Transcription factors and 3D genome conformation in cell-fate decisions

R Stadhouders, GJ Filion, T Graf - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
How cells adopt different identities has long fascinated biologists. Signal transduction in
response to environmental cues results in the activation of transcription factors that …

Targeted degradation of CTCF decouples local insulation of chromosome domains from genomic compartmentalization

EP Nora, A Goloborodko, AL Valton, JH Gibcus… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The molecular mechanisms underlying folding of mammalian chromosomes remain poorly
understood. The transcription factor CTCF is a candidate regulator of chromosomal …

Dynamics of DNA hydroxymethylation and methylation during mouse embryonic and germline development

R Yan, X Cheng, C Gu, Y Xu, X Long, J Zhai, F Sun… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In mammals, DNA 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) is involved in methylation
reprogramming during early embryonic development. Yet, to what extent 5hmC participates …

Two independent modes of chromatin organization revealed by cohesin removal

W Schwarzer, N Abdennur, A Goloborodko… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Imaging and chromosome conformation capture studies have revealed several layers of
chromosome organization, including segregation into megabase-sized active and inactive …

Organization and function of the 3D genome

B Bonev, G Cavalli - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Understanding how chromatin is organized within the nucleus and how this 3D architecture
influences gene regulation, cell fate decisions and evolution are major questions in cell …

Transcriptionally active HERV-H retrotransposons demarcate topologically associating domains in human pluripotent stem cells

Y Zhang, T Li, S Preissl, ML Amaral, JD Grinstein… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Chromatin architecture has been implicated in cell type-specific gene regulatory programs,
yet how chromatin remodels during development remains to be fully elucidated. Here, by …

Spatially resolved epigenomic profiling of single cells in complex tissues

T Lu, CE Ang, X Zhuang - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The recent development of spatial omics methods has enabled single-cell profiling of the
transcriptome and 3D genome organization with high spatial resolution. Expanding the …

[HTML][HTML] A compendium of chromatin contact maps reveals spatially active regions in the human genome

AD Schmitt, M Hu, I Jung, Z Xu, Y Qiu, CL Tan, Y Li… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
The three-dimensional configuration of DNA is integral to all nuclear processes in
eukaryotes, yet our knowledge of the chromosome architecture is still limited. Genome-wide …

Single cell transcriptome profiling of retinal ganglion cells identifies cellular subtypes

BA Rheaume, A Jereen, M Bolisetty, MS Sajid… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) convey the major output of information collected from the eye
to the brain. Thirty subtypes of RGCs have been identified to date. Here, we analyze 6225 …

[HTML][HTML] The cis-regulatory atlas of the mouse immune system

H Yoshida, CA Lareau, RN Ramirez, SA Rose, B Maier… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
A complete chart of cis-regulatory elements and their dynamic activity is necessary to
understand the transcriptional basis of differentiation and function of an organ system. We …