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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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Epigenetics at the crossroads between genes, environment and resilience in anxiety disorders.

TL;DR: An overview of the current state of knowledge regarding putative risk mechanisms in the pathogenesis of anxiety disorders is presented, placing a particular focus on the role of protective factors serving to buffer a risk factor constellation and therole of epigenetic processes functioning as a potent turnstile changing passage direction toward disorder risk or resilience.
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Differential methylation of genes in the medial prefrontal cortex of developing and adult rats following exposure to maltreatment or nurturing care during infancy.

TL;DR: The ability of infant-caregiver interactions to epigenetically mark genes known to play a prominent role in cognition and psychiatric disorders within the mPFC is demonstrated and indicates the remarkable complexity of alterations that can occur.
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Epigenetic regulation in AKI and kidney repair: mechanisms and therapeutic implications.

TL;DR: A growing body of evidence suggests that epigenetic regulation is involved in the process of acute kidney injury (AKI) and kidney repair, involving remarkable changes in histone modifications, DNA methylation and the expression of various non-coding RNAs.
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DNA Methylation Biomarkers in Aging and Age-Related Diseases.

TL;DR: This review will summarize key advances in epigenetic clocks and their potential application in precision health, and highlight the importance of prospective study designs to identify and confirm epigenetic biomarkers of disease.
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Epigenetics of early-life lead exposure and effects on brain development

TL;DR: This report reviews and examines the epigenetic effects of one of the most common neurotoxic pollutants of the authors' environment, which is believed to have no safe level of exposure during human development: lead.
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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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