2013
Proliferation-Dependent Alterations of the DNA Methylation Landscape Underlie Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging
Beerman I, Bock C, Garrison BS, Smith ZD, Gu H, Meissner A, Rossi DJ. Proliferation-Dependent Alterations of the DNA Methylation Landscape Underlie Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging. Cell Stem Cell 2013, 12: 413-425. PMID: 23415915, DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2013.01.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationHSC declineHematopoietic stem cell agingPolycomb repressive complex 2DNA methylation landscapeStem cell agingStem cell declineRepressive complex 2Global DNA methylationSite-specific alterationsHematopoietic lineage potentialMethylation landscapeDNA methylomeGenomic regionsLineage potentialEpigenomic alterationsDNA hypermethylationReplicative limitCell agingDownstream progenitorsFunctional analysisFunctional potentialMethylationProliferation of HSCsGenes
2011
Preparation of reduced representation bisulfite sequencing libraries for genome-scale DNA methylation profiling
Gu H, Smith ZD, Bock C, Boyle P, Gnirke A, Meissner A. Preparation of reduced representation bisulfite sequencing libraries for genome-scale DNA methylation profiling. Nature Protocols 2011, 6: 468-481. PMID: 21412275, DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle-nucleotide resolutionGenome-scale DNA methylation profilingCpG-rich DNA fragmentsGenome-wide mappingGenome-wide scaleStandard molecular biology laboratoryMajority of promotersRelevant genomic regionsIllumina Genome AnalyzerNext-generation sequencing approachDNA methylation profilingDNA methylation measurementsRestriction enzyme MspIReduced representationMolecular biology laboratoryGenomic regionsRRBS librariesGenome AnalyzerSequencing librariesMethylation profilingSequencing approachEnzyme MspIAmount of sequencingLow input requirementsGenomic DNA
2009
High-throughput bisulfite sequencing in mammalian genomes
Smith ZD, Gu H, Bock C, Gnirke A, Meissner A. High-throughput bisulfite sequencing in mammalian genomes. Methods 2009, 48: 226-232. PMID: 19442738, PMCID: PMC2864123, DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2009.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA methylationHigh-throughput bisulfite sequencingCritical epigenetic markCpG-dense regionsGenome-wide distributionArray-based technologiesMammalian genomesEpigenetic marksMammalian developmentGenomic regionsRRBS librariesBisulfite sequencingMethylome profilingSequencing librariesRRBS librarySequence analysisMethylationRestriction digestionSequencingGenomeLibraryRelative coverageMspIProfilingSample throughput