Abstract: The invention provides a method of determining the epigenetic chromosome interactions which are relevant to a prognostic companion epigenetic test for cancer.
Abstract: The invention provides a method of determining the epigenetic chromosome interactions which are relevant to an epigenetic test for a neurodegenerative condition.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of monitoring epigenetic changes comprising monitoring changes in conditional long range chromosomal interactions at at least one chromosomal locus where the spectrum of long range interaction is associated with a specific physiological condition, the method comprising the steps of:— (i) in vitro crosslinking of said long range chromosomal interactions present at the at least one chromosomal locus; (ii) isolating the cross linked DNA from said chromosomal locus; (iii) subjecting said cross linked DNA to restriction digestion with an enzyme that cuts at least once within the at least one chromosomal locus; (iv) ligating said cross linked cleaved DNA ends to form DNA loops; (v) identifying the presence of said DNA loops; wherein the presence of DNA loops indicates the presence of a specific long range chromosomal interaction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 20, 2013
Publication date:
June 12, 2014
Applicant:
Oxford Biodynamics Limited
Inventors:
Aroul Selvam Ramadass, Alexandre Akoulitchev, Elizabeth Jane Mellor
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of monitoring epigenetic changes comprising monitoring changes in conditional long range chromosomal interactions at at least one chromosomal locus where the spectrum of long range interaction is associated with a specific physiological condition, the method comprising the steps of: —(i) in vitro crosslinking of said long range chromosomal interactions present at the at least one chromosomal locus; (ii) isolating the cross linked DNA from said chromosomal locus; (iii) subjecting said cross linked DNA to restriction digestion with an enzyme that cuts at least once within the at least one chromosomal locus; (iv) ligating said cross linked cleaved DNA ends to form DNA loops; (v) identifying the presence of said DNA loops; wherein the presence of DNA loops indicates the presence of a specific long range chromosomal interaction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 2, 2009
Publication date:
April 28, 2011
Applicant:
OXFORD BIODYNAMICS LIMITED
Inventors:
Aroul Selvam Ramadass, Alexandre Akoulitchev, Elizabeth Jane Mellor