MethylBERT enables read-level DNA methylation pattern identification and tumour deconvolution using a Transformer-based model

DNA methylation (DNAm) is a key epigenetic mark that shows profound alterations in cancer. Read-level methylomes enable more in-depth analyses, due to their broad genomic coverage and preservation of rare cell-type signals, compared to summarized data such as 450K/EPIC microarrays. Here, we propose...

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Hauptverfasser: Jeong, Yunhee (VerfasserIn) , Gerhäuser, Clarissa (VerfasserIn) , Sauter, Guido (VerfasserIn) , Schlomm, Thorsten (VerfasserIn) , Rohr, Karl (VerfasserIn) , Lutsik, Pavlo (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 17 January 2025
In: Nature Communications
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 16, Pages: 1-14
ISSN:2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-025-55920-z
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Verfasserangaben:Yunhee Jeong, Clarissa Gerhäuser, Guido Sauter, Thorsten Schlomm, Karl Rohr, and Pavlo Lutsik

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