Molecular mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance

MH Fitz-James, G Cavalli - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Increasing evidence indicates that non-DNA sequence-based epigenetic information can be
inherited across several generations in organisms ranging from yeast to plants to humans …

The molecular principles of gene regulation by Polycomb repressive complexes

NP Blackledge, RJ Klose - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2021 - nature.com
Precise control of gene expression is fundamental to cell function and development.
Although ultimately gene expression relies on DNA-binding transcription factors to guide the …

Regulation, functions and transmission of bivalent chromatin during mammalian development

TA Macrae, J Fothergill-Robinson… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells differentiate and progress through development guided by a dynamic chromatin
landscape that mediates gene expression programmes. During development, mammalian …

The evolving metabolic landscape of chromatin biology and epigenetics

Z Dai, V Ramesh, JW Locasale - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Molecular inputs to chromatin via cellular metabolism are modifiers of the epigenome. These
inputs—which include both nutrient availability as a result of diet and growth factor signalling …

Advances in epigenetics link genetics to the environment and disease

G Cavalli, E Heard - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic research has accelerated rapidly in the twenty-first century, generating justified
excitement and hope, but also a degree of hype. Here we review how the field has evolved …

The epigenetic basis of cellular heterogeneity

B Carter, K Zhao - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Single-cell sequencing-based methods for profiling gene transcript levels have revealed
substantial heterogeneity in expression levels among morphologically indistinguishable …

Molecular mechanisms directing PRC2 recruitment and H3K27 methylation

A Laugesen, JW Højfeldt, K Helin - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
The polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is a chromatin-associated methyltransferase
catalyzing mono-, di-, and trimethylation of lysine 27 on histone H3 (H3K27). This activity is …

COMPASS and SWI/SNF complexes in development and disease

BK Cenik, A Shilatifard - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Trithorax group (TrxG) of proteins is a large family of epigenetic regulators that
form multiprotein complexes to counteract repressive developmental gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell epigenomic reconstruction of developmental trajectories from pluripotency in human neural organoid systems

F Zenk, JS Fleck, SMJ Jansen, B Kashanian… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cell fate progression of pluripotent progenitors is strictly regulated, resulting in high human
cell diversity. Epigenetic modifications also orchestrate cell fate restriction. Unveiling the …

Glucose-driven TOR–FIE–PRC2 signalling controls plant development

R Ye, M Wang, H Du, S Chhajed, J Koh, K Liu, J Shin… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Nutrients and energy have emerged as central modulators of developmental programmes in
plants and animals,–. The evolutionarily conserved target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase is a …