Soshnev Alexey A, Josefowicz Steven Z, Allis C David
Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Mol Cell. 2016 Jun 2;62(5):681-94. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.05.004.
Information encoded in DNA is interpreted, modified, and propagated as chromatin. The diversity of inputs encountered by eukaryotic genomes demands a matching capacity for transcriptional outcomes provided by the combinatorial and dynamic nature of epigenetic processes. Advances in genome editing, visualization technology, and genome-wide analyses have revealed unprecedented complexity of chromatin pathways, offering explanations to long-standing questions and presenting new challenges. Here, we review recent findings, exemplified by the emerging understanding of crossregulatory interactions within chromatin, and emphasize the pathologic outcomes of epigenetic misregulation in cancer.
DNA中编码的信息作为染色质被解读、修饰和传递。真核生物基因组所遇到的输入多样性要求由表观遗传过程的组合性和动态性提供相匹配的转录结果能力。基因组编辑、可视化技术和全基因组分析的进展揭示了染色质途径前所未有的复杂性,为长期存在的问题提供了解释,并带来了新的挑战。在这里,我们回顾了最近的发现,以对染色质内交叉调节相互作用的新认识为例,并强调了癌症中表观遗传失调的病理结果。