G-quadruplexes (GQs) are non-canonical DNA structures encoded by G-flipons with potential roles in gene regulation and chromatin structure. Here, we explore the role of G-flipons in tissue specification. We present a deep learning-based framework for...
The large-scale application of the mammalian methylation array has substantially expanded the availability of DNA methylation data in mammalian species. However, this data captures only a small portion of species-tissue combinations. To address this,...
BACKGROUND: Single-cell multi-omics technologies, particularly single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), have revolutionized our understanding of cellular heterogeneity and development by providing insights into gene expression at the single-cell level...
In the context of multi-omics data analytics for various diseases, transcriptome-wide association studies leveraging genetically predicted gene expression hold promise for identifying novel regions linked to complex traits. However, existing methods ...
Pathogenic variants underlying Mendelian diseases often disrupt the normal physiology of a few tissues and organs. However, variant effect prediction tools that aim to identify pathogenic variants are typically oblivious to tissue contexts. Here we r...
BACKGROUND: A number of deep learning models have been developed to predict epigenetic features such as chromatin accessibility from DNA sequence. Model evaluations commonly report performance genome-wide; however, cis regulatory elements (CREs), whi...
As vast histological archives are digitised, there is a pressing need to be able to associate specific tissue substructures and incident pathology to disease outcomes without arduous annotation. Here, we learn self-supervised representations using a ...
BACKGROUND: Cell free DNA (cfDNA)-based assays hold great potential in detecting early cancer signals yet determining the tissue-of-origin (TOO) for cancer signals remains a challenging task. Here, we investigated the contribution of a methylation at...
Medical & biological engineering & computing
Apr 18, 2024
A tissue sample is a valuable resource for understanding a patient's symptoms and health status in relation to tumor growth. Recent research seeks to establish a connection between tissue-specific tumor samples and genetic markers (genes). This break...
Enhancers control gene expression and have crucial roles in development and homeostasis. However, the targeted de novo design of enhancers with tissue-specific activities has remained challenging. Here we combine deep learning and transfer learning t...
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