OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Epigenetics & Chromatin is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Losing DNA methylation at repetitive elements and breaking bad	63
Efficient and accurate determination of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns in Arabidopsis thaliana with enzymatic methyl sequencing	60
The solid and liquid states of chromatin	52
ATAC-seq normalization method can significantly affect differential accessibility analysis and interpretation	49
Integration of sperm ncRNA-directed DNA methylation and DNA methylation-directed histone retention in epigenetic transgenerational inheritance	43
Post-translational modifications of PRC2: signals directing its activity	38
BAMscale: quantification of next-generation sequencing peaks and generation of scaled coverage tracks	36
Histone N-alpha terminal modifications: genome regulation at the tip of the tail	35
Histone crotonylation-centric gene regulation	34
A comprehensive overview of bull sperm-borne small non-coding RNAs and their diversity across breeds	30
Evaluation of whole-genome DNA methylation sequencing library preparation protocols	28
HISTome2: a database of histone proteins, modifiers for multiple organisms and epidrugs	28
Histone modifications associated with gene expression and genome accessibility are dynamically enriched at Plasmodium falciparum regulatory sequences	27
Comparison of methylation capture sequencing and Infinium MethylationEPIC array in peripheral blood mononuclear cells	25
Epigenetic regulation of retinal development	24
Hypoxic in vitro culture reduces histone lactylation and impairs pre-implantation embryonic development in mice	23
Distinct and overlapping roles of STAG1 and STAG2 in cohesin localization and gene expression in embryonic stem cells	23
Cross-species examination of X-chromosome inactivation highlights domains of escape from silencing	22
Chromosome structural variation in tumorigenesis: mechanisms of formation and carcinogenesis	21
Dynamics of cattle sperm sncRNAs during maturation, from testis to ejaculated sperm	21
Structural and functional specificity of H3K36 methylation	19
Regulation of SETD2 stability is important for the fidelity of H3K36me3 deposition	19
Chromatin accessibility maps provide evidence of multilineage gene priming in hematopoietic stem cells	18
Impact of 3D genome organization, guided by cohesin and CTCF looping, on sex-biased chromatin interactions and gene expression in mouse liver	17
The histone methyltransferase Setd8 alters the chromatin landscape and regulates the expression of key transcription factors during erythroid differentiation	17

Mechanism and functional role of the interaction between CP190 and the architectural protein Pita in Drosophila melanogaster	17
In vivo visualization of the i-motif DNA secondary structure in the Bombyx mori testis	17
The DNMT1 inhibitor GSK-3484862 mediates global demethylation in murine embryonic stem cells	16
A standardized nomenclature for mammalian histone genes	16
Viral histones: pickpocket’s prize or primordial progenitor?	16
Characterization of universal features of partially methylated domains across tissues and species	16
ΔNp63 is a pioneer factor that binds inaccessible chromatin and elicits chromatin remodeling	16
DNA methylation differs extensively between strains of the same geographical origin and changes with age in Daphnia magna	16
Genome-wide impact of hydrogen peroxide on maintenance DNA methylation in replicating cells	15
Loss of EZH2-like or SU(VAR)3–9-like proteins causes simultaneous perturbations in H3K27 and H3K9 tri-methylation and associated developmental defects in the fungus Podospora anserina	15
Sperm DNA methylation alterations from cannabis extract exposure are evident in offspring	14
Functions of HP1 proteins in transcriptional regulation	14
Sequencing of methylase-accessible regions in integral circular extrachromosomal DNA reveals differences in chromatin structure	14
Evolutionary adaptation of the Polycomb repressive complex 2	14
GBAF, a small BAF sub-complex with big implications: a systematic review	13
Pioneer transcription factors are associated with the modulation of DNA methylation patterns across cancers	13
Interplay of pericentromeric genome organization and chromatin landscape regulates the expression of Drosophila melanogaster heterochromatic genes	13
The social construction of the social epigenome and the larger biological context	13
A cookbook for DNase Hi-C	13
In vivo chromatin organization on native yeast telomeric regions is independent of a cis-telomere loopback conformation	12
Conservation and diversity of the eukaryotic SAGA coactivator complex across kingdoms	12
DNA methylation suppresses chitin degradation and promotes the wing development by inhibiting Bmara-mediated chitinase expression in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	12
Stable DNMT3L overexpression in SH-SY5Y neurons recreates a facet of the genome-wide Down syndrome DNA methylation signature	12
The fibronectin type-III (FNIII) domain of ATF7IP contributes to efficient transcriptional silencing mediated by the SETDB1 complex	12
Epigenomic landscape of enhancer elements during Hydra head organizer formation	12
Linker histone variant H1t is closely associated with repressed repeat-element chromatin domains in pachytene spermatocytes	12
Ageing-associated changes in DNA methylation in X and Y chromosomes	12
DAMEfinder: a method to detect differential allele-specific methylation	11
Molecular mechanism of histone variant H2A.B on stability and assembly of nucleosome and chromatin structures	11
