Computational approaches to understand transcription regulation in development

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dc.contributor.authorvan der Sande, M.
dc.contributor.authorFrölich, S.
dc.contributor.authorvan Heeringen, S.J.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractGene regulatory networks (GRNs) serve as useful abstractions to understand transcriptional dynamics in developmental systems. Computational prediction of GRNs has been successfully applied to genome-wide gene expression measurements with the advent of microarrays and RNA-sequencing. However, these inferred networks are inaccurate and mostly based on correlative rather than causative interactions. In this review, we highlight three approaches that significantly impact GRN inference: (1) moving from one genome-wide functional modality, gene expression, to multi-omics, (2) single cell sequencing, to measure cell type-specific signals and predict context-specific GRNs, and (3) neural networks as flexible models. Together, these experimental and computational developments have the potential to significantly impact the quality of inferred GRNs. Ultimately, accurately modeling the regulatory interactions between transcription factors and their target genes will be essential to understand the role of transcription factors in driving developmental gene expression programs and to derive testable hypotheses for validation.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMaarten van der Sande, Siebren Frölich, and Simon J. van Heeringen
dc.identifier.citationBiochemical Society Transactions, 2023; 51(1):1-12
dc.identifier.doi10.1042/BST20210145
dc.identifier.issn0300-5127
dc.identifier.issn0300-5127
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/141892
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPortland Press
dc.rights© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY).
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1042/bst20210145
dc.subjectdevelopmental biology; functional genomics; gene expression and regulation; gene regulatory networks
dc.subject.meshTranscription Factors
dc.subject.meshComputational Biology
dc.subject.meshGene Expression Regulation
dc.subject.meshGenome
dc.subject.meshGene Regulatory Networks
dc.titleComputational approaches to understand transcription regulation in development
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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