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Epigenetics studies genetic effects not encoded in the DNA sequence of an organism, hence the prefix epi- (Greek: επί- over, outside of, around). Such effects on cellular and physiological phenotypic traits may result from external or environmental factors that switch genes on and off and affect how cells express genes. These alterations may or may not be heritable, although the use of the term epigenetic to describe processes that are heritable is controversial. [Source: Wikipedia]

HMDD

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

It has been reported that increasingly microRNAs are associated with diseases. However, the patterns among the microRNA-disease associations remain largely unclear. In this study, in order to dissect the patterns of microRNA-disease associations, we performed a comprehensive analysis to the human microRNA-disease association data, which is manually collected from publications. We built a human microRNA associated disease network. Interestingly, microRNAs tend to show similar or different dysfunctional evidences for the similar or different disease clusters, respectively.

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PEpiD

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

Epigenetic mechanisms play key roles in initiation and progression of prostate cancer by changing gene expression. The Prostate Epigenetic Database (PEpiD: http://wukong.tongji.edu.cn/pepid) archives the three extensively characterized epigenetic mechanisms DNA methylation, histone modification, and microRNA implicated in prostate cancer of human, mouse, and rat. PEpiD uses a distinct color scheme to present the three types of epigenetic data and provides a user-friendly interface for flexible query.

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SpermBase

Submitted by ChenLiang on Thu, 04/06/2017 - 19:13

Since their discovery ~three decades ago, sperm-borne RNAs, both large/small and coding/noncoding, have been reported in multiple organisms, and some have been implicated in spermatogenesis, early development, and epigenetic inheritance. Despite these advances, isolation, quantification and annotation of sperm-borne RNAs remain nontrivial.

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GED

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

Reproductive infertility affects seventh of couples, which is most attributed to the obstacle of gametogenesis. Characterizing the epigenetic modification factors involved in gametogenesis is fundamental to understand the molecular mechanisms and to develop treatments for human infertility. Although the genetic factors have been implicated in gametogenesis, no dedicated bioinformatics resource for gametogenesis is available.

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