"CpG Islands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Areas of increased density of the dinucleotide sequence cytosine--phosphate diester--guanine. They form stretches of DNA several hundred to several thousand base pairs long. In humans there are about 45,000 CpG islands, mostly found at the 5' ends of genes. They are unmethylated except for those on the inactive X chromosome and some associated with imprinted genes.
| Descriptor ID |
D018899
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.080.380.160 G05.360.080.380.160 G05.360.340.024.159
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| Concept/Terms |
CpG Islands- CpG Islands
- CpG Island
- Island, CpG
- Islands, CpG
- CpG-Rich Islands
- CpG Rich Islands
- CpG-Rich Island
- Island, CpG-Rich
- Islands, CpG-Rich
CpG Clusters- CpG Clusters
- Cluster, CpG
- Clusters, CpG
- CpG Cluster
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| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "CpG Islands" by people in Profiles.
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Maternal e-cigarette exposure alters DNA methylome, site-specific CpG and CH methylation, and transcriptomic signatures in the neonatal brain. Sci Rep. 2024 10 16; 14(1):24263.
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Fetal e-cigarette exposure programs a neonatal brain hypoxic-ischemic sensitive phenotype via altering DNA methylation patterns and autophagy signaling pathway. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2021 11 01; 321(5):R791-R801.
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New-onset postpartum preeclampsia: epigenetic mechanism and prediction. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec; 35(25):7179-7187.
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Reprogramming of miR-181a/DNA methylation patterns contribute to the maternal nicotine exposure-induced fetal programming of cardiac ischemia-sensitive phenotype in postnatal life. Theranostics. 2020; 10(25):11820-11836.
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Caspase 8 and maspin are downregulated in breast cancer cells due to CpG site promoter methylation. BMC Cancer. 2010 Feb 04; 10:32.