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ReviewInternational journal of cancer2026

A hitchhiker's guide to single-cell epigenomics: Methods and applications for cancer research.

Marta Moreno-Gonzalez, Isabel Sierra, Jop Kind

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Review in International journal of cancer, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Marta Moreno-GonzalezHubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) & University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Isabel SierraHubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) & University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jop KindHubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) & University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7538-2638

Funding

European Research Council CoG-101002885Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek NWO/OC10250022120003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic mutations are well known to influence tumorigenesis, tumor progression, treatment response and relapse, but the role of epigenetic variation in cancer progression is still largely unexplored. The lack of epigenetic understanding in cancer evolution is in part due to the limited availability of methods to examine such a heterogeneous disease. However, in the last decade the development of several single-cell methods to profile diverse chromatin features (chromatin accessibility, histone modifications, DNA methylation, etc.) has propelled the study of cancer epigenomics. In this review, we detail the current landscape of single-omic and multi-omic single-cell methods with a particular focus on the examination of histone modifications. Furthermore, we provide recommendations on both the application of these methods to cancer research and how to perform initial computational analyses. Together, this review serves as a referential framework for incorporating single-cell methods as an important tool for tumor biology.

Indexed as

Epigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsNeoplasmsSingle-Cell AnalysisAnimalsChromatinDNA MethylationHistone CodeHumansChromatincancerchromatinhistone modificationssingle‐cell epigenomicstumor heterogeneity

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PMID39711032
PMCPMC12628037

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