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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.668045
Keywords
multi-omics; systems immunology; integrative analysis; immune-related diseases; immune variation
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- China Scholarship Council [201706040081]
- ERC Starting Grant [948207]
- Radboud University Medical Centre Hypatia Grant
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This review emphasizes the importance of applying a multi-omics approach in immunological research to understand the complexity of the immune system. It provides an overview of methodological approaches for different omics data layers, discusses data analysis methods, and highlights the possible applications of multi-omics studies in understanding immune-related diseases.
The immune system plays a vital role in health and disease, and is regulated through a complex interactive network of many different immune cells and mediators. To understand the complexity of the immune system, we propose to apply a multi-omics approach in immunological research. This review provides a complete overview of available methodological approaches for the different omics data layers relevant for immunological research, including genetics, epigenetics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and cellomics. Thereafter, we describe the various methods for data analysis as well as how to integrate different layers of omics data. Finally, we discuss the possible applications of multi-omics studies and opportunities they provide for understanding the complex regulatory networks as well as immune variation in various immune-related diseases.
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