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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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Epigenomics of Alzheimer's disease

TL;DR: Descriptive data is presented to help inform other researchers what to expect from these approaches to better design and power their studies and discuss future directions to inform on the epigenomic architecture of AD.
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Nanoparticles in food. Epigenetic changes induced by nanomaterials and possible impact on health

TL;DR: Recent advances in the understanding of epigenetic pathological effects of NPs are reviewed, and their possible health impact is discussed with the aim of avoiding potential health risks posed by the use of nanomaterials in foods and food-packaging.
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Cross-region reduction in 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in Alzheimer's disease brain

TL;DR: A significant AD-associated decrease in global 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in entorhinal cortex and cerebellum, and differences in 5-formylcytOSine levels between brain regions are identified, which implicates a role for epigenetic alterations in AD.
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Current Concepts of Neurodegenerative Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease

TL;DR: This review summarizes the current understanding on neurodegenerative mechanisms that lead to the emergence of the pathology of AD.
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Folic Acid Supplementation Mitigates Alzheimer's Disease by Reducing Inflammation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TL;DR: Folic acid is beneficial in patients with AD and inflammation may play an important role in the interaction between folic acid and AD.
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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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