Estradiol-induced epigenetically mediated mechanisms and regulation of gene expression

T Kovács, E Szabó-Meleg, IM Ábrahám - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Gonadal hormone 17β-estradiol (E2) and its receptors are key regulators of gene
transcription by binding to estrogen responsive elements in the genome. Besides the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Thymine DNA glycosylase regulates cell-cycle-driven p53 transcriptional control in pluripotent cells

S Aranda, A Alcaine-Colet, C Ballaré, E Blanco… - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cell cycle progression is linked to transcriptome dynamics and variations in the response of
pluripotent cells to differentiation cues, mostly through unknown determinants. Here, we …

Effect of kynurenic acid on enzymatic activity of the DNA base excision repair pathway in specific areas of the sheep brain

P Młotkowska, T Misztal, P Kowalczyk, E Marciniak - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Relatively low levels of antioxidant enzymes coupled with high oxygen metabolism result in
the formation of numerous oxidative DNA damages in the tissues of the central nervous …

Functional relationships between long non-coding RNAs and estrogen receptor alpha: a new frontier in hormone-responsive breast cancer management

V Melone, A Salvati, N Brusco, E Alexandrova… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the complex and articulated machinery of the human genome, less than 2% of the
transcriptome encodes for proteins, while at least 75% is actively transcribed into non …

TCF 20 dysfunction leads to cortical neurogenesis defects and autistic‐like behaviors in mice

C Feng, J Zhao, F Ji, L Su, Y Chen, J Jiao - EMBO reports, 2020 - embopress.org
Recently, de novo mutations of transcription factor 20 (TCF 20) were found in patients with
autism by large‐scale exome sequencing. However, how TCF 20 modulates brain …

Atomic resolution of short-range sliding dynamics of thymine DNA glycosylase along DNA minor-groove for lesion recognition

J Tian, L Wang, LT Da - Nucleic Acids Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG), as a repair enzyme, plays essential roles in maintaining
the genome integrity by correcting several mismatched/damaged nucleobases. TDG …

Sperm chromatin accessibility's involvement in the intergenerational effects of stress hormone receptor activation

V Fischer, M Kretschmer, PL Germain, J Kaur… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
Dexamethasone is a stress hormone receptor agonist used widely in clinics. We and others
previously showed that paternal administration of dexamethasone in mice affects the …

Loss of thymine DNA glycosylase causes dysregulation of bile acid homeostasis and hepatocellular carcinoma

HM Hassan, M Isovic, B Kolendowski, N Bauer-Maison… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) is a nuclear receptor coactivator that plays an essential
role in the maintenance of epigenetic stability in cells. Here, we demonstrate that the …

The level of active DNA demethylation compounds in leukocytes and urine samples as potential epigenetic biomarkers in breast cancer patients

K Linowiecka, J Guz, T Dziaman… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The active DNA demethylation process, which involves TET proteins, can affect DNA
methylation pattern. TET dependent demethylation results in DNA hypomethylation by …