DNA Methylation
"DNA Methylation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Addition of methyl groups to DNA. DNA methyltransferases (DNA methylases) perform this reaction using S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE as the methyl group donor.
| Descriptor ID |
D019175
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.035.538.161 G02.111.218 G03.059.538.161 G05.206
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| Concept/Terms |
DNA Methylation- DNA Methylation
- DNA Methylations
- Methylation, DNA
- Methylations, DNA
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2006 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2008 | 5 | 8 | 13 | | 2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 | | 2010 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2011 | 4 | 10 | 14 | | 2012 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | 2013 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2014 | 5 | 12 | 17 | | 2015 | 14 | 9 | 23 | | 2016 | 8 | 13 | 21 | | 2017 | 15 | 13 | 28 | | 2018 | 14 | 9 | 23 | | 2019 | 14 | 11 | 25 | | 2020 | 15 | 11 | 26 | | 2021 | 12 | 16 | 28 | | 2022 | 4 | 18 | 22 | | 2023 | 11 | 9 | 20 | | 2024 | 21 | 9 | 30 | | 2025 | 15 | 11 | 26 | | 2026 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "DNA Methylation" by people in Profiles.
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Alves J, Crestani C, Marroquin SM, Johnston ABE, Ring N, Bowen C, Reglinski M, Doran KS, Zadoks RN, Lynskey NN. Acquisition of a novel restriction modification system regulates genetic flux and gene expression in the hypervirulent and globally disseminated CC17 lineage of group B Streptococcus. Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 Jul 03; 54(13).
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Yefet LS, Landry AP, Rogers CL, Wang JZ, Liu J, Patil V, Gui C, Ajisebutu A, Ellenbogen Y, Wei Q, Singh O, Mansouri S, Szot C, Jordan RC, Barani IJ, Straza MW, Shu HG, Pointer KB, Hunter G, Panet-Raymond V, Shi W, Perlow HK, Kavanagh BD, Gunter T, Robinson C, Pugh SL, Dicker AP, Mehta MP, Chakravarti A, Nassiri F, Aldape K, Zadeh G. Modern molecular profiling recontextualizes the NRG/RTOG 0539 trial and reveals hidden high-risk and radiotherapy-resistant meningiomas. Neuro Oncol. 2026 Jul 01; 28(7):1727-1740.
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Sarni D, Neary G, Carroll PL, Vink CS, Billard CV, Isobe T, Weng X, Portman JR, McCartney DL, Heyn P, van 't Hof RJ, Morrison LR, Martin CA, Stok C, Harley ME, Leitch A, van den Ancker M, Robertson N, Kitto L, Clark R, Rennie M, Popravko A, McClure JJ, Parry DA, Camiolo G, Leah T, Jakobczyk H, Megaw R, McKie L, Marshall GF, Balkic N, Amiel J, Barragán Arévalo T, Bronken McCarthy G, Buchanan CA, Buffet A, Cascón A, Cogne B, Conrad S, Cueto-González AM, Currás-Freixes M, Houge GD, Fong CT, George-Abraham JK, Gibson K, Ibáñez L, Longo N, Lussey-Lepoutre C, Miller BS, Moles-Fernandez A, Pillai NR, Tvrdik T, Vincent M, Yokoyama E, Abbott CM, Sanchez-Luque FJ, Ottersbach K, De Bari C, Roelofs AJ, Tillotson R, Kranc KR, Brown SJ, Marioni RE, Crisan M, Göttgens B, Henderson NC, Semple RK, Myant KB, Dzierzak E, Reijns MAM, Sproul D, Jackson AP. A progeria syndrome links DNA hypermethylation to age-related pathology. Nat Genet. 2026 Jul; 58(7):1632-1642.
