학술논문

CRUP: a comprehensive framework to predict condition-specific regulatory units
Document Type
Original Paper
Source
Genome Biology. 20(1)
Subject
Enhancer prediction
Enhancer dynamics
Gene regulation
Epigenetics
Random forest
Differential analysis
Histone modification
3D interaction
Language
English
ISSN
1474-760X
Abstract
We present the software Condition-specific Regulatory Units Prediction (CRUP) to infer from epigenetic marks a list of regulatory units consisting of dynamically changing enhancers with their target genes. The workflow consists of a novel pre-trained enhancer predictor that can be reliably applied across cell types and species, solely based on histone modification ChIP-seq data. Enhancers are subsequently assigned to different conditions and correlated with gene expression to derive regulatory units. We thoroughly test and then apply CRUP to a rheumatoid arthritis model, identifying enhancer-gene pairs comprising known disease genes as well as new candidate genes.