Epigenetic modifications of histones in cancer

Z Zhao, A Shilatifard - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
The epigenetic modifications of histones are versatile marks that are intimately connected to
development and disease pathogenesis including human cancers. In this review, we will …

CTCF: the protein, the binding partners, the binding sites and their chromatin loops

SJB Holwerda, W de Laat - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
CTCF has it all. The transcription factor binds to tens of thousands of genomic sites, some
tissue-specific, others ultra-conserved. It can act as a transcriptional activator, repressor and …

Three-dimensional disorganization of the cancer genome occurs coincident with long-range genetic and epigenetic alterations

PC Taberlay, J Achinger-Kawecka, ATL Lun… - Genome …, 2016 - genome.cshlp.org
A three-dimensional chromatin state underpins the structural and functional basis of the
genome by bringing regulatory elements and genes into close spatial proximity to ensure …

GATA2 haploinsufficiency caused by mutations in a conserved intronic element leads to MonoMAC syndrome

AP Hsu, KD Johnson, EL Falcone… - Blood, The Journal …, 2013 - ashpublications.org
Previous reports of GATA2 mutations have focused on the coding region of the gene or full
gene deletions. We recently identified 2 patients with novel insertion/deletion mutations …

Analysis methods for studying the 3D architecture of the genome

F Ay, WS Noble - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
The rapidly increasing quantity of genome-wide chromosome conformation capture data
presents great opportunities and challenges in the computational modeling and …

Retracted article: Detection and replication of epistasis influencing transcription in humans

G Hemani, K Shakhbazov, HJ Westra, T Esko… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Epistasis is the phenomenon whereby one polymorphism's effect on a trait depends on other
polymorphisms present in the genome. The extent to which epistasis influences complex …

Single-cell epigenomic variability reveals functional cancer heterogeneity

UM Litzenburger, JD Buenrostro, B Wu, Y Shen… - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
Background Cell-to-cell heterogeneity is a major driver of cancer evolution, progression, and
emergence of drug resistance. Epigenomic variation at the single-cell level can rapidly …

Combining transcription factor binding affinities with open-chromatin data for accurate gene expression prediction

F Schmidt, N Gasparoni, G Gasparoni… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The binding and contribution of transcription factors (TF) to cell specific gene expression is
often deduced from open-chromatin measurements to avoid costly TF ChIP-seq assays …

[HTML][HTML] Chromatin-driven behavior of topologically associating domains

F Ciabrelli, G Cavalli - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Metazoan genomes are highly organized inside the cell nucleus. Topologically associating
domains (TADs) represent the building blocks of genome organization, but their linear …

Reorganization of 3D genome structure may contribute to gene regulatory evolution in primates

IE Eres, K Luo, CJ Hsiao, LE Blake, Y Gilad - PLoS genetics, 2019 - journals.plos.org
A growing body of evidence supports the notion that variation in gene regulation plays a
crucial role in both speciation and adaptation. However, a comprehensive functional …