Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Functional and epigenetic phenotypes of humans and mice with DNMT3A Overgrowth Syndrome

  • Amanda M. Smith,
  • Taylor A. LaValle,
  • Marwan Shinawi,
  • Sai M. Ramakrishnan,
  • Haley J. Abel,
  • Cheryl A. Hill,
  • Nicole M. Kirkland,
  • Michael P. Rettig,
  • Nichole M. Helton,
  • Sharon E. Heath,
  • Francesca Ferraro,
  • David Y. Chen,
  • Sangeeta Adak,
  • Clay F. Semenkovich,
  • Diana L. Christian,
  • Jenna R. Martin,
  • Harrison W. Gabel,
  • Christopher A. Miller,
  • Timothy J. Ley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24800-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Germline mutations in the DNMT3A gene can cause an overgrowth syndrome associated with behavioural and hematopoietic phenotypes. Here the authors describe a mouse model of this syndrome that recapitulates many of these features, including conserved alterations in DNA methylation in the blood cells of both species.