2013
Inducible mouse models illuminate parameters influencing epigenetic inheritance
Wan M, Gu H, Wang J, Huang H, Zhao J, Kaundal RK, Yu M, Kushwaha R, Chaiyachati BH, Deerhake E, Chi T. Inducible mouse models illuminate parameters influencing epigenetic inheritance. Development 2013, 140: 843-852. PMID: 23325759, PMCID: PMC3557779, DOI: 10.1242/dev.088229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransgenerational inheritanceEpigenetic perturbationsModification patternsChromatin modification patternsRepressive chromatin modificationsAberrant epigenetic modificationsTarget gene sequenceMitotic inheritanceChromatin modificationsEpigenetic inheritanceEpigenetic stateMetastable epiallelesEpigenetic modificationsTranscription factorsGene sequencesDNA sequencesEpigenetic programmingTarget genesCOL1A1 locusFetal epigenomeExtraordinary malleabilityPleiotropic effectsInducible mouse modelEpigenomeTransient manipulation
2009
Genetic Analysis of Blood Pressure in 8 Mouse Intercross Populations
Feng M, Deerhake ME, Keating R, Thaisz J, Xu L, Tsaih SW, Smith R, Ishige T, Sugiyama F, Churchill GA, DiPetrillo K. Genetic Analysis of Blood Pressure in 8 Mouse Intercross Populations. Hypertension 2009, 54: 802-809. PMID: 19652078, PMCID: PMC2854560, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.109.134569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantitative trait lociIntercross populationCausal genesBlood pressure quantitative trait lociExcellent genetic resourcesConserved roleQTL intervalsQTL analysisGenomic regionsMouse genomeTrait lociHuman genomeGenetic resourcesBioinformatics methodsGenetic basisCandidate genesGenetic analysisGenesMultiple crossesGenomeHypertension genesBlood pressureLociMiceBlood pressure regulation