University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus 1 article published in JoVE Cancer Research Native Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Using Murine Brain Tumor Neurospheres Flor M. Mendez1, Felipe J. Núñez1,2, Rocío I. Zorrilla-Veloz3,4, Pedro R. Lowenstein1,2, Maria G. Castro1,2 1Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan Medical School, 2Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 3Cancer Research Summer Internship Program (CARSIP), Cancer Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, 4Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras Campus Epigenetic mechanisms are frequently altered in glioma. Chromatin immunoprecipitation could be used to study the consequences of genetic alterations in glioma that result from changes in histone modifications which regulate chromatin structure and gene transcription. This protocol describes native chromatin immunoprecipitation on murine brain tumor neurospheres.
