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DNA methylation signatures reveal that distinct combinations of transcription factors specify human immune cell epigenetic identity

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Ramamoorthy,  Senthilkumar
Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Max Planck Society;

Boller,  Sören
Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Max Planck Society;

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Grosschedl,  Rudolf
Department of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Max Planck Society;

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Roy, R., Ramamoorthy, S., Shapiro, B. D., Kaileh, M., Hernandez, D., Sarantopoulou, D., et al. (2021). DNA methylation signatures reveal that distinct combinations of transcription factors specify human immune cell epigenetic identity. Immunity, 54, 2465-2480. doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2021.10.001.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-17EB-4
Abstract
Epigenetic reprogramming underlies specification of immune cell lineages, but patterns that uniquely define immune cell types and the mechanisms by which they are established remain unclear. Here, we identified lineage-specific DNA methylation signatures of six immune cell types from human peripheral blood and determined their relationship to other epigenetic and transcriptomic patterns. Sites of lineage-specific hypomethylation were associated with distinct combinations of transcription factors in each cell type. By contrast, sites of lineage-specific hypermethylation were restricted mostly to adaptive immune cells. PU.1 binding sites were associated with lineage-specific hypo- and hypermethylation in different cell types, suggesting that it regulates DNA methylation in a context-dependent manner. These observations indicate that innate and adaptive immune lineages are specified by distinct epigenetic mechanisms via combinatorial and context-dependent use of key transcription factors. The cell-specific epigenomics and transcriptional patterns identified serve as a foundation for future studies on immune dysregulation in diseases and aging.