Abstract
Most researchers focused on methylation of genomic DNA, while methylation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is rarely tauched, and there is still controversy about the existence of mtDNA methylation. The study of cytosine methylation in mtDNA is limited. The mtDNA was recently found to exist CpG hypomethylation, and more studies provided evidence that mtDNA methylation plays an important role in mitochondrial gene regulation. In present review, we will overview recent studies of mitochondrial DNA methylation and potential influencing factors in diseases that are involved in mtDNA methylation. Thus, the further studies on mtDNA methylation will provide more evidence to explain the mechanism of mtDNA methylation and an advantageous approach for human clinical diagnosis and prevention.
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The work was supported by the Zhongshan Distinguished Professor Grant (XDW), the National Nature Science Foundation of China (91230204, 81270099, 81320108001, 81270131, 81300010), the Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology (12JC1402200, 12431900207, 11410708600, 14431905100), the operation funding of Shanghai Institute of Clinical Bioinformatics, the Ministry of Education for Academic Special Science and Research Foundation for PhD Education (20130071110043), and the National Key Research and Development Program (2016YFC0902400, 2017YFSF090207).
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Gao, D., Zhu, B., Sun, H., Wang, X. (2017). Mitochondrial DNA Methylation and Related Disease. In: Sun, H., Wang, X. (eds) Mitochondrial DNA and Diseases. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1038. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6674-0_9
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