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Targeted DNA Methylation Analysis by Next-generation Sequencing
Published on: February 24, 2015
MethMarker: user-friendly design and optimization of gene-specific DNA methylation assays
Peter Schüffler1, Thomas Mikeska, Andreas Waha
1Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken, Germany. schueffi@mpi-inf.mpg.de
Abstract:
DNA methylation is a key mechanism of epigenetic regulation that is frequently altered in diseases such as cancer. To confirm the biological or clinical relevance of such changes, gene-specific DNA methylation changes need to be validated in multiple samples. We have developed the MethMarker http://methmarker.mpi-inf.mpg.de/ software to help design robust and cost-efficient DNA methylation assays for six widely used methods. Furthermore, MethMarker implements a bioinformatic workflow for transforming disease-specific differentially methylated genomic regions into robust clinical biomarkers.

