Abstract
DNA methylation and histone modifications are crucial epigenetic modifications that involved in transcriptional regulatory network. Due to environmental cues, distortion in epigenomic landscape—in DNA methylation and histone modification—might be considered as a reason for aberrant gene expression in cancer. A confounding puzzle in cancer epigenetics is to decipher whether a significant mechanism between DNA methylation and histone modification triggers tumorigenesis initiation and progression. ChIP-BS-seq is a technique that combines chromatin immunoprecipitation and bisulfite conversion followed by high-throughput sequencing to study genome-wide cross talk between DNA methylation and histone modification. In this chapter, we have explored background, technological advancement in epigenomics research and its future developments. We also have summarized our latest findings on using ChIP-BS-seq in cancer cell lines.
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Natarajan, K., Gao, F. (2015). ChIP-BS-Sequencing in Cancer Epigenomics. In: Wu, W., Choudhry, H. (eds) Next Generation Sequencing in Cancer Research, Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15811-2_12
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