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    • Epigenetics and Molecular Biology
    • Genomics and Bioinformatics

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    • Spatial chromatin organization facilitates enhancer-promoter interactions (PEIs) to regulate gene expression.
    • Genome-wide analyses have identified numerous enhancers, but pinpointing their target genes remains challenging.
    • PEIs are fundamental to differential transcriptional regulation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To provide an overview of chromatin organization and transcriptional regulation.
    • To review technologies for detecting chromatin interactions and analyze emerging data.
    • To critically evaluate bioinformatics methods and tools for PEI data analysis and prediction.

    Main Methods:

    • Overview of chromatin landscape and transcriptional regulation.
    • Discussion of chromatin interaction detection technologies and data analysis.
    • Critical review of bioinformatics tools for PEI data representation, processing, and prediction.

    Main Results:

    • Emerging knowledge from genome-wide chromatin interaction datasets.
    • Identification of bioinformatics challenges in PEI studies.
    • Examples of PEIs elucidating the function of non-coding SNPs.

    Conclusions:

    • PEI analysis is at the forefront of epigenetic research.
    • Bioinformatics plays a critical role in understanding PEIs and their regulatory functions.
    • This review offers a comprehensive background for future PEI research and highlights key challenges.