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Epigenetic mechanisms in neurological disease

M Jakovcevski, S Akbarian - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
The exploration of brain epigenomes, which consist of various types of DNA methylation
and covalent histone modifications, is providing new and unprecedented insights into the …

[PDF][PDF] The role of m6A/m-RNA methylation in stress response regulation

…, P Weber, M Rex-Haffner, S Geula, M Jakovcevski… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
N 6 -methyladenosine (m 6 A) and N 6 ,2′-O-dimethyladenosine (m 6 Am) are abundant
mRNA modifications that regulate transcript processing and translation. The role of both, here …

Alterations in microRNA-124 and AMPA receptors contribute to social behavioral deficits in frontotemporal dementia

…, L Petrucelli, D Sun, J Jiao, H Zhou, M Jakovcevski… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD), are often associated
with behavioral deficits, but the underlying anatomical and molecular causes remain poorly …

DNA methylation signatures of early childhood malnutrition associated with impairments in attention and cognition

…, LK Fischer, M Kundakovic, P Garg, M Jakovcevski… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Early childhood malnutrition affects 113 million children worldwide, impacting
health and increasing vulnerability for cognitive and behavioral disorders later in life. …

Neuronal Kmt2a/Mll1 histone methyltransferase is essential for prefrontal synaptic plasticity and working memory

M Jakovcevski, H Ruan, EY Shen, A Dincer… - Journal of …, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
Neuronal histone H3-lysine 4 methylation landscapes are defined by sharp peaks at gene
promoters and other cis-regulatory sequences, but molecular and cellular phenotypes after …

Genetic and acute CPEB1 depletion ameliorate fragile X pathophysiology

T Udagawa, NG Farny, M Jakovcevski, H Kaphzan… - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common cause of inherited mental retardation and autism,
is caused by transcriptional silencing of FMR1, which encodes the translational repressor …

Chronic CRH depletion from GABAergic, long-range projection neurons in the extended amygdala reduces dopamine release and increases anxiety

N Dedic, C Kühne, M Jakovcevski, J Hartmann… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The interplay between corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and the dopaminergic
system has predominantly been studied in addiction and reward, while CRH–dopamine …

Setdb1 histone methyltransferase regulates mood-related behaviors and expression of the NMDA receptor subunit NR2B

Y Jiang, M Jakovcevski, R Bharadwaj… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Histone methyltransferases specific for the histone H3-lysine 9 residue, including Setdb1 (Set
domain, bifurcated 1)/Eset/Kmt1e are associated with repressive chromatin remodeling …

[PDF][PDF] Conserved higher-order chromatin regulates NMDA receptor gene expression and cognition

…, W Mao, C Whittle, A Dincer, M Jakovcevski… - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Three-dimensional chromosomal conformations regulate transcription by moving enhancers
and regulatory elements into spatial proximity with target genes. Here we describe activity-…

Epigenetic dysregulation of hairy and enhancer of split 4 (HES4) is associated with striatal degeneration in postmortem Huntington brains

…, JE Coelho, P Li, X Dong, M Jakovcevski… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
To investigate epigenetic contributions to Huntington's disease (HD) pathogenesis, we
carried out genome-wide mapping of the transcriptional mark, trimethyl-histone H3-lysine 4 (…