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Fundamentals and Perspectives in Epigenetics & Chromatin Research

Guest Editor:
Albert Jeltsch, PhD, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: Ongoing


Epigenetics & Chromatin is calling for submissions to our Collection on "Fundamentals and Perspectives in Epigenetics & Chromatin Research".



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About the collection

Research in Epigenetics and Chromatin has moved in the center of Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Developmental Biology and Molecular Medicine. This collection provides reviews describing the current mechanistic understanding and key concepts in the various subareas which are written by experts in the field. In addition, papers highlighting future developments are welcome. This collection will serve as a useful reference resource for researchers in the field and it aims to provide provocative and far-sighted concepts and ideas that will stimulate future development.

  1. Lysine crotonylation (Kcr), a previously unknown post-translational modification (PTM), plays crucial roles in regulating cellular processes, including gene expression, chromatin remodeling, and cellular metab...

    Authors: Yu Ji, Shanshan Liu, Yiqiao Zhang, Yiyang Min, Luyang Wei, Chengjian Guan, Huajing Yu and Zhongtao Zhang
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2025 18:13
    Content type: Review Published on:

  2. Histone modification H3K27me3 plays a critical role in normal development and is associated with various diseases, including cancer. This modification forms large chromatin domains, known as Large Organized Ch...

    Authors: Yuan Liang, Mengni Liu, Bingyuan Liu, Benjamin Ziman, Guanjie Peng, Qiong Mao, Xingzhe Wang, Lizhen Jiang, De-Chen Lin and Yueyuan Zheng
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2025 18:6
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. DNA methylation is an essential epigenetic mechanism for regulation of gene expression, through which many physiological (X-chromosome inactivation, genetic imprinting, chromatin structure and miRNA regulation...

    Authors: Alexandra Chera, Mircea Stancu-Cretu, Nicolae Radu Zabet and Octavian Bucur
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2024 17:39
    Content type: Review Published on:

  4. Cancer has arisen from both genetic mutations and epigenetic changes, making epigenetics a crucial area of research for innovative cancer prevention and treatment strategies. This dual perspective has propelle...

    Authors: Rajkumar Prabhakaran, Rajkumar Thamarai, Sivabalan Sivasamy, Sivanesan Dhandayuthapani, Jyoti Batra, Chinnaperumal Kamaraj, Krishnasamy Karthik, Mohd Asif Shah and Saurav Mallik
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2024 17:31
    Content type: Review Published on:

  6. While the association of chronological age with DNA methylation (DNAm) in whole blood has been extensively studied, the tissue-specificity of age-related DNAm changes remains an active area of research. Studie...

    Authors: Niyati Jain, James L. Li, Lin Tong, Farzana Jasmine, Muhammad G. Kibriya, Kathryn Demanelis, Meritxell Oliva, Lin S. Chen and Brandon L. Pierce
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2024 17:25
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. The three-dimensional organization of the genome plays a central role in the regulation of cellular functions, particularly in the human brain. This review explores the intricacies of chromatin organization, h...

    Authors: Diana Zagirova, Anna Kononkova, Nikita Vaulin and Ekaterina Khrameeva
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2024 17:18
    Content type: Review Published on:

  8. UHRF1 as a member of RING-finger type E3 ubiquitin ligases family, is an epigenetic regulator with five structural domains. It has been involved in the regulation of a series of biological functions, such as D...

    Authors: Lili Gu, Yongming Fu and Xiong Li
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2024 17:15
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. Histones display a wide variety of post-translational modifications, including acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation. These epigenetic modifications can influence chromatin structure and function witho...

    Authors: Thomas Dupas, Benjamin Lauzier and Serge McGraw
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2023 16:49
    Content type: Review Published on:

  11. Histone methyltransferase SETDB1 (SET domain bifurcated histone lysine methyltransferase 1, also known as ESET or KMT1E) is known to be involved in the deposition of the di- and tri-methyl marks on H3K9 (H3K9m...

    Authors: Hanshen Luo, Xingliang Wu, Xue-Hai Zhu, Xin Yi, Dunfeng Du and Ding-Sheng Jiang
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2023 16:47
    Content type: Review Published on:

  12. Chromatin plays a central role in the conversion of energy in cells: alteration of chromatin structure to make DNA accessible consumes energy, and compaction of chromatin preserves energy. Alteration of chroma...

    Authors: Tamaki Suganuma and Jerry L. Workman
    Citation: Epigenetics & Chromatin 2023 16:46
    Content type: Review Published on:

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Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Fundamentals and Perspectives in Epigenetics & Chromatin Research" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Guest Editor has no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editor has competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.