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 …

Spatial and temporal organization of the genome: Current state and future aims of the 4D nucleome project

J Dekker, F Alber, S Aufmkolk, BJ Beliveau… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
The four-dimensional nucleome (4DN) consortium studies the architecture of the genome
and the nucleus in space and time. We summarize progress by the consortium and highlight …

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 …

Interpreting non-coding disease-associated human variants using single-cell epigenomics

KJ Gaulton, S Preissl, B Ren - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have linked hundreds of thousands of sequence
variants in the human genome to common traits and diseases. However, translating this …

Computational methods for analysing multiscale 3D genome organization

Y Zhang, L Boninsegna, M Yang, T Misteli… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent progress in whole-genome mapping and imaging technologies has enabled the
characterization of the spatial organization and folding of the genome in the nucleus. In …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin remodeler Activity-Dependent Neuroprotective Protein (ADNP) contributes to syndromic autism

CP D'Incal, KE Van Rossem, K De Man, A Konings… - Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Individuals affected with autism often suffer additional co-morbidities such as
intellectual disability. The genes contributing to autism cluster on a relatively limited number …

scNanoHi-C: a single-cell long-read concatemer sequencing method to reveal high-order chromatin structures within individual cells

W Li, J Lu, P Lu, Y Gao, Y Bai, K Chen, X Su, M Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The high-order three-dimensional (3D) organization of regulatory genomic elements
provides a topological basis for gene regulation, but it remains unclear how multiple …

The 3D genome structure of single cells

T Zhou, R Zhang, J Ma - Annual review of biomedical data …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The spatial organization of the genome in the cell nucleus is pivotal to cell function.
However, how the 3D genome organization and its dynamics influence cellular phenotypes …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic insights into immune mechanisms of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

A Nott, IR Holtman - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Microglia, the macrophages of the brain, are vital for brain homeostasis and have been
implicated in a broad range of brain disorders. Neuroinflammation has gained traction as a …

[HTML][HTML] Every gene everywhere all at once: High-precision measurement of 3D chromosome architecture with single-cell Hi-C

Y Chi, J Shi, D Xing, L Tan - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The three-dimensional (3D) structure of chromosomes influences essential biological
processes such as gene expression, genome replication, and DNA damage repair, and has …