Epigenetic control of EMT/MET dynamics: HNF4α impacts DNMT3s through miRs-29

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1849, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 919-929

  Cicchini, Carla ^a   de Nonno, Valeria ^a   Battistelli, Cecilia ^a   Cozzolino, Angela Maria ^d   De Santis Puzzonia, Marco ^a   Ciafrè, Silvia Anna ^b   Brocker, Chad ^c   Gonzalez, Frank J ^c   Amicone, Laura ^a   Tripodi, Marco ^a,b,d  

^a Pasteur Institute   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

De novo DNA methylation; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Hepatocyte; MiR 29; TGF

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; MICRORNA 29; MICRORNA 29A; MICRORNA 29B; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HNF4A PROTEIN, MOUSE; MICRORNA; MIRN29 MICRORNA, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR REPROGRAMMING; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HEPATOCYTES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84935031617     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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