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ArticleNPJ systems biology and applications2025

SEgene identifies links between super enhancers and gene expression across cell types.

Norio Shinkai, Ken Asada, Hidenori Machino, Ken Takasawa, Satoshi Takahashi, Nobuji Kouno, Masaaki Komatsu, Ryuji Hamamoto, Syuzo Kaneko

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Norio ShinkaiDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Ken AsadaDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Hidenori MachinoDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Ken TakasawaDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Satoshi TakahashiDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Nobuji KounoDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Masaaki KomatsuDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
Ryuji HamamotoDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. rhamamot@ncc.go.jp.
Syuzo KanekoDivision of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. sykaneko@ncc.go.jp.

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JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research JP21H03550, JP24K03039JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas JP18H04908JST AIP-PRISM JPMJCR18Y4JST CREST JPMJCR1689The AMED Innovative Cancer Medical Practice Research Project JP22ck0106643The Research Grant of the Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund 19-25108
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Abstract

Enhancers are non-coding DNA regions that facilitate gene transcription, with a specialized subset, super-enhancers, known to exert exceptionally strong transcriptional activation effects. Super-enhancers have been implicated in oncogenesis, and their identification is achievable through histone mark chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing data using existing analytical tools. However, conventional super-enhancer detection methodologies often do not accurately reflect actual gene expression levels, and the large volume of identified super-enhancers complicates comprehensive analysis. To address these limitations, we developed the super-enhancer to gene links (SE-to-gene Links) analysis, a platform named "SEgene" which incorporates the peak-to-gene links approach-a statistical method designed to reveal correlations between genes and peak regions ( https://github.com/hamamoto-lab/SEgene ). This platform enables a targeted evaluation of super-enhancer regions in relation to gene expression, facilitating the identification of super-enhancers that are functionally linked to transcriptional activity. Here, we demonstrate the application of SE-to-gene Links analysis to public datasets, confirming its efficacy in accurately detecting super-enhancers and identifying functionally associated genes. Additionally, SE-to-gene Links analysis identified ERBB2 as a significant gene of interest in the lung adenocarcinoma dataset from the National Cancer Center Japan cohort, suggesting a potential impact across multiple patient samples. Thus, the SE-to-gene Links analysis provides an analytical tool for evaluating super-enhancers as potential therapeutic targets, supporting the identification of clinically significant super-enhancer regions and their functionally associated genes.

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Computational BiologyEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene ExpressionAdenocarcinoma of LungGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLung NeoplasmsSuper Enhancers

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