Effects of paternal exposure to cigarette smoke on sperm DNA methylation and long-term metabolic syndrome in offspring	11
H3K36 methylation reprograms gene expression to drive early gametocyte development in Plasmodium falciparum	11
N6-Adenosine methylation on mRNA is recognized by YTH2 domain protein of human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum	11
DNA looping by two 5-methylcytosine-binding proteins quantified using nanofluidic devices	11
Making sense of the linear genome, gene function and TADs	11
Multiple distinct domains of human XIST are required to coordinate gene silencing and subsequent heterochromatin formation	11
Chromatin alterations during the epididymal maturation of mouse sperm refine the paternally inherited epigenome	11
Alu retrotransposons modulate Nanog expression through dynamic changes in regional chromatin conformation via aryl hydrocarbon receptor	11
Contribution of genetic and epigenetic changes to escape from X-chromosome inactivation	11
The regional sequestration of heterochromatin structural proteins is critical to form and maintain silent chromatin	10
Gestational arsenic exposure induces site-specific DNA hypomethylation in active retrotransposon subfamilies in offspring sperm in mice	10
Age-dependent VDR peak DNA methylation as a mechanism for latitude-dependent multiple sclerosis risk	10
Distinctive epigenomic alterations in NF1-deficient cutaneous and plexiform neurofibromas drive differential MKK/p38 signaling	10
Ethionine-mediated reduction of S-adenosylmethionine is responsible for the neural tube defects in the developing mouse embryo-mediated m6A modification and is involved in neural tube defects via modu	10
Changes in chromatin accessibility landscape and histone H3 core acetylation during valproic acid-induced differentiation of embryonic stem cells	10
The histone and non-histone methyllysine reader activities of the UHRF1 tandem Tudor domain are dispensable for the propagation of aberrant DNA methylation patterning in cancer cells	10
Pan-cancer predictions of transcription factors mediating aberrant DNA methylation	10
Histone H3.3 K27M chromatin functions implicate a network of neurodevelopmental factors including ASCL1 and NEUROD1 in DIPG	9
HiCoP, a simple and robust method for detecting interactions of regulatory regions	9
Bromodomain and extra-terminal domain (BET) proteins regulate melanocyte differentiation	9
The role of MORC3 in silencing transposable elements in mouse embryonic stem cells	9

Molecular and computational approaches to map regulatory elements in 3D chromatin structure	9
Developmental nicotine exposure engenders intergenerational downregulation and aberrant posttranslational modification of cardinal epigenetic factors in the frontal cortices, striata, and hippocampi o	9
Taf14 is required for the stabilization of transcription pre-initiation complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	9
Global histone protein surface accessibility in yeast indicates a uniformly loosely packed genome with canonical nucleosomes	8
MMP-2 is a novel histone H3 N-terminal protease necessary for myogenic gene activation	8
Three putative DNA methyltransferases of Verticillium dahliae differentially contribute to DNA methylation that is dispensable for growth, development and virulence	8
Altered hypothalamic DNA methylation and stress-induced hyperactivity following early life stress	8
Developmental programming of DNA methylation and gene expression patterns is associated with extreme cardiovascular tolerance to anoxia in the common snapping turtle	8
Structural comparisons reveal diverse binding modes between nucleosome assembly proteins and histones	8
Deformation of the nucleus by TGFβ1 via the remodeling of nuclear envelope and histone isoforms	8
The zinc finger protein CLAMP promotes long-range chromatin interactions that mediate dosage compensation of the Drosophila male X-chromosome	8
Changes in DNA methylation hallmark alterations in chromatin accessibility and gene expression for eye lens differentiation	8
The conserved DNMT1-dependent methylation regions in human cells are vulnerable to neurotoxicant rotenone exposure	7
The methylome of Biomphalaria glabrata and other mollusks: enduring modification of epigenetic landscape and phenotypic traits by a new DNA methylation inhibitor	7
Dynamic changes in whole genome DNA methylation, chromatin and gene expression during mouse lens differentiation	7
Risk-focused differences in molecular processes implicated in SARS-CoV-2 infection: corollaries in DNA methylation and gene expression	7
Open chromatin analysis in Trypanosoma cruzi life forms highlights critical differences in genomic compartments and developmental regulation at tDNA loci	7
Prenatal vitamin intake in first month of pregnancy and DNA methylation in cord blood and placenta in two prospective cohorts	6
DNA methylation may affect beef tenderness through signal transduction in Bos indicus	6
The histone chaperone Nrp1 is required for chromatin stability and nuclear division in Tetrahymena thermophila	6
Who’s afraid of the X? Incorporating the X and Y chromosomes into the analysis of DNA methylation array data	6
Mitochondrial supplementation of Sus scrofa metaphase II oocytes alters DNA methylation and gene expression profiles of blastocysts	6
Characterizing chromatin interactions of regulatory elements and nucleosome positions, using Hi-C, Micro-C, and promoter capture Micro-C	6
Histone H2A.X phosphorylation and Caspase-Initiated Chromatin Condensation in late-stage erythropoiesis	6
Systematic genetic and proteomic screens during gametogenesis identify H2BK34 methylation as an evolutionary conserved meiotic mark	6