Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery: tipping the balance of chromatin states

JA Fahrner, HT Bjornsson - Annual review of genomics and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery are a newly delineated group of multiple
congenital anomaly and intellectual disability syndromes resulting from mutations in genes …

Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery: postnatal malleability and therapeutic prospects

JA Fahrner, HT Bjornsson - Human Molecular Genetics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The epigenetic machinery in conjunction with the transcriptional machinery is responsible
for maintaining genome-wide chromatin states and dynamically regulating gene expression. …

Dependence of histone modifications and gene expression on DNA hypermethylation in cancer

JA Fahrner, S Eguchi, JG Herman, SB Baylin - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
We examined the relationship between aberrant DNA hypermethylation and key histone
code components at a hypermethylated, silenced tumor suppressor gene promoter in human …

Silenced tumor suppressor genes reactivated by DNA demethylation do not return to a fully euchromatic chromatin state

KM McGarvey, JA Fahrner, E Greene, J Martens… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Histone H3 lysine 9 (H3K9) and lysine 27 (H3K27) trimethylation are properties of stably
silenced heterochromatin whereas H3K9 dimethylation (H3K9me2) is important for euchromatic …

A novel de novo dominant negative mutation in DNM1L impairs mitochondrial fission and presents as childhood epileptic encephalopathy

JA Fahrner, R Liu, MS Perry, J Klein… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A novel de novo dominant negative mutation in DNM1L impairs mitochondrial fission and
presents as childhood epileptic encephalopathy - Fahrner - 2016 - American Journal of …

[PDF][PDF] Novel diagnostic DNA methylation episignatures expand and refine the epigenetic landscapes of Mendelian disorders

…, D Dyment, N Esber, JA Fahrner… - Human Genetics and …, 2022 - cell.com
Overlapping clinical phenotypes and an expanding breadth and complexity of genomic
associations are a growing challenge in the diagnosis and clinical management of Mendelian …

Functional correlation of genome‐wide DNA methylation profiles in genetic neurodevelopmental disorders

…, D Dyment, N Esber, JA Fahrner… - Human …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An expanding range of genetic syndromes are characterized by genome‐wide disruptions
in DNA methylation profiles referred to as episignatures. Episignatures are distinct, highly …

Expanding the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum in a diverse cohort of 104 individuals with Wiedemann‐Steiner syndrome

…, HT Bjornsson, JS Cohen, JA Fahrner… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wiedemann‐Steiner syndrome (WSS) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by monoallelic
variants in KMT2A and characterized by intellectual disability and hypertrichosis. We …

Retargeting the coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor to the apical surface of polarized epithelial cells reveals the glycocalyx as a barrier to adenovirus-mediated …

RJ Pickles, JA Fahrner, JEM Petrella… - Journal of …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
Lumenal delivery of adenovirus vectors (AdV) results in inefficient gene transfer to human
airway epithelium. The human coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (hCAR) was detected …

DNA methylation and complete transcriptional silencing of cancer genes persist after depletion of EZH2

KM McGarvey, E Greene, JA Fahrner, T Jenuwein… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
Recent work suggests a link between the polycomb group protein EZH2 and mediation of
gene silencing in association with maintenance of DNA methylation. However, we show that …