Molecular Biology: Open Access

Jendai Richards

Publications

• Research Article
  DNA Methylation Signature of Post-injury Neointimal Cells During Vascular Remodeling in the Rat Balloon Injury Model
  Author(s): Jendai Richards, Henry Ato Ogoe, Wenzhi Li, Oguljahan Babayewa, Wei Xu, Tameka Bythwood, Minerva Garcia-Barrios, Li Ma and Qing SongJendai Richards, Henry Ato Ogoe, Wenzhi Li, Oguljahan Babayewa, Wei Xu, Tameka Bythwood, Minerva Garcia-Barrios, Li Ma and Qing Song
  
  Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) accumulation in the neointimal is a common feature in vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, transplant arteriosclerosis and restenosis. In this study, we isolated the neointimal cells and uninjured residential vascular smooth muscle cells by laser micro dissection and carried out single-cell whole-genome methylation sequencing. We also sequenced the bisulfite converted genome of circulating bone-marrow-derived cells such as peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMC). We found totally 2,360 differential methylation sites (DMS) annotated to 1,127 gene regions. The majority of differentially methylated regions (DMRs) were located in intergenic regions, outside those CpG islands and island shores. Interestingly, exons have less DMRs than promotors and introns, and CpG islands contain more DMRs than islands sho.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2168-9547.1000163

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