Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Changes During Human RPE EMT in a Stem Cell Model of Epiretinal Membrane Pathogenesis and Prevention by Nicotinamide

Nathan C. Boles, Marie Fernandes, Tomasz Swigut, Rajini Srinivasan, Lauren Schiff, Alvaro Rada-Iglesias, Qingjie Wang, Janmeet S. Saini, Thomas Kiehl, Jeffrey H. Stern, Joanna Wysocka, Timothy A. Blenkinsop, Sally Temple

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Abstract

In this article, Temple, Blenkinsop, and colleagues characterize retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) EMT both transcriptionally and epigenetically in a model of PVR and found a gene signature that predicted the inhibitory effect of nicotinamide on both RPE contractility and EMT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)631-647
Number of pages17
JournalStem Cell Reports
Volume14
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Apr 2020

Keywords

  • contractility
  • epigenetics
  • epithelial to mesenchymal transition
  • mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition
  • nicotinamide
  • proliferative vitreoretinopathy
  • retinal pigment epithelium
  • whole transcriptome

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