EpiRegio: analysis and retrieval of regulatory elements linked to genes
Open Access
- 27 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 48 (W1), W193-W199
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa382
Abstract
A current challenge in genomics is to interpret non-coding regions and their role in transcriptional regulation of possibly distant target genes. Genome-wide association studies show that a large part of genomic variants are found in those non-coding regions, but their mechanisms of gene regulation are often unknown. An additional challenge is to reliably identify the target genes of the regulatory regions, which is an essential step in understanding their impact on gene expression. Here we present the EpiRegio web server, a resource of regulatory elements (REMs). REMs are genomic regions that exhibit variations in their chromatin accessibility profile associated with changes in expression of their target genes. EpiRegio incorporates both epigenomic and gene expression data for various human primary cell types and tissues, providing an integrated view of REMs in the genome. Our web server allows the analysis of genes and their associated REMs, including the REM’s activity and its estimated cell type-specific contribution to its target gene’s expression. Further, it is possible to explore genomic regions for their regulatory potential, investigate overlapping REMs and by that the dissection of regions of large epigenomic complexity. EpiRegio allows programmatic access through a REST API and is freely available at https://epiregio.de/.Funding Information
- Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislaufforschung (81Z0200101)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG SFB/TRR 267)
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