Single-cell DNA methylation and 3D genome architecture in the human brain

W Tian, J Zhou, A Bartlett, Q Zeng, H Liu, RG Castanon… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Delineating the gene-regulatory programs underlying complex cell types is fundamental for
understanding brain function in health and disease. Here, we comprehensively examined …

Single-cell DNA methylome and 3D multi-omic atlas of the adult mouse brain

H Liu, Q Zeng, J Zhou, A Bartlett, BA Wang, P Berube… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is essential in brain development and is implicated in various
neurological disorders. Understanding DNA methylation diversity across the entire brain in a …

DNA methylation atlas of the mouse brain at single-cell resolution

H Liu, J Zhou, W Tian, C Luo, A Bartlett, A Aldridge… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Mammalian brain cells show remarkable diversity in gene expression, anatomy and
function, yet the regulatory DNA landscape underlying this extensive heterogeneity is poorly …

Global epigenomic reconfiguration during mammalian brain development

R Lister, EA Mukamel, JR Nery, M Urich, CA Puddifoot… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Introduction Several lines of evidence point to a key role for dynamic epigenetic changes
during brain development, maturation, and learning. DNA methylation (mC) is a stable …

Single-cell methylomes identify neuronal subtypes and regulatory elements in mammalian cortex

C Luo, CL Keown, L Kurihara, J Zhou, Y He, J Li… - Science, 2017 - science.org
The mammalian brain contains diverse neuronal types, yet we lack single-cell epigenomic
assays that are able to identify and characterize them. DNA methylation is a stable …

Neurons show distinctive DNA methylation profile and higher interindividual variations compared with non-neurons

K Iwamoto, M Bundo, J Ueda, MC Oldham… - Genome …, 2011 - genome.cshlp.org
Epigenome information in mammalian brain cells reflects their developmental history,
neuronal activity, and environmental exposures. Studying the epigenetic modifications …

Functional annotation of the human brain methylome identifies tissue-specific epigenetic variation across brain and blood

MN Davies, M Volta, R Pidsley, K Lunnon, A Dixit… - Genome biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Dynamic changes to the epigenome play a critical role in establishing and
maintaining cellular phenotype during differentiation, but little is known about the normal …

Divergent whole-genome methylation maps of human and chimpanzee brains reveal epigenetic basis of human regulatory evolution

J Zeng, G Konopka, BG Hunt, TM Preuss… - The American Journal of …, 2012 - cell.com
DNA methylation is a pervasive epigenetic DNA modification that strongly affects chromatin
regulation and gene expression. To date, it remains largely unknown how patterns of DNA …

A pan-tissue DNA methylation atlas enables in silico decomposition of human tissue methylomes at cell-type resolution

T Zhu, J Liu, S Beck, S Pan, D Capper, M Lechner… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bulk-tissue DNA methylomes represent an average over many different cell types,
hampering our understanding of cell-type-specific contributions to disease development. As …

Single nucleus multi-omics identifies human cortical cell regulatory genome diversity

C Luo, H Liu, F Xie, EJ Armand, K Siletti, TE Bakken… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Single-cell technologies measure unique cellular signatures but are typically limited to a
single modality. Computational approaches allow the fusion of diverse single-cell data …