Epigenetics publishes peer-reviewed original research and review articles that provide an unprecedented forum where epigenetic mechanisms and their role in diverse biological processes can be revealed, shared, and discussed. Epigenetics research studies heritable changes in gene expression caused by mechanisms others than the modification of the DNA sequence. Epigenetics therefore plays critical roles in a variety of biological systems, diseases, and disciplines. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):DNA methylationNucleosome positioning and modificationGene silencingImprintingNuclear reprogrammingChromatin remodelingNon-coding RNANon-histone chromosomal elementsDosage compensationNuclear organizationEpigenetic therapy and diagnosticsNutrition and environmental epigeneticsCancer epigeneticsNeuroepigeneticsCancer has been traditionally the main focus of epigenetic studies; however, recent data suggest that epigenetics plays critical roles in all basic processes of life. Our journal provides a platform for the communication of methodologies, hypotheses, experimental approaches, and diagnostic agents by researchers working in a variety of systems who are unraveling the epigenetic facets of their specific fields of interest.

表觀遺傳學(xué)發(fā)表同行評(píng)議的原創(chuàng)研究和綜述文章，提供了一個(gè)前所未有的論壇，在這里，表觀遺傳學(xué)機(jī)制及其在各種生物過(guò)程中的作用可以被揭示、共享和討論。表觀遺傳學(xué)研究的是基因表達(dá)的可遺傳變化，其機(jī)制并非DNA序列的修飾。因此，表觀遺傳學(xué)在各種生物系統(tǒng)、疾病和學(xué)科中發(fā)揮著關(guān)鍵作用。感興趣的題目包括(但不限于):DNA甲基化核小體定位和修飾基因沉默印記核重編程染色質(zhì)重塑非編碼RNANon-histone染色體元素劑量補(bǔ)償核組織表觀遺傳學(xué)治療和診斷營(yíng)養(yǎng)和環(huán)境表觀遺傳學(xué)癌癥表觀遺傳學(xué)Neuroepigenetics癌癥歷來(lái)是表觀遺傳學(xué)研究的主要焦點(diǎn);然而，最近的數(shù)據(jù)表明，表觀遺傳學(xué)在生命的所有基本過(guò)程中都扮演著重要的角色。我們的期刊提供了一個(gè)平臺(tái)，讓研究人員在不同的系統(tǒng)中交流方法、假設(shè)、實(shí)驗(yàn)方法和診斷試劑，這些系統(tǒng)正在揭示他們感興趣的特定領(lǐng)域的表觀遺傳學(xué)方面。