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Consistent decrease in global DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in the hippocampus of Alzheimer's disease patients.

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Human postmortem results strengthen the notion that AD is associated with alterations in DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation, and provide a basis for further epigenetic studies identifying the exact genetic loci with aberrant epigenetic signatures.
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This article is published in Neurobiology of Aging.The article was published on 2013-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 351 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: DNA Hydroxymethylation & DNA methylation.

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Integrated DNA methylation and gene expression profiling across multiple brain regions implicate novel genes in Alzheimer's disease.

TL;DR: This integrated analysis implicates novel genes in Alzheimer's disease that have gene expression correlates, such as ANKRD30B, and illustrates the value of integrating epigenetic and transcriptomic data for understanding complex disease.
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Age-associated Cognitive Decline: Insights into Molecular Switches and Recovery Avenues.

TL;DR: Findings from the laboratory and others combined with supporting literary evidences on molecular switches of brain aging and their potential as recovery targets are reviewed.
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Integrated whole transcriptome and DNA methylation analysis identifies gene networks specific to late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

TL;DR: Examining transcription in late-onset Alzheimer's disease and comparing it to cognitively normal controls and a cohort of "disease controls" indicates several key processes, genes, and networks specific to the disease.
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The role of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in development, aging and age-related diseases.

TL;DR: An overview of the genomic distribution of 5hmC is provided, and recent findings on the role of this mark and the potential consequences of its misregulation during three fundamental biological processes: cell differentiation, cancer and aging are examined.
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Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: how the genome integrates intrinsic and environmental signals

TL;DR: Advances in the understanding of the mechanism and role of DNA methylation in biological processes are reviewed, showing that epigenetic mechanisms seem to allow an organism to respond to the environment through changes in gene expression.
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Conversion of 5-Methylcytosine to 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Mammalian DNA by MLL Partner TET1

TL;DR: It is shown here that TET1, a fusion partner of the MLL gene in acute myeloid leukemia, is a 2-oxoglutarate (2OG)- and Fe(II)-dependent enzyme that catalyzes conversion of 5mC to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (hmC) in cultured cells and in vitro.
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Alzheimer's Disease Is a Synaptic Failure

TL;DR: Mounting evidence suggests that this syndrome begins with subtle alterations of hippocampal synaptic efficacy prior to frank neuronal degeneration, and that the synaptic dysfunction is caused by diffusible oligomeric assemblies of the amyloid β protein.
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The Nuclear DNA Base 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Is Present in Purkinje Neurons and the Brain

TL;DR: It is shown that, as well as 5mC in mammalian genomes, there are also significant amounts of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) in DNA of Purkinje neurons, which have large nuclei with apparently very little heterochromatin.
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Linking DNA methylation and histone modification: patterns and paradigms

TL;DR: Relationships between DNA methylation and histone modification have implications for understanding normal development as well as somatic cell reprogramming and tumorigenesis.
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