The Epigenetics of Depression
…was the protein methyl-CPG binding protein MeCP2, resulting in hypomethylation of the AVP gene. Histones are proteins responsible for the packaging of DNA and thus play a role in the…
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Researchers Discovered the Start and Stop Controls of Gene Expression
…the proteins responsible for adding the modification resulted in a loss of all H3K4 methylation. They also discovered that H3K4me3 controls the release of RNA polymerase II, an enzyme that…
What You Eat Adjusts Your Gut Microbiota and Epigenetic Marks
…as well as survive within us. New research is showing that the bacterial microbiota of the gut could place chemical tags on our DNA and influence gene expression, potentially impacting…
Synergistic Epigenetic Medications Show Promise in Colorectal Cancer and Beyond
…modifications on DNA and its packaging proteins that influence gene expression without altering the DNA sequence. Cancer cells often display abnormal epigenetic patterns, making them an attractive target for therapeutic…
Fathers Affected by Early Life Trauma May Impact Later Generations Through Sperm MicroRNAs
…fathers only passed DNA to the mother’s egg during fertilization, but it was recently discovered that sperm also contributes miRNA, which could epigenetically impact the next generation. Epigenetics is the…
Does A Slow Cellular Metabolism Speed Up Aging?
…respiration are caused by the accumulation of mutations in mitochondrial DNA”—with one of the hallmarks of age-associated defects being that long-term accumulation of defects in DNA—”our data support an alternative…
Drug Combination May Epigenetically Help Prevent Breast Cancer
…disorder. It is an inhibitor of an epigenetic modification called histone deacetylase (HDAC), which remove acetyl groups from core histones. Hydralazine is a popular blood pressure medication, which inhibits DNA…
Epigenetics Could Turn on an ‘Obesity Switch’
…factor for cancer. It has been thought that obesity is determined largely by DNA, but our environment is also important. Curious to know how different foods may epigenetically influence health?…
How a Ketogenic Diet May Change Your Gene Expression
…without changing the code of our DNA. DNA is wrapped together with proteins called histones in a tightly coiled complex called chromatin. When there are spaces in the coils of…
Researchers Discover ‘Goldilocks Effect’ of Protein Bre1 Influences Epigenetic Regulation
…in cancer patients.” Strahl explained that there are important questions surrounding the exact mechanism by which histones coil up DNA into chromatin, thereby denying or enabling access to the genetic…
