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Epigenomes, Volume 4, Issue 1

March 2020 - 5 articles

Cover Story: Chronic kidney injury triggers fibrotic responses that impact kidney function and requires renal replacement therapy. Monocytes are a key fibrotic instigator, which upon infiltrating the injured kidney differentiate into macrophages with inflammatory properties that exacerbate this fibrosis. RNA-binding proteins, such as quaking, are pivotal guides of the monocyte to pro-inflammatory macrophage transition. By co-ordinating essential pre-mRNA splicing events, they determine the transcriptome and resultant proteome of these tissue-damaging cells. The development of RNA therapeutic approaches that specifically target individual RNA-binding proteins or inhibit their capacity to differentiate could limit the progression of chronic kidney injury and potentially prevent end-stage renal disease. View this paper.
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Articles (5)

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,848 Views
15 Pages

The rising field of RNA modifications is stimulating massive research nowadays. m6A, the most abundant mRNA modification is highly conserved during evolution. Through the last decade, the essential components of this dynamic mRNA modification machine...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,870 Views
9 Pages

Most patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have a poor prognosis. Curative therapy of AML requires the complete eradication of the leukemic stem cells (LSCs). One aspect of LSCs that is poorly understood is their low frequency in the total popul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,973 Views
20 Pages

Divergent DNA Methylation Signatures of Juvenile Seedlings, Grafts and Adult Apple Trees

  • Adrien Perrin,
  • Nicolas Daccord,
  • David Roquis,
  • Jean-Marc Celton,
  • Emilie Vergne and
  • Etienne Bucher

The vast majority of previous studies on epigenetics in plants have centered on the study of inheritance of DNA methylation patterns in annual plants. In contrast, perennial plants may have the ability to accumulate changes in DNA methylation pattern...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,782 Views
16 Pages

Targeting the RNA-Binding Protein QKI in Myeloid Cells Ameliorates Macrophage-Induced Renal Interstitial Fibrosis

  • Ruben G. de Bruin,
  • Gillian Vogel,
  • Jurrien Prins,
  • Jacques M. J. G. Duijs,
  • Roel Bijkerk,
  • Hendrik J. P. van der Zande,
  • Janine M. van Gils,
  • Hetty C. de Boer,
  • Ton J. Rabelink and
  • Anton Jan van Zonneveld
  • + 2 authors

In the pathophysiologic setting of acute and chronic kidney injury, the excessive activation and recruitment of blood-borne monocytes prompts their differentiation into inflammatory macrophages, a process that leads to progressive glomerulosclerosis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,824 Views
22 Pages

Much remains to be discovered about the intersection of tissue-specific transcription control and the epigenetics of skeletal muscle (SkM), a very complex and dynamic organ. From four gene families, Leucine-Rich Repeat Containing (LRRC), Oxysterol Bi...

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Epigenomes - ISSN 2075-4655