Yu Yao

Yu Yao

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Yu Yao

Science & Technology Department, BGI-Shenzhen, No.11, Bei Shan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, China

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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

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16 January 2013 in BMC Genomics
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JWJunwen Wang
Junwen Wang
YXYudong Xia
Yudong Xia
Lili LiLili Li
Lili Li
DGDesheng Gong
Desheng Gong
YYYu Yao
Yu Yao
FGFei Gao
Fei Gao
Background: Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing (RRBS) was developed to measure DNA methylation of high-CG regions at single base-pair resolution, and has been widely used because of its minimal DNA requirements and cost efficacy; however, the CpG coverage of genomic regions is restricted and important regions with low-CG will be ignored in DNA methylation profiling. This method could be improved to generate a more comprehensive representation. Results: Based on in silico simulation of enzyme digestion of human and mouse genomes, we have optimized the current single-enzyme RRBS by applying double enzyme digestion in the library construction to interrogate more representative regions. CpG coverage of genomic regions was considerably increased in both high-CG and low-CG regions using the double-enzyme RRBS method, leading to more accurate detection of their average methylation levels and identification of differential methylation regions between samples. We also applied this double-enzyme RRBS method to comprehensively analyze the CpG methylation profiles of two colorectal cancer cell lines. Conclusion: The double-enzyme RRBS increases the CpG coverage of genomic regions considerably over the previous single-enzyme RRBS method, leading to more accurate detection of their average methylation levels. It will facilitate genome-wide DNA methylation studies in multiple and complex clinical samples.