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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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The effects of DNA methylation on human psychology

TL;DR: The hypothesis that DNA methylation is involved in deviant human behaviour, psychological and psychiatric conditions is underpinned, since regulation of these genes directly impact responses to social situations, stress, threats, behaviour and neural functions.
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Epigenetic Mechanisms in Psychiatry

TL;DR: This sixth issue of Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews is focused on epi- (Greek for ‘over' or ‘above') genetics, which, in its broadest definition, concerns the regulation of chromatin structure and function in dividing and non-dividing cells.
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Epigenetics: The third pillar of nitric oxide signaling.

TL;DR: Findings provide more insight into the molecular mechanisms of NO signaling and increase the ability to dissect its functional role(s) in specific micro‐environments in health and disease.
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Detection and manipulation of methylation in blood cancer DNA using terahertz radiation.

TL;DR: This work presents a novel technique for the detection and manipulation of DNA methylation using terahertz radiation in blood cancer cell lines and shows the detection ofDNA methylation based on the terAhertz molecular resonance and the manipulation of global DNA methylated DNA using high-power teraHertz radiation.
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Epigenetic regulator UHRF1 inactivates REST and growth suppressor gene expression via DNA methylation to promote axon regeneration.

TL;DR: It is shown that DNA methylation, which generally leads to gene silencing, is required for robust axon regeneration after peripheral nerve lesion, and an epigenetic mechanism that silences tumor suppressor genes and restricts REST expression in time after injury is revealed.
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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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