Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
Department of Drug Discovery Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Jul 5;52(W1):W45-W53. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae358.
ChIP-Atlas (https://chip-atlas.org/) presents a suite of data-mining tools for analyzing epigenomic landscapes, powered by the comprehensive integration of over 376 000 public ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, DNase-seq and Bisulfite-seq experiments from six representative model organisms. To unravel the intricacies of chromatin architecture that mediates the regulome-initiated generation of transcriptional and phenotypic diversity within cells, we report ChIP-Atlas 3.0 that enhances clarity by incorporating additional tracks for genomic and epigenomic features within a newly consolidated 'annotation track' section. The tracks include chromosomal conformation (Hi-C and eQTL datasets), transcriptional regulatory elements (ChromHMM and FANTOM5 enhancers), and genomic variants associated with diseases and phenotypes (GWAS SNPs and ClinVar variants). These annotation tracks are easily accessible alongside other experimental tracks, facilitating better elucidation of chromatin architecture underlying the diversification of transcriptional and phenotypic traits. Furthermore, 'Diff Analysis,' a new online tool, compares the query epigenome data to identify differentially bound, accessible, and methylated regions using ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq and DNase-seq, and Bisulfite-seq datasets, respectively. The integration of annotation tracks and the Diff Analysis tool, coupled with continuous data expansion, renders ChIP-Atlas 3.0 a robust resource for mining the landscape of transcriptional regulatory mechanisms, thereby offering valuable perspectives, particularly for genetic disease research and drug discovery.
ChIP-Atlas(https://chip-atlas.org/)提供了一系列数据挖掘工具,用于分析表观基因组景观,其功能是通过综合整合来自六个代表性模式生物的超过 376,000 个公共 ChIP-seq、ATAC-seq、DNase-seq 和 Bisulfite-seq 实验。为了解开染色质结构的复杂性,这些结构介导了转录和表型多样性的调控基因组起始产生,我们报告了 ChIP-Atlas 3.0,通过在新合并的“注释轨道”部分中包含基因组和表观基因组特征的附加轨道,提高了清晰度。这些轨道包括染色体构象(Hi-C 和 eQTL 数据集)、转录调控元件(ChromHMM 和 FANTOM5 增强子)以及与疾病和表型相关的基因组变异(GWAS SNPs 和 ClinVar 变体)。这些注释轨道与其他实验轨道一起轻松访问,有助于更好地阐明转录和表型特征多样化背后的染色质结构。此外,新的在线工具“Diff Analysis”通过使用 ChIP-seq、ATAC-seq 和 DNase-seq 以及 Bisulfite-seq 数据集,将查询表观基因组数据与识别差异结合、可及和甲基化区域进行比较。注释轨道和 Diff Analysis 工具的集成,加上不断的数据扩展,使 ChIP-Atlas 3.0 成为挖掘转录调控机制景观的强大资源,从而提供了有价值的观点,特别是对于遗传疾病研究和药物发现。