MEK inhibition reprograms CD8+ T lymphocytes into memory stem cells with potent antitumor effects

V Verma, N Jafarzadeh, S Boi, S Kundu, Z Jiang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Regenerative stem cell–like memory (TSCM) CD8+ T cells persist longer and produce
stronger effector functions. We found that MEK1/2 inhibition (MEKi) induces TSCM that have …