PyMethylProcess—convenient high-throughput preprocessing workflow for DNA methylation data

DNA Methylation Profiling from High-Throughput Sequencing Data

The methylation of a cytosine at the carbon 5 position (5meC) is a common epigenetic mark in eukaryotic cells that is normally found in CpG and CpHpG (H=A,C,T) sequence contexts. The inactivation of one of the X-chromosomes in female cells, the allele-specific expression of imprinted genes or the role in the embryonic development which is shown by the early lethality of Dnmt3a and Dnmt3b defici...

DNA microarray: a high throughput approach for methylation detection.

We described a DNA microarray-based method combined with bisulphite treatment of DNA and regular PCR to examine hyper-methylation in promoter 1A of APC gene. A set of oligonucleotide probes were designed and immobilized on the aldehyde-coated glass slides for detecting the methylation pattern of 15 selected CpG sites in the region. The methylation status of 30 colorectal tumor samples have been...

Preprocessing and Biclustering of High-throughput Expression Data

Genome-wide high throughput analysis of DNA methylation in eukaryotes.

Cytosine methylation is the quintessential epigenetic mark. Two well-established methods, bisulfite sequencing and methyl-DNA immunoprecipitation (MeDIP) lend themselves to the genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation by high throughput sequencing. Here we provide an overview and brief review of these methods. We summarize our experience with MeDIP followed by high throughput Illumina/Solexa seq...

A high-throughput DNA methylation analysis of a single cell

In recent years, the field of epigenetics has grown dramatically and has become one of the most dynamic and fast-growing branches of molecular biology. The amount of diseases suspected of being influenced by DNA methylation is rising steadily and includes common diseases such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, atherosclerosis, cancer, major psychosis, lupus and P...