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 …

Pioneer factors as master regulators of the epigenome and cell fate

A Balsalobre, J Drouin - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Pioneer factors are transcription factors with the unique ability to initiate opening of closed
chromatin. The stability of cell identity relies on robust mechanisms that maintain the …

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 …

The language of chromatin modification in human cancers

S Zhao, CD Allis, GG Wang - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
The genetic information of human cells is stored in the context of chromatin, which is
subjected to DNA methylation and various histone modifications. Such a 'language'of …

Cis-regulatory sequences in plants: their importance, discovery, and future challenges

RJ Schmitz, E Grotewold, M Stam - The plant cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The identification and characterization of cis-regulatory DNA sequences and how they
function to coordinate responses to developmental and environmental cues is of paramount …

Overview of histone modification

Y Zhang, Z Sun, J Jia, T Du, N Zhang, Y Tang… - Histone Mutations and …, 2021 - Springer
Epigenetics is the epi-information beyond the DNA sequence that can be inherited from
parents to offspring. From years of studies, people have found that histone modifications …

Epigenetic patterns in a complete human genome

A Gershman, MEG Sauria, X Guitart, MR Vollger… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The completion of a telomere-to-telomere human reference genome, T2T-CHM13, has
resolved complex regions of the genome, including repetitive and homologous regions …

Determinants of enhancer and promoter activities of regulatory elements

R Andersson, A Sandelin - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
The proper activities of enhancers and gene promoters are essential for coordinated
transcription within a cell. Although diverse methodologies have been developed to identify …

Brain cell type–specific enhancer–promoter interactome maps and disease-risk association

A Nott, IR Holtman, NG Coufal, JCM Schlachetzki, M Yu… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Noncoding genetic variation is a major driver of phenotypic diversity, but functional
interpretation is challenging. To better understand common genetic variation associated with …

An integrated multi-omics approach identifies epigenetic alterations associated with Alzheimer's disease

R Nativio, Y Lan, G Donahue, S Sidoli, A Berson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Protein aggregation is the hallmark of neurodegeneration, but the molecular mechanisms
underlying late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) are unclear. Here we integrated …