Computational methods for analysing multiscale 3D genome organization

Y Zhang, L Boninsegna, M Yang, T Misteli… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent progress in whole-genome mapping and imaging technologies has enabled the
characterization of the spatial organization and folding of the genome in the nucleus. In …

Whole-cell models and simulations in molecular detail

M Feig, Y Sugita - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Comprehensive data about the composition and structure of cellular components have
enabled the construction of quantitative whole-cell models. While kinetic network–type …

Human pancreatic islet three-dimensional chromatin architecture provides insights into the genetics of type 2 diabetes

I Miguel-Escalada, S Bonàs-Guarch, I Cebola… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Genetic studies promise to provide insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying type 2
diabetes (T2D). Variants associated with T2D are often located in tissue-specific enhancer …

GRID-seq reveals the global RNA–chromatin interactome

X Li, B Zhou, L Chen, LT Gou, H Li, XD Fu - Nature biotechnology, 2017 - nature.com
Higher eukaryotic genomes are bound by a large number of coding and non-coding RNAs,
but approaches to comprehensively map the identity and binding sites of these RNAs are …

Capsid-CPSF6 interaction licenses nuclear HIV-1 trafficking to sites of viral DNA integration

V Achuthan, JM Perreira, GA Sowd, M Puray-Chavez… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2018 - cell.com
HIV-1 integration into the host genome favors actively transcribed genes. Prior work
indicated that the nuclear periphery provides the architectural basis for integration site …

Loop-extrusion and polymer phase-separation can co-exist at the single-molecule level to shape chromatin folding

M Conte, E Irani, AM Chiariello, A Abraham… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Loop-extrusion and phase-separation have been proposed as mechanisms that shape
chromosome spatial organization. It is unclear, however, how they perform relative to each …

Polymer simulations of heteromorphic chromatin predict the 3D folding of complex genomic loci

A Buckle, CA Brackley, S Boyle, D Marenduzzo… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
Chromatin folded into 3D macromolecular structures is often analyzed by chromosome
conformation capture (3C) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) techniques, but …

Integrative genome modeling platform reveals essentiality of rare contact events in 3D genome organizations

L Boninsegna, A Yildirim, G Polles, Y Zhan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
A multitude of sequencing-based and microscopy technologies provide the means to
unravel the relationship between the three-dimensional organization of genomes and key …

Evaluating the role of the nuclear microenvironment in gene function by population-based modeling

A Yildirim, N Hua, L Boninsegna, Y Zhan… - Nature Structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
The nuclear folding of chromosomes relative to nuclear bodies is an integral part of gene
function. Here, we demonstrate that population-based modeling—from ensemble Hi-C data …

Chromatin architectural changes during cellular senescence and aging

L Sun, R Yu, W Dang - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chromatin 3D structure is highly dynamic and associated with many biological processes,
such as cell cycle progression, cellular differentiation, cell fate reprogramming, cancer …