Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Joint single-cell DNA accessibility and protein epitope profiling reveals environmental regulation of epigenomic heterogeneity

  • Xingqi Chen,
  • Ulrike M. Litzenburger,
  • Yuning Wei,
  • Alicia N. Schep,
  • Edward L. LaGory,
  • Hani Choudhry,
  • Amato J. Giaccia,
  • William J. Greenleaf,
  • Howard Y. Chang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07115-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Cellular heterogeneity in cancer is complex and difficult to study. Here, the authors introduce Protein-indexed Assay of Transposase Accessible Chromatin (Pi-ATAC), which combines single cell chromatin and proteomic profiling to provide deep insight into the tumor microenvironment, and reveal the role of hypoxia in shaping the regulome of a subset of breast cancer cells in vivo.