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Age-associated hydroxymethylation in human bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Translational Medicine, July 2016
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Title
Age-associated hydroxymethylation in human bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells
Published in
Journal of Translational Medicine, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12967-016-0966-x
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Authors

Estela G. Toraño, Gustavo F. Bayón, Álvaro del Real, Marta I. Sierra, María G. García, Antonella Carella, Thalia Belmonte, Rocío G. Urdinguio, Isabel Cubillo, Javier García-Castro, Jesús Delgado-Calle, Flor M. Pérez-Campo, José A. Riancho, Mario F. Fraga, Agustín F. Fernández

Abstract

Age-associated changes in genomic DNA methylation have been primarily attributed to 5-methylcytosine (5mC). However, the recent discovery of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) suggests that this epigenetic mark might also play a role in the process. Here, we analyzed the genome-wide profile of 5hmc in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) obtained from bone-marrow donors, aged 2-89 years. We identified 10,685 frequently hydroxymethylated CpG sites in MSCs that were, as in other cell types, significantly associated with low density CpG regions, introns, the histone posttranslational modification H3k4me1 and enhancers. Study of the age-associated changes to 5hmC identified 785 hyper- and 846 hypo-hydroxymethylated CpG sites in the MSCs obtained from older individuals. DNA hyper-hydroxymethylation in the advanced-age group was associated with loss of 5mC, which suggests that, at specific CpG sites, this epigenetic modification might play a role in DNA methylation changes during lifetime. Since bone-marrow MSCs have many clinical applications, and the fact that the epigenomic alterations in this cell type associated with aging identified in this study could have associated functional effects, the age of donors should be taken into account in clinical settings.

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Unknown 55 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 15 27%
Student > Master 5 9%
Professor 5 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 7%
Student > Postgraduate 4 7%
Other 10 18%
Unknown 12 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 16 29%
Medicine and Dentistry 10 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 13%
Engineering 3 5%
Computer Science 2 4%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 14 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 August 2016.
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#6,729,960
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#1,070
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#105,601
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#19
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