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Crowell C, Mankuzhy NP, Bennett J, Bandopadhayay P, Sturm D, Green AL, Gupta T, Chatterjee A, Epari S, Chinnaswamy G, Prasad M, Patel SH, MacNeil M, Vanan MI, Larouche V, Renzi S, Jones J, Perreault S, Mata-Mbemba D, Sangatsuda Y, Yoshimoto K, Lin E, Feddersen C, Cruz O, Pavon-Mengual M, Vizzini O, Zápotocký M, Popovacki A, Klawinski D, Hansford JR, Schlosser MP, Omene E, Alexander KL, Satgunaseelan L, Williams A, Yao K, Ronsley R, Cheng S, Ludlow L, Eisenstat D, Khuong-Quang DA, Tabouret E, André N, Matheson K, Chan A, Lim-Fat MJ, Lapointe S, Cayrol R, Coleman C, Juretic N, McThenia S, Khan S, Wright-Nadkarni M, Salloum R, Galvin RT, Sener U, Hawkins C, Imber BS, Karajannis MA, Jones DTW, Ligon KL, Jabado N, Erker C. Clinical Outcomes and Prognostic Features of Diffuse Hemispheric Glioma, H3 G34-Mutant: An International Multi-institutional Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2026 Jun 01; 32(11):2243-2254.
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Merriam P, Morrow JJ, Mazzola E, Solimini NL, Gokhale PC, Chi P, Chen AP, Agulnik M, Burgess M, Schuetze SM, Somaiah N, Van Tine BA, Pollack SM, Tinoco G, Trent J, Wilky BA, Bothwick N, Eschle BK, Nguyen V, Beumer JH, Rastkari N, Jiwani S, Wu PI, Pelosof L, Hemming ML, Shapiro GI, Demetri G, Bernstein B, George S. Fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibition for succinate dehydrogenase-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumors: a phase 2 trial. Nat Med. 2026 Jun; 32(6):2191-2200.
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Hohsfield KR, Carry P, Slack S, Repaci CT, Vanderlinden LA, Kechris K, Rewers M, Norris JM, Johnson RK. Differences in immune cell profiles around the time of islet autoimmunity seroconversion in children with and without type 1 diabetes. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2026 May 25; 14(3).
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Signoretti C, Matsumura S, Doja J, Fatehi S, Williams C, D'silva M, Cendali F, Dzieciatkowska M, D'Alessandro A, Lanier GM, Gupte SA. VEGFR-2 blocker induces pulmonary vascular disease in rats with CRISPR-edited human non-deficient G6PD polymorphism: role of 3D genomic modifications and DNA methylation. Br J Pharmacol. 2026 Aug; 183(16):4675-4697.
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Yu J, Ahmann LS, Yao YY, Toland A, Snowden A, Ho C, Loyfer N, Kaplan T, Vogel H, Wang L, Howitt BE, Holmes B, Lowe AC, Gu W. Enriched methylomes of low-input and fragmented DNA using fragment ligation EXclusive methylation sequencing. Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 May 05; 54(9).
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Hoang TT, Cosin-Tomas M, Lee Y, Monasso G, Xu Z, Li SS, Zeng X, Starling AP, Reimann B, Röder S, Zillich L, Jima DD, Thio CHL, Pesce G, Kersten ETG, Breeze CE, Burkholder AB, Lee M, Ward JM, Alfano R, Deuschle M, Duijts L, Ghassabian A, Herrera LG, Jaddoe VW, Motsinger-Reif AA, Lie RT, Nawrot TS, Page CM, Send TS, Sharp G, Stein DJ, Streit F, Sunyer J, Wilcox AJ, Zar HJ, Koppelman GH, Annesi-Maesano I, Corpeleijn E, Snieder H, Hoyo C, Hüls A, Sirignano L, Witt SH, Herberth G, Plusquin M, Dabelea D, Yeung E, Wiemels JL, Richmond RC, Taylor JA, Felix JF, Håberg SE, Bustamante M, London SJ. Prenatal Smoking Exposures and Epigenome-Wide Methylation in Newborn Blood. Environ Health Perspect. 2026 Jul 07; 134(3):289-302.
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Bruellman R, Evans D, Smolen A, Evans LM, Reynolds CA. Differential DNA methylation clock ages across buffy coat (BC), peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and saliva in individuals in early-to-mid adulthood. Epigenetics. 2026 Dec 31; 21(1):2653960.
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