library_construction_protocol: For RNA isolation 1*106 isolated monocytes were resuspended in 350 μl of RNA later Buffer (Qiagen). RNA was isolated using RNeasy kit (Qiagen) including DNAseI (Qiagen) digestions. For ChIP-seq, isolated monocytes were resuspended in RPMI culture medium and fixed using formaldehyde (1% final concentration, Sigma Aldrich) for 10 minutes at room temperature. Unreacted formaldehyde was quenched with 125 mM glycine and incubated for 5 minutes at room temperature. Cells were washed twice in PBS containing protease inhibitor cocktail (Roche) and 1 mM PMSF (Roche), and subsequently snap frozen in liquid nitrogen. Cell pellets were stored at -80 °C for further use. Cells were sonicated at a concentration of 15 million cells/ml using a Bioruptor pico sonicator (Diagenode; 10 cycles, 30s on, 30s off, at 4 °C). Immunoprecipitation was performed using the MagnaChIP kit (Merck Millipore) according to manufacturer's instruction. In short, 500,000 cells were incubated overnight with 1 μg H3K4me3 or H3K27Ac antibody (Diagenode) and protein A magnetic beads at 4 °C. Beads and chromatin/antibody mixture were washed four times for 5 minutes at 4 °C. After washing chromatin was eluted and proteins were degraded using proteinase K. DNA was purified using spin columns and eluted in millliQ. Total RNA isolated from monocytes was used for the preparation of the RNA sequencing libraries using the KAPA RNA HyperPrep Kit with RiboErase (KAPA Biosystems). In short, oligo hybridization and rRNA depletion, rRNA depletion cleanup, DNase digestion, DNase digestion cleanup, and RNA elution were performed according to protocol. Fragmentation and priming were performed at 94⁰ C for 6 min. First strand synthesis, second strand synthesis and A-tailing was performed according to protocol. For the adapter ligation, a 1.5 μM stock was used (NextFlex DNA barcodes, Bioo Scientific). First and second post-ligation cleanup was performed according protocol. A total of 11 PCR cycles were performed for library amplification. The library amplification cleanup was done using a 0.8x followed by a 1.0x beadbased cleanup. Library size was determined using the High Sensitivity DNA bioanalyzer kit, and the library concentration was measured using the dsDNA High Sensitivity Assay  17 (Denovix). Paired-end sequencing reads of 50 bp were generated using an Illumina NextSeq 500.   ChIP-seq libraries were prepared using the Kapa Hyper Prep Kit according to manufacturer's protocol, with the following modifications. 2.5 μL of the NEXTflex adapter stock (600 nM, Bioo Scientific) was used for adapter ligation of each sample. Libraries were amplified with 12-15 PCR cycles followed by a double post-amplification clean-up was used to ensure proper removal of adapters. Samples were analyzed for purity using a High Sensitivity DNA Chip on a Bioanalyzer 2100 system (Agilent). Libraries were paired-end sequenced to a read length of 50 bp on an Illumina NextSeq500.