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. 2022 Feb 24;13:852272. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.852272

Table 1.

Histone modifications in inflammatory diseases.

Diseases Target Modification Regulators Reference
Atherosclerosis HDAC1 Deacetylation KLF5, miR-224-3p (6, 7)
HDAC3 Deacetylation miR-19b (8)
HDAC4 Deacetylation miR-200b-3p (9)
HDAC6, H3K9 Deacetylation NORAD (10)
SIRT6 Deacetylation (11)
H3K9, H3K27 Methylation↓ (12)
  H3K27 Trimethylation↓ EZH2 (13)
Type 2 diabetes H3K9, H2AK119, Dimethylation, Acetylation, Ubiquitination↑ DBP (14)
  H2BK120 Trimethylation↑ GLUT4 (15)
Alzheimer’s disease H3K9 Deacetylation Keap1 (16)
HDAC3 Methylation, Acetylation↑ amyloid-β42 (17)
H3K9, H3K27
SIRT1, 3, 6 Deacetylation↓ (18)
  H3K4, H3K9 Trimethylation   (19)
Psoriasis H3, H4 Acetylation↓ (20)
H3K4 Methylation↑
H3K27 Trimethylation↑ EZH2, JMJD3 (21, 22)
  H3K27 Acetylation↑   (23)
Asthma H3K9, K14, K18, K23, K27, K36, H2B1KK120, B2BK20, BK16, BK20, BK108ac, BK116ac, BK120ac Acetylation↑ (24)
H2BK5, H2BK11 Acetylation↓
H3 Citrullination↑ (25)
  HDAC4 Deacetylation↑ Slug, CXCL12 (26)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease H3K4, H3K27 Methylation, Acetylation↑ IL6-AS1 (27)
H3K9 Trimethylation↓ (28)
HDAC2 Deacetylation↓ (29)
  SIRT1 Deacetylation↓   (30)
Cystic fibrosis lung disease HDAC6 Deacetylation (31)
  HDAC7 Deacetylation   (32)
Inflammatory bowel disease H3K27 Trimethylation EZH2 (33)
H3K4 Trimethylation↑ (34)
H4K20 Monomethylation SETD8 (35)
H3R8 Methylation↑ PRMT2 (36)
H3K27 Acetylation (37)
H1, H3 Citrullination (38)
  SIRT1 Deacetylation↓   (39)
Virus-associated disease
SV40 H3/H4 Hyperacetylate P300/CBP (40, 41)
H3K9/H4K20 Methylation (42)
Merkel cell polymavirus H3K27 Trimethylation↓ (43)
H3K27 Acetylation P300/CBP (44)
HPV H3 Acetylation↓ E6 and p300/CBP, TIP60, HDAC1, HDAC2 (45, 46)
H3 Acetylation↑ E7 and p300/CBP (44)
H3 Methylation ↑ E6/E7 and EZH2 (47)
H3 Methylation↓ E6/E7 and KDM6A/KDM6B (48)
HBV H3/H4 Acetylation HBx and p300/CBP, HDAC1, SIRT1 (49, 50)
H3K4/H3K9 Methylation HBx and SETDB1, EZH2, SMYD3, (51, 52)
HDV H3 Acetylation (53)
HCV H3/H4 Acetylation H2AX (54)
H3 Methylation KDM5B, LSD1, G9a, EZH2 (55, 56)
HIV H3 Acetylation CTIP2, HDAC1/2, BRD4 (57, 58)
H3 Methylation LSD1, SET1, EZH2 (57, 59)
SARS-CoV-2 H3 Acetylation NSP5 and HDAC2, SIRT1 (60, 61)
H3K9 Methylation
  H3 Citrullination↑ PAD4 (6264)

Symbol ↑ represents upregulated,symbol ↓ represents downregulated.