Developmental epigenetics: phenotype and the flexible epigenome

RM John, C Rougeulle - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The term “epigenetics” has been widely used and abused (Greally, 2018) but the most
compelling definition of epigenetics is the study of changes in gene function that are …

Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes

JE Moore, MJ Purcaro, HE Pratt, CB Epstein… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The human and mouse genomes contain instructions that specify RNAs and proteins and
govern the timing, magnitude, and cellular context of their production. To better delineate …

Expanded encyclopaedias of DNA elements in the human and mouse genomes

ENCODE Project Consortium - Nature, 2020 - mdanderson.elsevierpure.com
The human and mouse genomes contain instructions that specify RNAs and proteins and
govern the timing, magnitude, and cellular context of their production. To better delineate …

The chromatin fingerprint of gene enhancer elements

GE Zentner, PC Scacheri - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012 - ASBMB
Different cell types within a single organism are generally distinguished by strikingly different
patterns of gene expression, which are dynamic throughout development and adult life …

Single-cell epigenomics: Recording the past and predicting the future

G Kelsey, O Stegle, W Reik - Science, 2017 - science.org
Single-cell multi-omics has recently emerged as a powerful technology by which different
layers of genomic output—and hence cell identity and function—can be recorded …

The potential role of epigenomic dysregulation in complex human disease

E Hatchwell, JM Greally - TRENDS in Genetics, 2007 - cell.com
One of the major challenges in genetics today is to understand the causes of complex
genetic diseases. The genes involved in these disorders are thought to interact with poorly …

Characterization of human epigenomes

Z Wang, DE Schones, K Zhao - Current opinion in genetics & development, 2009 - Elsevier
Histone modifications play a key role in regulating transcription and thus ultimately regulate
cellular development and differentiation. To understand how histone modifications influence …

Comparative epigenomic annotation of regulatory DNA

S Xiao, D Xie, X Cao, P Yu, X Xing, CC Chen… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
Despite the explosive growth of genomic data, functional annotation of regulatory
sequences remains difficult. Here, we introduce" comparative epigenomics"—interspecies …

[HTML][HTML] A single-cell atlas of chromatin accessibility in the human genome

K Zhang, JD Hocker, M Miller, X Hou, J Chiou… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Current catalogs of regulatory sequences in the human genome are still incomplete and lack
cell type resolution. To profile the activity of gene regulatory elements in diverse cell types …

Cancer epigenetics: linking basic biology to clinical medicine

HC Tsai, SB Baylin - Cell research, 2011 - nature.com
Cancer evolution at all stages is driven by both epigenetic abnormalities as well as genetic
alterations. Dysregulation of epigenetic control events may lead to abnormal patterns of …