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Table 2 The role of CS-induced aberrant DNA methylation in inflammation

From: The role of cigarette smoke-induced epigenetic alterations in inflammation

Genes/CpG sites

Changes by CS

Functions on inflammation

Mechanism

Disease

References

Year

RUNX3

Hypermethylation [107]

Pro-inflammation

Associated with the level of CRP

COPD

Siedlinski et al. [107]

2012

JAK3

Hypermethylation [107]

Pro-inflammation

Associated with the level of CRP

COPD

Siedlinski et al. [107]

2012

KRT1

Hypermethylation [107]

Pro-inflammation

Associated with the level of CRP

COPD

Siedlinski et al. [107]

2012

cg18181703 in SOCS3

N/A

Anti-inflammation

Hypomethylation of the CpG site was associated with higher CRP levels

CHD

Ligthart et al. [108]

2016

cg06126421 in TUBB

N/A

Anti-inflammation

Hypomethylation of the CpG site was associated with higher CRP levels

CHD

Ligthart et al. [108]

2016

cg05575921 in AHRR

Hypomethylation [109]

Anti-inflammation

Hypomethylation of the CpG site was associated with higher CRP levels

CHD

Ligthart et al. [108]

2016

cg03636183 in F2RL3

Hypomethylation [110]

Pro-inflammation

Increase IL-18 levels

Hypertension

Jhun et al. [110]

2017

DNMT1

Upregulation [27]

Pro-inflammation

Increase methylation level of the PPAR-γ promoter and reduce expression of PPAR-γ

Atherosclerosis

Yu et al. [113]

2016

DNMT1

Upregulation [27]

Pro-inflammation

Regulates IL-6 and TGFβ1; meanwhile, be activated by IL-6 and TGFβ

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Xu et al. [117]

2017

DNMT1

Upregulation [27]

Pro-inflammation

Be activated by IL-1β via MAPK and NF-κB pathways.

Benign meningiomas

Wang et al. [118]

2016

TET1

N/A

Pro-inflammation

TET1 knockdown reduced IL-6 and TNF-α levels through downregulating NF-κB signaling pathway

Periodontal diseases

Huang et al. [119]

2019

TET2

N/A

Pro-inflammation

Activate the NF-κB signaling pathway

Dental pulp inflammation

Wang et al. [120]

2018

  1. AML acute myeloid leukemia, ARHH aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor, CHD coronary heart disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CRP C-reactive protein, DNMT DNA methyltransferase, F2RL3 coagulation factor II (thrombin) receptor-like 3 gene, JAK3 Janus kinase 3, KRT1 keratin 1, MAPK mitogen‐activated protein kinase, NF-κB nuclear factor kappa B, PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor, RUNX3 runt-related transcription factor 3, SOCS3 suppressor of cytokine signaling 3, TET Tet-eleven translocation protein, TGFβ transforming growth factor beta 1, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor α, TUBB tubulin beta