Article
Epigenetic Mechanisms in Hirschsprung Disease
Author/s | Torroglosa, Ana
Villalba Benito, Leticia Luzón-Toro, Berta Fernández García, Raquel María Antiñolo Gil, Guillermo Borrego López, Salud |
Department | Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBIS) |
Publication Date | 2019-06-26 |
Deposit Date | 2019-09-09 |
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Abstract | Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, OMIM 142623) is due to a failure of enteric precursor cells derived from neural crest (EPCs) to proliferate, migrate, survive or differentiate during Enteric Nervous System (ENS) formation. This ... Hirschsprung disease (HSCR, OMIM 142623) is due to a failure of enteric precursor cells derived from neural crest (EPCs) to proliferate, migrate, survive or differentiate during Enteric Nervous System (ENS) formation. This is a complex process which requires a strict regulation that results in an ENS specific gene expression pattern. Alterations at this level lead to the onset of neurocristopathies such as HSCR. Gene expression is regulated by different mechanisms, such as DNA modifications (at the epigenetic level), transcriptional mechanisms (transcription factors, silencers, enhancers and repressors), postranscriptional mechanisms (30UTR and ncRNA) and regulation of translation. All these mechanisms are finally implicated in cell signaling to determine the migration, proliferation, differentiation and survival processes for correct ENS development. In this review, we have performed an overview on the role of epigenetic mechanisms at transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels on these cellular events in neural crest cells (NCCs), ENS development, as well as in HSCR. |
Project ID. | PI16/01422 |
Citation | Torroglosa, A., Villalba Benito, L., Luzón-Toro, B., Fernández García, R.M., Antiñolo Gil, G. y Borrego López, S. (2019). Epigenetic Mechanisms in Hirschsprung Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20 (13), 3123-1-3123-13. |
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