As well as helping researchers identify tumour DNA amid the soup of regular cell-free DNA, the fact that different tissues have distinct methylation patterns can help explain where the cell-free DNA might be coming from. “There are many advantages to being able to study epigenomics in concert with genomic features,” says Dawson.
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Our study investigates the roles of 5‑methylcytosine (5mC) and 5‑hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) as biomarkers for early-stage colorectal cancer (CRC) detection in cell-free DNA (cfDNA).
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Discover how histone modifications like acetylation and methylation shape chromatin structure, control gene expression, and influence epigenetic regulation.
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DNA methylation serves as a pivotal epigenetic mechanism that significantly influences gene regulation by recruiting proteins that facilitate gene repression or by hindering transcription factors