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High resolution tissue mass spectrometry imaging reveals a refined functional anatomy of the human adult adrenal gland.
Endocrinology 159, 1511-1524 (2018)
It is undeniably one of the greatest findings in biology that (with some very minor exceptions) every cell in the body possesses the whole genetic information needed to generate a complete individual. Today, this concept has been so thoroughly assimilated that we struggle to still see how surprising this finding actually was: all cellular phenotypes naturally occurring in one person are generated from genetic uniformity, and thus are per definition epigenetic. Transcriptional mechanisms are clearly critical for developing and protecting cell identities, because a mis-expression of few or even single genes can efficiently induce inappropriate cellular programmes. However, how transcriptional activities are molecularly controlled and which of the many known epigenomic features have causal roles remains unclear. Today, clarification of this issue is more pressing than ever because profiling efforts and epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) continuously provide comprehensive datasets depicting epigenomic differences between tissues and disease states. In this commentary, we propagate the idea of a widespread follow-up use of epigenome editing technology in EWAS studies. This would enable them to address the questions of which features, where in the genome, and which circumstances are essential to shape development and trigger disease states.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Base-resolution Analysis; Dna-methylation; Wide Association; Transcription Factors; Mammalian Genome; Cells; System; Enhancers; Cancer; Genes
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2018
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2018
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0013-7227
e-ISSN
1945-7170
Zeitschrift
Endocrinology
Quellenangaben
Band: 159,
Heft: 3,
Seiten: 1511-1524
Verlag
Endocrine Society
Verlagsort
Chevy Chase, Md.
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Research Unit Analytical Pathology (AAP)
POF Topic(s)
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e)
G-500390-001
WOS ID
WOS:000430710400022
Scopus ID
85042679183
PubMed ID
29385420
Erfassungsdatum
2018-02-27