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DNA Methylation and Its Basic Function

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The investigation into DNA methylation continues to show a rich and complex picture about epigenetic gene regulation in the central nervous system and provides possible therapeutic targets for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.
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This article is published in Neuropsychopharmacology.The article was published on 2013-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2399 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: RNA-Directed DNA Methylation & DNA methylation.

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DNA methylation and histone modifications induced by abiotic stressors in plants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized key effects of abiotic stressors on DNA methylation and histone modifications in plants and found that 44% of the epigenetic modifications induced by environmental stressors in plants involved DNA hypomethylation, 40% DNA hypermethylation, and 16% histone modification.
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Modeling DNA Methylation Profiles through a Dynamic Equilibrium between Methylation and Demethylation.

TL;DR: A simple mathematical model was developed that reliably captured the characteristics of the experimental data, suggesting that DNA methylation and demethylation work together in determining the methylation state of a locus and that themethylation status of neighboring cytosines plays an important role in this balance.
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Indirubin inhibits Wnt/β-catenin signal pathway via promoter demethylation of WIF-1.

TL;DR: The research showed that indirubin promoted the demethylation of wif-1 and suppressed the wnt/β-catenin signal pathway, thereby exerted an anti-proliferative effect.
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DNA methylation in stress and depression: from biomarker to therapeutics.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the current knowledge about the involvement of DNA methylation in the behavioural and molecular changes associated with stress exposure and depression, and evaluated the possible use of DNAm changes as biomarkers of depression.
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Epigenetics and bone diseases.

TL;DR: Facing the rapidly developing epigenetic field, this work reviewed epigenetic mechanisms and their involvement with the skeletal system and their role in skeletal development, homeostasis and degeneration and the prospects for the future of epigenetics.
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DNA methyltransferases Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b are essential for de novo methylation and mammalian development.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that two recently identified DNA methyltransferases, DnMT3a and Dnmt3b, are essential for de novo methylation and for mouse development and play important roles in normal development and disease.
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Epigenetic programming by maternal behavior.

TL;DR: It is shown that an epigenomic state of a gene can be established through behavioral programming, and it is potentially reversible, suggesting a causal relation among epigenomicState, GR expression and the maternal effect on stress responses in the offspring.
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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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Rett syndrome is caused by mutations in X-linked MECP2, encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2.

TL;DR: This study reports the first disease-causing mutations in RTT and points to abnormal epigenetic regulation as the mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of RTT.
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Human DNA methylomes at base resolution show widespread epigenomic differences

TL;DR: The first genome-wide, single-base-resolution maps of methylated cytosines in a mammalian genome, from both human embryonic stem cells and fetal fibroblasts, along with comparative analysis of messenger RNA and small RNA components of the transcriptome, several histone modifications, and sites of DNA-protein interaction for several key regulatory factors were presented in this article.
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