2016
Regulation of the DNA Methylation Landscape in Human Somatic Cell Reprogramming by the miR-29 Family
Hysolli E, Tanaka Y, Su J, Kim KY, Zhong T, Janknecht R, Zhou XL, Geng L, Qiu C, Pan X, Jung YW, Cheng J, Lu J, Zhong M, Weissman SM, Park IH. Regulation of the DNA Methylation Landscape in Human Somatic Cell Reprogramming by the miR-29 Family. Stem Cell Reports 2016, 7: 43-54. PMID: 27373925, PMCID: PMC4945581, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.05.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylation stateEmbryonic stem cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsHuman somatic cell reprogrammingSomatic cell reprogrammingMethylation stateCell reprogrammingMiR-29 familyDNA methylation landscapeImportant epigenetic regulatorsStem cellsOverexpression of Oct4Global DNA methylationMiRNA-based approachesPluripotent stem cellsMethylation landscapeHistone modificationsDNA demethylationEpigenomic changesEarly reprogrammingEpigenetic regulatorsEpigenetic differencesDNA methylationHydroxymethylation analysisReprogramming
2009
Complex developmental patterns of histone modifications associated with the human β-globin switch in primary cells
Hsu M, Richardson CA, Olivier E, Qiu C, Bouhassira EE, Lowrey CH, Fiering S. Complex developmental patterns of histone modifications associated with the human β-globin switch in primary cells. Experimental Hematology 2009, 37: 799-806.e4. PMID: 19460472, PMCID: PMC2748252, DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistone modificationsGene expressionBeta-globin switchDimethyl lysine 9Beta-globin locusΒ-globin switchGamma geneImportant histone modificationsBone marrow cellsGamma gene expressionSuch histonesComplex developmental patternLysine 9Chromatin immunoprecipitationHistone H3Gene suppressionPrimary fetalMarrow cellsUnexpressed genesGamma-globinGenesHistonesDevelopmental stagesBone marrow erythroblastsPrimary cellsDevelopmentally regulated extended domains of DNA hypomethylation encompass highly transcribed genes of the human β-globin locus
Lathrop MJ, Hsu M, Richardson CA, Olivier EN, Qiu C, Bouhassira EE, Fiering S, Lowrey CH. Developmentally regulated extended domains of DNA hypomethylation encompass highly transcribed genes of the human β-globin locus. Experimental Hematology 2009, 37: 807-813.e2. PMID: 19460471, PMCID: PMC3792488, DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2009.04.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdult erythroid cellsCpG island genesHistone modificationsGene expressionDNA hypomethylationErythroid cellsDNA methylationBeta-like globin gene expressionBeta-globin gene regulationIsland genesActive histone marksBeta-globin locusGamma-globin promoterGlobin gene expressionHuman embryonic stem cellsDNA methylation patternsSpecific gene expressionEmbryonic stem cellsPrimary human erythroblastsHuman β-globinHistone marksGene regulationMethylation stateBisulfite sequencingCpG islands