-
Article
Open AccessMiR-574-5p activates human TLR8 to promote autoimmune signaling and lupus
Endosomal single-stranded RNA-sensing Toll-like receptor-7/8 (TLR7/8) plays a pivotal role in inflammation and immune responses and autoimmune diseases. However, the mechanisms underlying the initiation of the...
-
Article
Open AccessSampling time-dependent artifacts in single-cell genomics studies
Robust protocols and automation now enable large-scale single-cell RNA and ATAC sequencing experiments and their application on biobank and clinical cohorts. However, technical biases introduced during sample ...
-
Article
Open AccessChromatin-wide and transcriptome profiling integration uncovers p38α MAPK as a global regulator of skeletal muscle differentiation
Extracellular stimuli induce gene expression responses through intracellular signaling mediators. The p38 signaling pathway is a paradigm of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family that, although or...
-
Article
Open AccessIL-4 orchestrates STAT6-mediated DNA demethylation leading to dendritic cell differentiation
The role of cytokines in establishing specific transcriptional programmes in innate immune cells has long been recognized. However, little is known about how these extracellular factors instruct innate immune ...
-
Article
Open AccessNF-κB-direct activation of microRNAs with repressive effects on monocyte-specific genes is critical for osteoclast differentiation
Monocyte-to-osteoclast conversion is a unique terminal differentiation process that is exacerbated in rheumatoid arthritis and bone metastasis. The mechanisms implicated in upregulating osteoclast-specific gen...
-
Article
Open AccessData integration in the era of omics: current and future challenges
To integrate heterogeneous and large omics data constitutes not only a conceptual challenge but a practical hurdle in the daily analysis of omics data. With the rise of novel omics technologies and through lar...
-
Protocol
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
Chromatin plays important functions in regulating many biological processes, including DNA transcription, replication, and repair. The use of chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays has contributed enormou...
-
Article
Open AccessPU.1 target genes undergo Tet2-coupled demethylation and DNMT3b-mediated methylation in monocyte-to-osteoclast differentiation
DNA methylation is a key epigenetic mechanism for driving and stabilizing cell-fate decisions. Local deposition and removal of DNA methylation are tightly coupled with transcription factor binding, although th...
-
Article
Open AccessThe B cell transcription program mediates hypomethylation and overexpression of key genes in Epstein-Barr virus-associated proliferative conversion
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is a well characterized etiopathogenic factor for a variety of immune-related conditions, including lymphomas, lymphoproliferative disorders and autoimmune diseases. EBV-medi...
-
Chapter
The Epigenetic Breakdown of Cancer Cells: From DNA Methylation to Histone Modifications
The recognition of epigenetic defects in all types of cancer has represented a revolutionary achievement in cancer research in recent years. DNA methylation aberrant changes (global hypomethylation and CpG isl...
-
Article
Stage-specific chromosomal association of Drosophila dMBD2/3 during genome activation
The Drosophila gene dMBD2/3 encodes a protein with significant homologies to the mammalian methyl-DNA binding proteins MBD2 and MBD3. These proteins are essential components of chromatin complexes involved in ep...