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Epigenetic Biomarkers and Diagnostics comprises 31 chapters contributed by leading active researchers in basic and clinical epigenetics. The book begins with the basis of epigenetic mechanisms and descriptions of epigenetic biomarkers that can be used in clinical diagnostics and prognostics. It goes on to discuss classical methods and next generation sequencing-based technologies to discover and analyze epigenetic biomarkers. The book concludes with an account of DNA methylation, post-translational modifications and noncoding RNAs as the most promising biomarkers for cancer (i.e. breast, lung, colon, etc.), metabolic disorders (i.e. diabetes and obesity), autoimmune diseases, infertility, allergy, infectious diseases, and neurological disorders.
The book describes the challenging aspects of research in epigenetics, and current findings regarding new epigenetic elements and modifiers, providing guidance for researchers interested in the most advanced technologies and tested biomarkers to be used in the clinical diagnosis or prognosis of disease.
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Preface José Luis García-Giménez
Epigenetic Biomarkers: New findings, perspectives, and future directions in diagnostics José Luis García-Giménez, Toshikazu Ushijima, and Trygve O. Tollefsbol
The importance of Biobanks in epigenetic studies Lorena Peiró-Chova, Olga Bahamonde Ponce, Carolina Abril-Tormo, Jacobo Martínez-Santamaría, José Antonio López-Guerrero and Peter H.J. Riegman
Epigenetic Mechanisms as Key Regulators in Disease. Clinical Implications Abdelhalim Boukaba, José Luis García-Giménez
The evolution of new technologies and methods in clinical epigenetics research Tandy L. Dolin Petrov and Nicole C. Riddle
Biomarkers and methodologies for monitoring epigenetic drug effects in cancer Marianne B. Treppendahl, Lasse Sommer Kristensen and Kirsten Grønbæk
Genome-wide techniques for the study of clinical epigenetic biomarkers Eneda Toska and F Javier Carmona Sanz
Sequenom MassARRAY technology for the analysis of DNA methylation. Clinical applications Enrique J. Buso and Marisa Iborra
The role of Methylation-specific PCR and associated techniques in clinical diagnostics Fang Zhao and Bharati Bapat
Pyrosequencing and its application in epigenetic clinical diagnostics Ana-Maria Florea
Mass spectrometry for the identification of post-translational modifications in histones and its application in clinical epigenetics Roberta Noberini, Alessandro Cuomo and Tiziana Bonaldi
High-throughput analysis of non-coding RNAs: implications in clinical epigenetics Valerio Costa, Maria R Matarazzo, Miriam Gagliardi, Roberta Esposito, Alfredo Ciccodicola
Circulating non-coding RNAs as clinical biomarkers Francesco Russo, Flavia Scoyni, Alessandro Fatica, Marco Pellegrini, Alfredo Ferro, Alfredo Pulvirenti and Rosalba Giugno
DNA methylation biomarkers in lung cancer Juan Sandoval and Paula Lopez Serra
DNA methylation alterations as biomarkers for Prostate Cancer João Ramalho-Carvalho, Rui Henrique, Carmen Jerónimo
DNA methylation in breast cancer Raimundo Cervera, Alberto Ramos, Ana Lluch and Joan Climent
DNA methylation in obesity and associated diseases Ana B Crujeiras and Angel Díaz-Lagares
DNA Methylation Biomarkers in Asthma and Allergy Avery DeVries and Donata Vercelli
DNA Methylation in Pregnancy Complications Deepali Sundrani, Vinita Khot and Sadhana Joshi
Epigenetics in Infectious Diseases Genevieve Syn, Jenefer M. Blackwell and Sarra E. Jamieson
DNA Methylation in Neurodegenerative Diseases Sahar Al-Mahdawi, Sara Anjomani Virmouni and Mark A. Pook
The histone code and disease: post-translational modifications as potential prognostic factors for clinical diagnosis Nicolas G. Simonet, George Rasti and Alejandro Vaquero
Histone Post-Translational Modifications and Chromatin Remodelers in Prostate Cancer Filipa Quintela Vieira, Diogo Almeida-Rios, Inês Graça, Rui Henrique and Carmen Jerónimo
Histone post-translational modifications in breast cancer and their use in clinical diagnosis and prognosis Luca Magnani, Annita Louloupi and Wilbert Zwart
Histone variants and post-translational modifications in spermatogenesis and infertility Juan Ausio, Yinan Zhang and Toyotaka Ishibashi
Circulating histones and nucleosomes as biomarkers in sepsis and septic shock José Luis García Giménez, Carlos Romá Mateo, Marta Seco Cervera, José Santiago Ibañez Cabellos and Federico V. Pallardó
Chromatin landscape and epigenetic signatures in neurological disorders: emerging perspectives for biological and clinical research Pamela Milani and Ernest Fraenkel
MicroRNAs deregulation in lung cancer and their use as clinical tools Paula Lopez-Serra and Juan Sandoval
Circulating Nucleic Acids as Prostate Cancer Biomarkers Claire E. Fletcher, Ailsa Sita-Lumsden, Akifumi Shibakawa and Charlotte L. Bevan
microRNAs in breast cancer and their value as biomarkers Olafur Andri Stefansson
microRNAs in bone and soft tissue sarcomas and their value as biomarkers Tomohiro Fujiwara, Yu Fujita, Yutaka Nezu, Akira Kawai, Toshifumi Ozaki, Takahiro Ochiya
miRNAs in the pathophysiology of diabetes and their value as biomarkers Eoin Brennan, Aaron McClelland, Shinji Hagiwara, Catherine Godson and Phillip Kantharidis