Molecular and Cellular Pathways Contributing to Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Qinghua Fang, Chun Zhou, Kutty Selva Nandakumar

“…Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune syndrome associated with several genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors affecting the articular joints contributing to cartilage and bone damage. …”
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Theoretical underpinnings and future research on academic stress in biological and educational perspectives by Wasis Wuyung Wisnu Brata, Hendra Susanto, Siti Zubaidah

“…The review identifies four key theoretical foundations: the neurocognitive aspects of stress and performance, the neurophysiology of stress, epigenetic regulation of stress, and stress and genetic variations. …”
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Glioblastoma Multiforme Stem Cells by Irena Dimov, Deasanka Tasic-Dimov, Irena Conic, Vladisav Stefanovic

“…There are promising mounting data on providing new molecular targets and predictive markers of response, leading to more effective therapies of GBM, guided by patient-specific genetic and epigenetic profiling. However, the achievement of efficient GBMSC targeting also requires an adequate understanding of the unique microenvironment, and the relationship with the immune system in the central nervous system (CNS) and CNS tumors. …”
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Stress Response and Perinatal Reprogramming: Unraveling (Mal)adaptive Strategies by Laura Musazzi, Jordan Marrocco

“…These changes are likely driven by epigenetic factors that lie at the core of the stress-response reprogramming in individuals with a history of perinatal stress. …”
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The DNA Polymerase _-Primase Complex: Multiple Functions and Interactions by Marco Muzi-Falconi, Michele Giannattasio, Marco Foiani, Paolo Plevani

“…However, pol-prim seems to play additional roles in other complex cellular processes, such as the response to DNA damage, telomere maintenance, and the epigenetic control of higher order chromatin assembly.…”
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Post infectious fatigue and circadian rhythm disruption in long-COVID and other infections: a need for further research by Achilleas Livieratos, Steven W. Lockley, Sotirios Tsiodras

“…., interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha). Epigenetic changes, including DNA methylation at clock-related loci, particularly in peripheral tissues, further contribute to systemic circadian dysregulation. …”
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Biological functions of 5-methylcytosine RNA-binding proteins and their potential mechanisms in human cancers by Tingting Zhao, Zhe Zhang, Zhuo Chen, Guozheng Xu, Yongxi Wang, Fang Wang

“…The 5-methylcytosine (m5C) modification is a crucial epigenetic RNA modification, which is involved in the post-transcriptional regulation of genes. …”
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The Role of the NIS (SLC5A5) Gene in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review by Rafael Martins de Morais, Alaor Barra Sobrinho, Calliandra Maria de Souza Silva, Jamila Reis de Oliveira, Izabel Cristina Rodrigues da Silva, Otávio de Toledo Nóbrega

“…Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common thyroid malignancy. Genetic and epigenetic alterations play a decisive role in the onset of several human neoplasms. …”
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Non-metric variations in individuals who died during the perinatal period in past populations: recording protocol and comparative data by Caroline Partiot, Dominique Castex, Valérie Delattre, Bruno Maureille, Mark Guillon

“…Non-metric variations, also referred to as "epigenetic variations" or asymptomatic bone variants, are bone or dental phenotypic variants of unknown origin, with no known pathological etiology. …”
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Modulation of Stemness and Differentiation Regulators by Valproic Acid in Medulloblastoma Neurospheres by Natália Hogetop Freire, Alice Laschuk Herlinger, Julia Vanini, Matheus Dalmolin, Marcelo A. C. Fernandes, Carolina Nör, Vijay Ramaswamy, Caroline Brunetto de Farias, André Tesainer Brunetto, Algemir Lunardi Brunetto, Lauro José Gregianin, Mariane da Cunha Jaeger, Michael D. Taylor, Rafael Roesler

“…Changes in epigenetic processes such as histone acetylation are proposed as key events influencing cancer cell function and the initiation and progression of pediatric brain tumors. …”
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Spatial stochastic models of cancer: Fitness, migration, invasion by Natalia L. Komarova

“…Cancer progression is driven by genetic and epigenetic events giving rise to heterogeneity of cellphenotypes, and by selection forces that shape the changingcomposition of tumors. …”
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: a review of pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, and treatment by T. Mikalauskas, B. Burnytė

“…The first type is characterised by a reduction in D4Z4 repeats, while the second type is characterised by mutations in genes encoding epigenetic regulators such as SMCHD1. In recent years, significant progress has been made in understanding the pathogenesis, clinical features, and progression of the disease, but there is still no specific treatment due to the obstacles in the development of gene therapy. …”
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Cashmere cyclic growth affected by different photoperiods alters DNA methylation patterns by Ruoyang Zhao, Tiecheng Wu, Jun Yin, Tao Wang, Yunmei He, Yahan Wu, Yulin Gao, Bin Liu

“…Whole-genome bisulfite sequencing was used to study epigenetic differences in hair follicles from Inner Mongolia Albas cashmere goats during long and short photoperiods. …”
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A Novel Heterozygous De Novo MORC2 Missense Variant Causes an Early Onset and Severe Neurodevelopmental Disorder by Daniel Arbide, Nour Elkhateeb, Ewa Goljan, Carolina Perez Gonzalez, Anna Maw, Soo-Mi Park

“…Microrchidia CW-type zinc finger protein 2 (MORC2) is an ATPase-containing nuclear protein which regulates transcription through chromatin remodelling and epigenetic silencing. MORC2 may have a role in the development of neurones, and dominant variants in this gene have recently been linked with disorders including Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2Z disease, spinal muscular atrophy and, more recently, a neurodevelopmental syndrome consisting of developmental delay, impaired growth, dysmorphic facies, and axonal neuropathy (DIGFAN), presenting with hypotonia, microcephaly, brain atrophy, intellectual disability, hearing loss, faltering growth, and craniofacial dysmorphism. …”
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Redox Signaling in Diabetic Nephropathy: Hypertrophy versus Death Choices in Mesangial Cells and Podocytes by Gina Manda, Alexandru-Ionel Checherita, Maria Victoria Comanescu, Mihail Eugen Hinescu

“…Main topics this review is addressing are biomarkers of oxidative stress in diabetic nephropathy, the sources of reactive oxygen species (mitochondria, NADPH-oxidases, hyperglycemia, and inflammation), and the redox-sensitive signaling networks (protein kinases, transcription factors, and epigenetic regulators). Molecular switches deciding on the renal cells fate in diabetic nephropathy are presented, such as hypertrophy versus death choices in mesangial cells and podocytes. …”
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miRNAs and Melanoma: How Are They Connected? by Adriana Taveira da Cruz, Miriam Galvonas Jasiulionis

“…Therefore, this review aims to discuss new findings about miRNAs in melanoma fields, underlying epigenetic processes, and also to argue possibilities of using miRNAs in melanoma diagnosis and therapy.…”
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Synapse Plasticity in Motor, Sensory, and Limbo-Prefrontal Cortex Areas as Measured by Degrading Axon Terminals in an Environment Model of Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) by Janina Neufeld, Gertraud Teuchert-Noodt, Keren Grafen, York Winter, A. Veronica Witte

“…Still little is known about naturally occurring synaptogenesis in the adult neocortex and related impacts of epigenetic influences. We therefore investigated (pre)synaptic plasticity in various cortices of adult rodents, visualized by secondary lysosome accumulations (LA) in remodeling axon terminals. …”
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Advances in Gene Therapy for Neurologic Disorders: An Overview by Pallavi Chand, K. Trideva Sastri, Ashish Singh Chauhan, Souvik Chakraborty, Vikash Jakhmola

“…Neurologic disease-related events, such as genetic and epigenetic changes, cause inflammatory processes in the area which may enhance the disease cycle. …”
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PTEN Gene: A Model for Genetic Diseases in Dermatology by Corrado Romano, Carmelo Schepis

“…A recent model sees PTEN function as a stepwise gradation, which can be impaired not only by heterozygous mutations and homozygous losses, but also by other molecular mechanisms, such as transcriptional regression, epigenetic silencing, regulation by microRNAs, posttranslational modification, and aberrant localization. …”
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Functions and applications of RNA interference and small regulatory RNAs by Feng Xuezhu, Guang Shouhong

“…This process involves Argonaute/small RNA (AGO/sRNA) complexes that target transcripts via sequence complementarity and modulate gene expression and epigenetic modifications. RNAi is a highly conserved gene regulatory phenomenon that recognizes self- and non-self nucleic acids, thereby defending against invasive sequences. …”
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