Table of Contents

Volume 7, Issue 2

  February 2012

  Pages 113 - 207

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EDITOR'S PREVIEW

Open Access Article

In this issue of Epigenetics

Barbara P. Rattner
Pages 113 - 114
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.19326





REVIEWS

Non-catalytic functions of DNMT1

Jesús Espada
Pages 115 - 118
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18756


Basic concepts of epigenetics: Impact of environmental signals on gene expression

Elizabeth A. Mazzio and Karam F.A. Soliman
Pages 119 - 130
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18764





BRIEF REPORTS

Inhibition of MspI cleavage activity by hydroxymethylation of the CpG site: A concern for DNA modification studies using restriction endonucleases

Kenji Ichiyanagi
Pages 131 - 136
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18909


Open Access Article

Semi-quantitative immunohistochemical detection of 5-hydroxymethyl-cytosine reveals conservation of its tissue distribution between amphibians and mammals

Rimple D. Almeida, Virginie Sottile, Matthew Loose, Paul A. De Sousa, Andrew D. Johnson and Alexey Ruzov
Pages 137 - 140
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18949





RESEARCH PAPERS

Rapid turnover of DNA methylation in human cells

Yoshiaki Yamagata, Pàl Szabó, David Szüts, Caroline Bacquet, Tamàs Arànyi and Andras Paldi
Pages 141 - 145
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18906


Mutation of MeCP2 alters transcriptional regulation of select immediate-early genes

Dan Su, Young May Cha and Anne E. West
Pages 146 - 154
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18907


Epigenetic and genetic variation at the IGF2/H19 imprinting control region on 11p15.5 is associated with cerebellum weight

Ruth Pidsley, Emma Dempster, Claire Troakes, Safa Al-Sarraj and Jonathan Mill
Pages 155 - 163
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18910


Epigenetic silencing of HNF1A associates with changes in the composition of the human plasma N-glycome

Vlatka Zoldoš, Tomislav Horvat, Mislav Novokmet, Cyrille Cuenin, Ana Mužinić, Maja Pučić, Jennifer E. Huffman, Olga Gornik, Ozren Polašek, Harry Campbell, Caroline Hayward, Alan F. Wright, Igor Rudan, Katharine Owen, Mark I. McCarthy, Zdenko Herceg and Gordan Lauc
Pages 164 - 172
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18918


Trophoblast-specific DNA methylation occurs after the segregation of the trophectoderm and inner cell mass in the mouse periimplantation embryo

Momo O. Nakanishi, Koji Hayakawa, Kazuhiko Nakabayashi, Kenichiro Hata, Kunio Shiota and Satoshi Tanaka
Pages 173 - 182
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18962


Histone deacetylase 3 (HDAC3) participates in the transcriptional repression of the p16^INK4a gene in mammary gland of the female rat offspring exposed to an early-life high-fat diet

Shasha Zheng, Qian Li, Yukun Zhang, Zachary Balluff and Yuan-Xiang Pan
Pages 183 - 190
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18972


Promoter methylation status of VEGF receptor genes: A possible epigenetic biomarker to anticipate the efficacy of intracellular-acting VEGF-targeted drugs in cancer cells

Jeeyeon Kim, Junha Hwang, Hyeseon Jeong, Hee-Jung Song, Jieun Shin, Gangmin Hur, Young Woo Park, Suk Hoon Lee and Jei Kim
Pages 191 - 200
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.18973


Effects of TET2 mutations on DNA methylation in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

Jumpei Yamazaki, Rodolphe Taby, Aparna Vasanthakumar, Trisha Macrae, Kelly R. Ostler, Lanlan Shen, Hagop M. Kantarjian, Marcos R. Estecio, Jaroslav Jelinek, Lucy A. Godley and Jean-Pierre J. Issa
Pages 201 - 207
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/epi.7.2.19015