Progress in multifactorial single-cell chromatin profiling methods.

Biochem Soc Trans

Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 60 Biopolis Street, Genome, Singapore 138672, Republic of Singapore.

Published: August 2024


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Chromatin states play a key role in shaping overall cellular states and fates. Building a complete picture of the functional state of chromatin in cells requires the co-detection of several distinct biochemical aspects. These span DNA methylation, chromatin accessibility, chromosomal conformation, histone posttranslational modifications, and more. While this certainly presents a challenging task, over the past few years many new and creative methods have been developed that now enable co-assay of these different aspects of chromatin at single cell resolution. This field is entering an exciting phase, where a confluence of technological improvements, decreased sequencing costs, and computational innovation are presenting new opportunities to dissect the diversity of chromatin states present in tissues, and how these states may influence gene regulation. In this review, I discuss the spectrum of current experimental approaches for multifactorial chromatin profiling, highlight some of the experimental and analytical challenges, as well as some areas for further innovation.

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