NIPBL and cohesin: new take on a classic tale

D Alonso-Gil, A Losada - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Cohesin folds the genome in dynamic chromatin loops and holds the sister chromatids
together. NIPBL Scc2 is currently considered the cohesin loader, a role that may need …

The DNA damage response in the chromatin context: A coordinated process

J Dabin, M Mori, SE Polo - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
In the cell nucleus, DNA damage signaling and repair machineries operate on a chromatin
substrate, the integrity of which is critical for cell function and viability. Here, we review …

IDR-targeting compounds suppress HPV genome replication via disruption of phospho-BRD4 association with DNA damage response factors

SY Wu, HT Lai, NS Banerjee, Z Ma, JF Santana, S Wei… - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
Compounds binding to the bromodomains of bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) family
proteins, particularly BRD4, are promising anticancer agents. Nevertheless, side effects and …

Cohesin couples transcriptional bursting probabilities of inducible enhancers and promoters

I Robles-Rebollo, S Cuartero… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Innate immune responses rely on inducible gene expression programmes which, in contrast
to steady-state transcription, are highly dependent on cohesin. Here we address …

Disruption of NIPBL/Scc2 in Cornelia de Lange Syndrome provokes cohesin genome-wide redistribution with an impact in the transcriptome

P Garcia, R Fernandez-Hernandez, A Cuadrado… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare disease affecting multiple organs
and systems during development. Mutations in the cohesin loader, NIPBL/Scc2, were first …

Full circle: a brief history of cohesin and the regulation of gene expression

JA Horsfield - The FEBS journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The cohesin complex has a range of crucial functions in the cell. Cohesin is essential for
mediating chromatid cohesion during mitosis, for repair of double‐strand DNA breaks, and …

Cornelia de Lange syndrome: from a disease to a broader spectrum

A Selicorni, M Mariani, A Lettieri, V Massa - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a genetic disease that exemplifies the evolution of
knowledge in the field of rare genetic disorders. Originally described as a unique pattern of …

Clinical relevance of postzygotic mosaicism in Cornelia de Lange syndrome and purifying selection of NIPBL variants in blood

A Latorre-Pellicer, M Gil-Salvador, I Parenti… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Postzygotic mosaicism (PZM) in NIPBL is a strong source of causality for Cornelia de Lange
syndrome (CdLS) that can have major clinical implications. Here, we further delineate the …

BRD4 binds to active cranial neural crest enhancers to regulate RUNX2 activity during osteoblast differentiation

RE Musa, KL Lester, G Quickstad… - …, 2024 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a congenital disorder featuring facial
dysmorphism, postnatal growth deficits, cognitive disability and upper limb abnormalities …

Disease-associated c-MYC downregulation in human disorders of transcriptional regulation

MM Pallotta, M Di Nardo, P Sarogni… - Human Molecular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare multiorgan developmental disorder
caused by pathogenic variants in cohesin genes. It is a genetically and clinically …