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Full-Text Articles in Bioinformatics
Dna Methylation-Based Epigenetic Biomarkers In Cell-Type Deconvolution And Tumor Tissue Of Origin Identification, Ze Zhang
Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations
DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification that regulates gene expression and is essential to establishing and preserving cellular identity. Genome-wide DNA methylation arrays provide a standardized and cost-effective approach to measuring DNA methylation. When combined with a cell-type reference library, DNA methylation measures allow the assessment of underlying cell-type proportions in heterogeneous mixtures. This approach, known as DNA methylation deconvolution or methylation cytometry, offers a standardized and cost-effective method for evaluating cell-type proportions. While this approach has succeeded in discerning cell types in various human tissues like blood, brain, tumors, skin, breast, and buccal swabs, the existing methods have major …
Methylation Patterns Across Tissue Type And Time In Peromyscus Leucopus: A Targeted Museum Study, Loryn Smith
Methylation Patterns Across Tissue Type And Time In Peromyscus Leucopus: A Targeted Museum Study, Loryn Smith
Master's Theses
Museum specimens are a vital data source for many types of studies. One relatively new use includes studying methylation patterns. Methylation patterns are a form of epigenetics or how gene expression changes without alteration of the genetic code. These patterns have been examined in many mammals. However, the focus has previously been on overall epigenetic patterns. Few studies have investigated whether methylation patterns differ across tissue types, time, or preservation method. In this study, I compared methylation patterns in muscle, liver, toe pads, and nasal bones from Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse) museum specimens collected in 2022, 2018, 2014, and 2008 …
Multi-Omic And Single-Cell Characterization Of A 3d Skin-Like Tissue Model Of Systemic Sclerosis With A Focus On Epigenetics, Tamar R. Abel
Multi-Omic And Single-Cell Characterization Of A 3d Skin-Like Tissue Model Of Systemic Sclerosis With A Focus On Epigenetics, Tamar R. Abel
Dartmouth College Ph.D Dissertations
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare fibrotic autoimmune disease with high mortality and limited FDA approved therapies. Clinical concordance among twins is low; however, a modest familial heritability implicates complex interactions between polygenic risk alleles and the environment as causal – interactions that are mediated by epigenetics. Although mechanisms of tissue fibrosis have been successfully identified and targeted in established in vitro models for SSc, these molecules have ultimately failed in clinical trials. This likely reflects the lack of a reliable in vitro model that faithfully recapitulates the disease.
I utilized a 3D skin-like tissue model to study SSc skin …
Dna Methylation And The Response To Infection In Introduced House Sparrows, Melanie Gibson
Dna Methylation And The Response To Infection In Introduced House Sparrows, Melanie Gibson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Epigenetics is the study of molecular modification of a genome without changing its base pairs. The most studied type of epigenetic mechanism is DNA methylation, which is capable of turning a gene “on” or “off.” Epigenetic potential is the capacity to which an individual can have methylation on its genome. The more CpGs available, the greater the epigenetic potential. In invasive species, genetic variation has been observed to be paradoxical: not much of it exists on a genomic level, but epigenetically, phenotypic variation can occur. The focus on shift in gene expression in this study is on Toll-Like Receptor 4 …