Changes in genome architecture and transcriptional dynamics progress independently of sensory experience during post-natal brain development

L Tan, W Ma, H Wu, Y Zheng, D Xing, R Chen, X Li… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Both transcription and three-dimensional (3D) architecture of the mammalian genome play
critical roles in neurodevelopment and its disorders. However, 3D genome structures of …

Non-cell-autonomous disruption of nuclear architecture as a potential cause of COVID-19-induced anosmia

M Zazhytska, A Kodra, DA Hoagland, J Frere… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 infects less than 1% of cells in the human body, yet it can cause severe
damage in a variety of organs. Thus, deciphering the non-cell-autonomous effects of SARS …

RNA-mediated symmetry breaking enables singular olfactory receptor choice

AD Pourmorady, EV Bashkirova, AM Chiariello… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Olfactory receptor (OR) choice provides an extreme example of allelic competition for
transcriptional dominance, where every olfactory neuron stably transcribes one of …

Transcriptional priming and chromatin regulation during stochastic cell fate specification

AJ Ordway, RN Helt… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Stochastic cell fate specification, in which a cell chooses between two or more fates with a
set probability, diversifies cell subtypes in development. Although this is a vital process …

Lifelong restructuring of 3D genome architecture in cerebellar granule cells

L Tan, J Shi, S Moghadami, B Parasar, CP Wright… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The cerebellum contains most of the neurons in the human brain and exhibits distinctive
modes of development and aging. In this work, by developing our single-cell three …

[HTML][HTML] Simultaneous single-cell three-dimensional genome and gene expression profiling uncovers dynamic enhancer connectivity underlying olfactory receptor …

H Wu, J Zhang, F Jian, JP Chen, Y Zheng, L Tan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The simultaneous measurement of three-dimensional (3D) genome structure and gene
expression of individual cells is critical for understanding a genome's structure–function …

Decoding the olfactory map through targeted transcriptomics links murine olfactory receptors to glomeruli

KW Zhu, SD Burton, MH Nagai, JD Silverman… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sensory processing in olfactory systems is organized across olfactory bulb glomeruli,
wherein axons of peripheral sensory neurons expressing the same olfactory receptor co …

A 3D transcriptomics atlas of the mouse nose sheds light on the anatomical logic of smell

MLRT Segura, E Abou Moussa, E Garabello… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
The sense of smell helps us navigate the environment, but its molecular architecture and
underlying logic remain understudied. The spatial location of odorant receptor genes (Olfrs) …

Establishment and maintenance of random monoallelic expression

E Kanata, R Duffié, EG Schulz - Development, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
This Review elucidates the regulatory principles of random monoallelic expression by
focusing on two well-studied examples: the X-chromosome inactivation regulator Xist and …

Coordination of two enhancers drives expression of olfactory trace amine-associated receptors

A Fei, W Wu, L Tan, C Tang, Z Xu, X Huo, H Bao… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) are functionally defined by their expression of a unique
odorant receptor (OR). Mechanisms underlying singular OR expression are well studied …