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"Due to smoking and the anatomical location of the SCC in the proximal airways, which allows for greater exposure to cigarette smoke particles, cigarette smoke condensates selectively increase SMAD3 promoter methylation, exposing SCC-TAFs to stronger epigenetic suppression of SMAD3."
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"Of the large number of DNA methylation changes they identified, increased methylation in SMAD3 was: (1) associated with childhood asthma risk, a result that was replicated in two independent cohorts; (2) was the most connected node within the network of asthma-associated DMRs; and (3) was strongly and positively associated with neonatal production of IL-1β, an innate inflammatory mediator."
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"Our results also support that smoking and/or the anatomic location of SCC in the proximal airways, which are more exposed to cigarette smoke particles, may prime SCC-TAFs to stronger SMAD3 epigenetic repression, since cigarette smoke condensate selectively increased SMAD3 promoter methylation."
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"For example, SMAD3 and SMAD6 methylated changes were correlated with their transcriptional levels in samples of CKD pateints. xref The RAS protein activator-like 1 (RASAL1) hypermethylation was related to kidney fibrosis with the perpetuation of myofibroblast activation, where TGF-β mediated the hypermethylation of RASAL1 with DNMT1 effect in fibrogenesis. xref In whole-kidney biopsy and fibroblasts, hypermethylation and transcriptional silencing of RASAL1 was also related to severe fibrosis."
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"In addition, combining SMAD3 with other hypomethylated genes, such as ACOT7 , RASA3 , B3GNTL1 , PIGB , MAP3K5 , LPIN1 , and MYBPC3 , which are potential biomarkers of CRC in the analytical model, may improve accuracy, increase sensitivity, and reduce false-positive results when predicting CRC in circulating methylated SMAD3 ."
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"Methylation levels measured by bisulfite sequencing over the entire DNA (Spearman correlation coefficient [ρ = 0.48], p = 1.2 × 10−13) and at intermediate DNA methylation levels (8%–92%, p = 0.006), SMAD3 methylation was extremely correlated with asthma (ρ = 0.46, p = 0.009). xref "
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"Fetal epigenetic regulation is modifiable by the maternal environment and has been proposed as a mechanism by which prenatal environmental stimuli contribute to the development of respiratory disorders. xref In support of this notion, mechanistic animal studies have demonstrated that maternal microbial exposures, through DNA methylation and histone modifications, may modulate the expression of important immune factors such as interleukin (IL-4) and interferon-γ genes in the offspring’s lungs. xref , xref Increases in histone H3 acetylation linked to an asthma phenotype have been also identified in mice pups after maternal nicotine exposure. xref In humans, epigenetic modifications (e.g., SMAD3 methylation) have been proposed as a mechanism mediating the intergenerational risk of asthma in children from asthmatic mothers. xref Furthermore, epigenetic modifications may also mediate the effect of noninheritable prenatal factors on respiratory outcomes."
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"Notably, we also reported that stimulating normal pulmonary fibroblasts with cigarette smoke condensate in culture was sufficient to time- and dose-dependently increase the promoter methylation of SMAD3 but not that of its closely related homolog SMAD2 [ xref ], as summarized in xref A–C. Although the underlying mechanisms of the selective SMAD3 hypermethylation remains unclear, it is conceivable that the common DNMT1 increase in smokers may be involved."
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"Previously, we conducted a preliminary screening analysis of whole-genome methylation in 4 cases of Uygur PBL and 4 Uygur pigeon breeders without this disease using the Illumina 450K method (Illumina 450K Infinium Methylation BeadChip; SHBIO, Shanghai, China), and the results showed abnormal methylation of the Smad3 gene among the Uygur PBL patients."
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"When the relation between SMAD3 methylation at birth and childhood asthma was examined separately in children with and without maternal asthma, SMAD3 methylation was found to be significantly increased in asthmatic compared to non-asthmatic children of asthmatic mothers ( P =0.005 by Wilcoxon two-sample test)."
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"The distributions of SMAD3 methylation and log IL-1β production in non-asthmatic and asthmatic children without and with a maternal history of asthma were compared by dividing mean percentage SMAD3 methylation and log IL-1β secretion at the median, thereby creating four groups (low/low, low/high, high/low and high/high)."
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"While it is unclear whether these mechanisms operate pre- and/or perinatally, detection of the relationship between SMAD3 methylation and IL-1β production selectively among children of asthmatic mothers implies that the in utero environment is critical for directing the epigenetic trajectory towards childhood asthma."
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"EZH2 triggers SMAD3 methylation to promote the interaction between SMAD3 and its cell membrane locator, maintaining SMAD3 phosphorylation of TGFβ receptors and facilitating breast cancer metastasis. xref EZH2 also induces ribosomal synthesis overactivation and ribosomal DNA instability by silencing PHACTR2-AS1 to accelerate breast cancer metastasis. xref EZH2 induces methylation of lysine K362 in ERG, which is beneficial for DNA binding and increases ERG transcriptional activity, thereby enhancing the invasiveness of ERG fusion prostate cancer. xref , xref EZH2 silences primary cilia genes and activates the Wnt pathway to promote melanoma metastasis. xref "
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"Some genes were associated with known secondary traits: rs7497064 ( SMAD6 -methylation associated) and rs731758 ( NF1 -methylation associated) were linked to secondary traits such as height, weight, and body fat metabolic rate; rs2736100 ( TERT -methylation related) was associated with lung cancer, glioma, and testicular germ cell tumors; rs1270942 and others ( DDAH2- methylation related) were associated with multiple traits such as asthma, lung cancer, hyperthyroidism, systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes, and schizophrenia; rs12945438 and rs8078675 ( KCNJ12 -methylation related) were associated with body mass index; rs6087989 ( DNMT3B -methylation related) was associated with immune cell counts; rs7783715 and rs11761270 ( MAD1L1 -methylation related) were associated with schizophrenia; rs10744826 ( MVK -methylation related) was associated with cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), etc.; rs17293632 ( SMAD3 -methylation related) was associated with coronary artery disease, asthma, and other allergic diseases; and rs4938784 and rs4938792 (LAYN protein expression related) were associated with allergic rhinitis, asthma, and other diseases."
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"Bisulfite sequencing of cord blood cell DNA from our IIS neonates and two replication cohorts (The Manchester Asthma and Allergy Study, and the Childhood Origins of ASThma Study) showed that SMAD3 promoter methylation at birth was selectively and significantly increased in asthmatic children of asthmatic mothers and was associated with childhood asthma risk."
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"Methylation of SMAD3 at birth, a locus previously identified by GWAS and known to regulate FOXP3 induction during Treg development ( xref ) was also found to be strongly associated with the development of childhood asthma, potentially through a dysregulation of IL-1b signaling ( xref )."
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"They found that methylation of the SMAD3 gene at birth was associated with increased risk for developing childhood asthma.( xref ) Another EWAS that also examined DNA methylation signals in cord blood cells, but in different cohorts, found 9 CpGs and 35 regions in newborns that were differentially methylated and associated with asthma development; these loci may represent predictive biomarkers of asthma risk by childhood.( xref ) These two studies indicate that DNA methylation patterns at certain loci present at birth are associated with asthma development later in life."