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Inheritance of H3K9 methylation regulates genome architecture in Drosophila early embryos
Constitutive heterochromatin is essential for transcriptional silencing and genome integrity. The establishment of constitutive heterochromatin in early embryos and its role in early fruitfly development are unknown. Lysine 9 trimethylation of histone H3 ( ...
Springernature2024Hippo-YAP/TAZ signalling coordinates adipose plasticity and energy balance by uncoupling leptin expression from fat mass
Johan Auwerx, Xiaoxu Li, Jun Yong Kim, Maroun Bou Sleiman, Yoo Hoon Kim
Adipose tissues serve as an energy reservoir and endocrine organ, yet the mechanisms that coordinate these functions remain elusive. Here, we show that the transcriptional coregulators, YAP and TAZ, uncouple fat mass from leptin levels and regulate adipocy ...
Nature Portfolio2024Regulation of sedimentation rate shapes the evolution of multicellularity in a close unicellular relative of animals
Significant increases in sedimentation rate accompany the evolution of multicellularity. These increases should lead to rapid changes in ecological distribution, thereby affecting the costs and benefits of multicellularity and its likelihood to evolve. How ...
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE2022KRAB zinc finger protein-mediated control of transposon-embedded regulatory sequences from human germline to early embryos
Transposable elements (TEs), also called jumping genes, are genetic elements capable of changing their position within the genome of their host. They make up large fractions of genomes, including 45% of human DNA content, according to current estimates.
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EPFL2021The Gene-Regulatory Footprint of Aging Highlights Conserved Central Regulators
Johan Auwerx, Richardus Houtkooper, Maroun Bou Sleiman, Xu Wang, Pooja Jha
Many genes and pathways have been linked to aging, yet our understanding of underlying molecular mechanisms is still lacking. Here, we measure changes in the transcriptome, histone modifications, and DNA methylome in three metabolic tissues of adult and ag ...
2020MondoA regulates gene expression in cholesterol biosynthesis-associated pathways required for zebrafish epiboly
Cédric Gobet, Frédéric Bruno Martin Gachon, Benjamin Dieter Weger, Meltem Weger
The glucose-sensing Mondo pathway regulates expression of metabolic genes in mammals. Here, we characterized its function in the zebrafish and revealed an unexpected role of this pathway in vertebrate embryonic development. We showed that knockdown of mond ...
2020Novel PDE6B Mutation Presenting with Retinitis Pigmentosa - A Case Series of Three Patients
Background Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) affects 2.5 million people worldwide. Increased identification of causative gene defects and the increasing possibility of treatment necessitates better knowledge of phenotype-genotype correlations to help identify pati ...
2019ZNF445 is a primary regulator of genomic imprinting
Didier Trono, Priscilla Turelli, Christian Axel Wandall Thorball, Evaristo Jose Planet Letschert, Sandra Eloise Kjeldsen, Michaël Imbeault, Andrea Coluccio
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic process regulated by germline-derived DNA methylation, causing parental origin-specific monoallelic gene expression. Zinc finger protein 57 (ZFP57) is critical for maintenance of this epigenetic memory during post-fertil ...
2019The melanization reaction in Drosophila: More than black or white
The melanization reaction is a rapid and important immune mechanism in arthropods. It results in the production of melanin at the site of injury and around invading microbes. The enzymes responsible for melanogenesis are phenoloxidases (PO), which catalyze ...
EPFL2018KRAB'n'KAP, DNA methylation and epigenetic memory
The KZFP/KAP1 (Krüppel associated box zinc finger proteins/KRAB-associated protein 1) complex is a transcriptional repressor that triggers the deposition of heterochromatin (H3K9me3) and DNA methylation. The main targets of the KZFP/KAP1 complex are transp ...
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