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Cellular differentiation, cytidine analogs and DNA methylation

Peter A. Jones, +1 more
- 01 May 1980 - 
- Vol. 20, Iss: 1, pp 85-93
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Results provide experimental evidence for a role for DNA modification in differentiation, and suggest that cytidine analogs containing an altered 5 position perturb previously established methylation patterns to yield new cellular phenotypes.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 1980-05-01. It has received 1722 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: DNA methylation & Zebularine.

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Modulation of fetal hemoglobin in sickle cell anemia.

TL;DR: A partial understanding of the pathophysiology of sickle cell disease has suggested one means of treatment—increasing the distribution and concentration of fetal hemoglobin in sickle erythrocytes, although this can be accomplished clinically with drugs like hydroxyurea
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An epigenetic mechanism for cavefish eye degeneration

TL;DR: It is discovered that DNA methylation mediates eye-specific gene repression and globally regulates early eye development and the most significantly hypermethylated and down-regulated genes in the cave morph are also linked to human eye disorders, suggesting the function of these genes is conserved across the vertebrates.
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Molecular genetic investigation of mitochondrial dysfunction in relation to migraine susceptibility

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TL;DR: There is a molecular genetic link between mitochondrial dysfunction and migraine susceptibility and this work has provided the foundation for further studies aimed at utilising the identified markers in improved migraine diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
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Claudin11 Promoter Hypermethylation Is Frequent in Malignant Melanoma of the Skin, but Uncommon in Nevus Cell Nevi

TL;DR: CLDN11 proved to be an epigenetically inactivated tumor related gene in melanomagenesis, and analysis of CLDN11 methylation level represents a potential tool for assisting in the discrimination between malignant melanoma and nevus cell nevi.
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Exploitation of elevated pyrimidine deaminating enzymes for selective chemotherapy

TL;DR: Mise au point d'une chimiotherapie pour le traitement specifique des tumeurs utilisant des analogues de la deoxycytidine et the tetrahydrouridine envers les tissus tumoraux.
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