Prefrontal dysfunction in schizophrenia involves mixed-lineage leukemia 1-regulated histone methylation at GABAergic gene promoters

HS Huang, A Matevossian, C Whittle… - Journal of …, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
Alterations in GABAergic mRNA expression play a key role for prefrontal dysfunction in
schizophrenia and other neurodevelopmental disease. Here, we show that histone H3-lysine 4 …

Developmental regulation and individual differences of neuronal H3K4me3 epigenomes in the prefrontal cortex

…, HP Shulha, Y Jiang, A Matevossian… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Little is known about the regulation of neuronal and other cell-type specific epigenomes
from the brain. Here, we map the genome-wide distribution of trimethylated histone H3K4 (…

[HTML][HTML] IL-1 signaling in obesity-induced hepatic lipogenesis and steatosis

…, RJ Roth Flach, MT DiStefano, A Matevossian… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is prevalent in human obesity and type 2 diabetes, and is
characterized by increases in both hepatic triglyceride accumulation (denoted as steatosis) …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation of neuronal chromatin from brain tissue

Y Jiang, A Matevossian, HS Huang, J Straubhaar… - BMC neuroscience, 2008 - Springer
Background DNA-protein interactions in mature brain are increasingly recognized as key
regulators for behavioral plasticity and neuronal dysfunction in chronic neuropsychiatric …

[HTML][HTML] A major role of insulin in promoting obesity-associated adipose tissue inflammation

…, A Guilherme, LV Danai, L Heyda, A Matevossian… - Molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Adipose tissue (AT) inflammation is associated with systemic insulin resistance
and hyperinsulinemia in obese rodents and humans. A longstanding concept is that …

Neuronal nuclei isolation from human postmortem brain tissue

A Matevossian, S Akbarian - JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), 2008 - jove.com
Neurons in the human brain become postmitotic largely during prenatal development, and
thus maintain their nuclei throughout the full lifespan. However, little is known about changes …

[HTML][HTML] Drug-induced activation of dopamine D1 receptor signaling and inhibition of class I/II histone deacetylase induce chromatin remodeling in reward circuitry and …

FA Schroeder, KL Penta, A Matevossian… - …, 2008 - nature.com
Chromatin remodeling, including histone modification, is involved in stimulant-induced gene
expression and addiction behavior. To further explore the role of dopamine D 1 receptor …

[HTML][HTML] Endothelial protein kinase MAP4K4 promotes vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis

RJ Roth Flach, A Skoura, A Matevossian… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Signalling pathways that control endothelial cell (EC) permeability, leukocyte adhesion and
inflammation are pivotal for atherosclerosis initiation and progression. Here we demonstrate …

Chromatin immunoprecipitation in postmortem brain

HS Huang, A Matevossian, Y Jiang… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2006 - Elsevier
Methylation and other covalent modifications of nucleosome core histones are key regulators
of chromatin structure and function, including epigenetic control of gene expression. For …

[HTML][HTML] β3-Adrenergic receptor stimulation induces E-selectin-mediated adipose tissue inflammation

RJR Flach, A Matevossian, TE Akie, KA Negrin… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Inflammation induced by wound healing or infection activates local vascular endothelial
cells to mediate leukocyte rolling, adhesion, and extravasation by up-regulation of leukocyte …