A promoter DNA demethylation landscape of human hematopoietic differentiation

ABSTRACT: Global mechanisms defining the gene expression programs specific for hematopoiesis are still not fully understood. Here, we show that promoter DNA demethylation is associated the activation of hematopoietic-specific genes. Using genome-wide promoter methylation arrays, we identified 694 hematopoietic-specific genes repressed by promoter DNA methylation in human ESCs and whose loss of methylation in hematopoietic can be associated with gene expression. The association between promoter methylation and gene expression was studied for many hematopoietic-specific genes including CD45, CD34, CD28, CD19, the T cell receptor (TCR), the MHC class II gene HLA-DR, perforin 1, and the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and results indicated that DNA demethylation was not always sufficient for gene ac

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Agustin Fernandez 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-30090 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress