Issue 16, 2019

Microfluidic epigenomic mapping technologies for precision medicine

Abstract

Epigenomic mapping of tissue samples generates critical insights into genome-wide regulations of gene activities and expressions during normal development and disease processes. Epigenomic profiling using a low number of cells produced by patient and mouse samples presents new challenges to biotechnologists. In this review, we first discuss the rationale and premise behind profiling epigenomes for precision medicine. We then examine the existing literature on applying microfluidics to facilitate low-input and high-throughput epigenomic profiling, with emphasis on technologies enabling interfacing with next-generation sequencing. We detail assays on studies of histone modifications, DNA methylation, 3D chromatin structures and non-coding RNAs. Finally, we discuss what the future may hold in terms of method development and translational potential.

Graphical abstract: Microfluidic epigenomic mapping technologies for precision medicine

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
27 apr 2019
Accepted
19 jul 2019
First published
19 jul 2019

Lab Chip, 2019,19, 2630-2650

Microfluidic epigenomic mapping technologies for precision medicine

C. Deng, L. B. Naler and C. Lu, Lab Chip, 2019, 19, 2630 DOI: 10.1039/C9LC00407F

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements