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Widespread effects of DNA methylation and intra-motif dependencies revealed by novel transcription factor binding models

Several studies suggested that transcription factor (TF) binding to DNA may be impaired or enhanced by DNA methylation. We present MeDeMo, a toolbox for TF motif analysis that …

jan-grau
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The challenges of research data management in cardiovascular science: a DGK and DZHK position paper-executive summary

The sharing and documentation of cardiovascular research data are essential for efficient use and reuse of data, thereby aiding scientific transparency, accelerating the progress …

sabine-steffens
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Pathogenetic mechanisms and therapeutic approaches of acute-to-chronic liver failure

Liver cirrhosis is the end stage of all chronic liver diseases and contributes significantly to overall mortality of 2% globally. The age-standardized mortality from liver …

robert-schierwagen
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CVD-associated SNPs with regulatory potential reveal novel non-coding disease genes

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many single nucleotide polymorphisms …

chaonan-zhu
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Circular RNA circPLOD2 regulates pericyte function by targeting the transcription factor KLF4

Circular RNAs are generated by backsplicing and control cellular signaling and phenotypes. Pericytes stabilize capillary structures and play important roles in the formation and …

simone-franziska-glaser
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Alterations in the hepatocyte epigenetic landscape in steatosis

Fatty liver disease or the accumulation of fat in the liver, has been reported to affect the global population. This comes with an increased risk for the development of fibrosis, …

ranjan-kumar-maji
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Efficiently quantifying DNA methylation for bulk- and single-cell bisulfite data

MOTIVATION: DNA CpG methylation (CpGm) has proven to be a crucial epigenetic factor in the mammalian gene regulatory system. Assessment of DNA CpG methylation values via …

jonas-fischer
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A combined computational and functional approach identifies IGF2BP2 as a driver of chemoresistance in a wide array of pre-clinical models of colorectal cancer

AIM: Chemoresistance is a major cause of treatment failure in colorectal cancer (CRC) therapy. In this study, the impact of the IGF2BP family of RNA-binding proteins on CRC …

sandra-kendzia
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