Reduced Syncytin-1 Expression Levels in Placental Syndromes Correlates with Epigenetic Hypermethylation of the ERVW-1 Promoter Region

Regulation of the human endogenous retroviral Syncytin-1 and cell-cell fusion by the nuclear hormone receptors PPARγ/RXRα in placentogenesis

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Increased Expression and Altered Methylation of HERVWE1 in the Human Placentas of Smaller Fetuses from Monozygotic, Dichorionic, Discordant Twins

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Mbd3/NURD Complex Regulates Expression of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine Marked Genes in Embryonic Stem Cells

(2011) Ozlem Yildirim et al.   CELL

Hypomethylation of functional retrotransposon-derived genes in the human placenta

(2011) Erin C. Macaulay et al.   MAMMALIAN GENOME

Recognition of methylated DNA through methyl-CpG binding domain proteins

(2011) Xueqing Zou et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Epigenetic regulation of transcription and splicing of syncytins, fusogenic glycoproteins of retroviral origin

(2011) Kateřina Trejbalová et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Lsh, chromatin remodeling family member, modulates genome-wide cytosine methylation patterns at nonrepeat sequences

(2011) Y. Tao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Epigenetic downregulation of the DNA repair gene MED1/MBD4 in colorectal and ovarian cancer

(2010) J. Harrison Howard et al.   CANCER BIOLOGY & THERAPY

DNA Methylation-mediated Down-regulation of DNA Methyltransferase-1 (DNMT1) Is Coincident with, but Not Essential for, Global Hypomethylation in Human Placenta

(2010) Boris Novakovic et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Impaired cell fusion and differentiation in placentae from patients with intrauterine growth restriction correlate with reduced levels of HERV envelope genes

(2010) Matthias Ruebner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Expression of syncytin in leukemia and lymphoma cells

(2010) Yi Sun et al.   LEUKEMIA RESEARCH

Lsh Mediated RNA Polymerase II Stalling at HoxC6 and HoxC8 Involves DNA Methylation

(2010) Yongguang Tao et al.   PLoS One

Syncytin immunoreactivity in colorectal cancer: Potential prognostic impact

(2009) Julie Mou Larsen et al.   CANCER LETTERS

DNA methylation and methyl-CpG binding proteins: developmental requirements and function

(2009) Ozren Bogdanović et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Comparative Methylation of ERVWE1/Syncytin-1 and Other Human Endogenous Retrovirus LTRs in Placenta Tissues

(2009) J. Gimenez et al.   DNA RESEARCH

Syncytin-1 and Glial Cells Missing a: Hypoxia-Induced Deregulated Gene Expression along with Disordered Cell Fusion in Primary Term Human Trophoblasts

(2009) C. Wich et al.   GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC INVESTIGATION

Syncytin-2 Plays an Important Role in the Fusion of Human Trophoblast Cells

(2009) Amandine Vargas et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Gene conversion and purifying selection of a placenta-specific ERV-V envelope gene during simian evolution

(2008) Anders L Kjeldbjerg et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Surface area of chorionic villi of placentas: An index of intrauterine growth restriction of fetuses

(2008) Sharmistha Biswas et al.   JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH