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. 2025 Jan 9;9(1):3. doi: 10.3390/epigenomes9010003
AVEN Apoptosis and caspase activation inhibitor
CBX4 Chromobox 4
CH3 Methyl group
circRNA CircularRNA
CpG Cytosine–phosphate–guanine
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNMT DNA methyltransferase
ECM Extracellular matrix
EED Embryonic ectoderm development
ELF5 E74-like ETS transcription factor 5
EMD Emerin
EV Extracellular vesicle
EZH1/2 Enhancer of zeste homolog 1/2
FB Fibroblast
GADD45A DNA-damage-inducible protein 45 alpha
H2A Histone 2A
H2AK119Ub Histone 2A lysine 119 ubiquitination
H2B Histone 2B
H3 Histone H3
H3K27me3 Histone 3 lysine 27 trimethylation
H3K36 Histone 3 lysine 36
H3K4 Histone 3 lysine 4
H3K4me3 Trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 4
H3K79 Histone 3 lysine 79
H3K9me3 Histone 3 lysine 9 trimethylation
H4 Histone H4
H4K20 Histone 4 lysine 20
HAS2 Hyaluronan synthase 2
HATs Histone acetyltransferases
HDACs Histone deacetylases
HFs Hair follicles
HFSCs Hair follicle stem cells
HP1 Heterochromatin protein 1
ISGs Interferon-stimulated genes
JARID2 Jumonji and AT-rich interaction domain containing 2
KDM6B Lysine demethylase 6B
LCE3D Late cornified envelope 3D
lncRNA Long non-coding RNA
LOX Lysyl oxidase
MAFF MAF bZIP transcription factor F
MBDs Methyl-CpG-binding domain proteins
meDIP Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation
miRNAs MicroRNAs
mRNA Messenger RNA
ncRNA Non-coding RNA
p300 Histone acetyltransferase p300
PcG Polycomb group
PIASy Protein inhibitor of activated STAT Y
POU2F3 POU class 2 homeobox 3
PRC Polycomb repressive complex
QPCR MeDIP-coupled quantitative PCR
RB Retinoblastoma protein
RNA Ribonucleic acid
ROCK1 Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1
S100P S100 calcium binding protein P
SAHF Senescence-associated heterochromatin foci
SAM S-adenosylmethionine
SASP Senescence-associated secretory phenotype
SCs Stem cells
SP1 Specificity protein 1
SUMO Small ubiquitin-like modifier
SUZ12 Suppressor of zeste 12
TACs Transit-amplifying cells
TET Ten-eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenases
TEWL Trans-epidermal water loss
TLRs Toll-like receptors
UBC9 Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 9
UHRF1 Ubiquitin-like with PHD and ring finger domains 1
UPS Ubiquitin–proteasome System
UV Ultraviolet