Chromatin accessibility profiling by ATAC-seq

FC Grandi, H Modi, L Kampman, MR Corces - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
The assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) provides a
simple and scalable way to detect the unique chromatin landscape associated with a cell …

Epigenetic regulation in metabolic diseases: mechanisms and advances in clinical study

YL Wu, ZJ Lin, CC Li, X Lin, SK Shan, B Guo… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Epigenetics regulates gene expression and has been confirmed to play a critical role in a
variety of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease …

Genomic atlas of the plasma metabolome prioritizes metabolites implicated in human diseases

Y Chen, T Lu, U Pettersson-Kymmer, ID Stewart… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Metabolic processes can influence disease risk and provide therapeutic targets. By
conducting genome-wide association studies of 1,091 blood metabolites and 309 metabolite …

Characterizing cis-regulatory elements using single-cell epigenomics

S Preissl, KJ Gaulton, B Ren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Cell type-specific gene expression patterns and dynamics during development or in disease
are controlled by cis-regulatory elements (CREs), such as promoters and enhancers …

A new era in functional genomics screens

L Przybyla, LA Gilbert - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
The past 25 years of genomics research first revealed which genes are encoded by the
human genome and then a detailed catalogue of human genome variation associated with …

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 …

Synergistic insights into human health from aptamer-and antibody-based proteomic profiling

M Pietzner, E Wheeler, J Carrasco-Zanini… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Affinity-based proteomics has enabled scalable quantification of thousands of protein targets
in blood enhancing biomarker discovery, understanding of disease mechanisms, and …

Single-nucleus chromatin accessibility profiling highlights regulatory mechanisms of coronary artery disease risk

AW Turner, SS Hu, JV Mosquera, WF Ma… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a complex inflammatory disease involving genetic
influences across cell types. Genome-wide association studies have identified over 200 loci …

Multimodal single cell sequencing implicates chromatin accessibility and genetic background in diabetic kidney disease progression

PC Wilson, Y Muto, H Wu, A Karihaloo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The proximal tubule is a key regulator of kidney function and glucose metabolism. Diabetic
kidney disease leads to proximal tubule injury and changes in chromatin accessibility that …

Genomic data in the All of Us research program

Biobank, Mayo Blegen Ashley L. 18 Wirkus Samantha … - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Comprehensively mapping the genetic basis of human disease across diverse individuals is
a long-standing goal for the field of human genetics,,–. The All of Us Research Program is a …