A computational method using the random walk with restart algorithm for identifying novel epigenetic factors

JR Li, L Chen, SP Wang, YH Zhang, XY Kong… - Molecular genetics and …, 2018 - Springer
Epigenetic regulation has long been recognized as a significant factor in various biological
processes, such as development, transcriptional regulation, spermatogenesis, and …

The framework for population epigenetic study

L Zhao, D Liu, J Xu, Z Wang, Y Chen… - Briefings in …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
At present, understanding of DNA methylation at the population level is still limited. Here, we
first extended the classical framework of population genetics, such as single nucleotide …

EWASdb: epigenome-wide association study database

D Liu, L Zhao, Z Wang, X Zhou, X Fan, Y Li… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation, the most intensively studied epigenetic modification, plays an important
role in understanding the molecular basis of diseases. Furthermore, epigenome-wide …

Integrating epigenomics into the understanding of biomedical insight

Y Han, X He - Bioinformatics and Biology insights, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Epigenetics is one of the most rapidly expanding fields in biomedical research, and the
popularity of the high-throughput next-generation sequencing (NGS) highlights the …

ALEA: a toolbox for allele-specific epigenomics analysis

H Younesy, T Möller, A Heravi-Moussavi… - …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The assessment of expression and epigenomic status using sequencing based methods
provides an unprecedented opportunity to identify and correlate allelic differences with …

EPIP: a novel approach for condition-specific enhancer–promoter interaction prediction

A Talukder, S Saadat, X Li, H Hu - Bioinformatics, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Motivation The identification of enhancer–promoter interactions (EPIs), especially condition-
specific ones, is important for the study of gene transcriptional regulation. Existing …

Identification of target genes in cancer diseases using protein–protein interaction networks

A Amala, IA Emerson - Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics …, 2019 - Springer
Cancer is a disease that is characterized by uncontrolled cell growth with the ability to
penetrate or develop to the other parts of the body. Various studies have shown the …

[HTML][HTML] Computational epigenetics: the new scientific paradigm

SJ Lim, TW Tan, JC Tong - Bioinformation, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetics has recently emerged as a critical field for studying how non-gene factors can
influence the traits and functions of an organism. At the core of this new wave of research is …

In the loop: promoter–enhancer interactions and bioinformatics

A Mora, GK Sandve, OS Gabrielsen… - Briefings in …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Enhancer–promoter regulation is a fundamental mechanism underlying differential
transcriptional regulation. Spatial chromatin organization brings remote enhancers in …

Identifying and analyzing novel epilepsy‐related genes using random walk with restart algorithm

W Guo, DM Shang, JH Cao, K Feng… - BioMed research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As a pathological condition, epilepsy is caused by abnormal neuronal discharge in brain
which will temporarily disrupt the cerebral functions. Epilepsy is a chronic disease which …