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ArticleScience advances2025

KnowYourCG: Facilitating base-level sparse methylome interpretation.

David C Goldberg, Hongxiang Fu, Daniel Atkins, Ethan Moyer, Chin Nien Lee, Yanxiang Deng, Wanding Zhou

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

David C GoldbergCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9622-4708
Hongxiang FuCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9873-8606
Daniel AtkinsCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-2183-3994
Ethan MoyerCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8023-3810
Chin Nien LeeDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5867-5962
Yanxiang DengDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9975-8086
Wanding ZhouCenter for Computational and Genomic Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9126-1932

Funding

Decoding Single-cell DNA Methylomes for Epigenetic Cell IdentityR35GM146978 · NIGMS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Wanding Zhou · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
High-spatial-resolution multi-omics sequencing of brain lesions in multiple sclerosisDP2AI177913 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Yanxiang Deng · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS DP2 AI177913NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146978
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decoding DNA methylomes for biological insights is critical in epigenetics research. We present KnowYourCG (KYCG), a data interpretation framework designed for functional DNA methylation analysis. Unlike existing tools that target genes or genomic intervals, KYCG features direct base-level screenings of diverse biological and technical influences, including sequence motifs, transcription factor binding, histone modifications, replication timing, cell-type-specific methylation, and trait associations. Through implementing efficient infrastructure that rapidly screens and investigates thousands of knowledgebases, KYCG addresses the challenges of data sparsity in various methylation datasets, including low-pass or single-cell DNA methylomes, 5-hydroxymethylation (5hmC) profiles, spatial DNA methylation maps, and array-based datasets for epigenome-wide association studies. Applying KYCG to these datasets provides valuable insights into cell differentiation, cancer origins, epigenome-trait associations, and technical issues such as array artifacts, single-cell batch effects, and Nanopore 5hmC detection accuracy. Our tool simplifies large-scale methylation analysis and integrates seamlessly with standard assay technologies.

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Computational BiologyDNA MethylationEpigenomeEpigenomicsSoftware5-MethylcytosineEpigenesis, GeneticHumans5-Methylcytosine

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PMID41134907
PMCPMC12551721

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