Chromatin accessibility profiling by ATAC-seq

FC Grandi, H Modi, L Kampman, MR Corces - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
The assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing (ATAC-seq) provides a
simple and scalable way to detect the unique chromatin landscape associated with a cell …

Epigenetic regulation of T cell exhaustion

JA Belk, B Daniel, AT Satpathy - Nature immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic antigen stimulation during viral infections and cancer can lead to T cell exhaustion,
which is characterized by reduced effector function and proliferation, and the expression of …

Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classes

B Paulsen, S Velasco, AJ Kedaigle, M Pigoni… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with hundreds of genes
spanning a wide range of biological functions,,,,–. The alterations in the human brain …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial profiling of chromatin accessibility in mouse and human tissues

Y Deng, M Bartosovic, S Ma, D Zhang, P Kukanja… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Cellular function in tissue is dependent on the local environment, requiring new methods for
spatial mapping of biomolecules and cells in the tissue context. The emergence of spatial …

Evidence that direct inhibition of transcription factor binding is the prevailing mode of gene and repeat repression by DNA methylation

S Kaluscha, S Domcke, C Wirbelauer, MB Stadler… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cytosine methylation efficiently silences CpG-rich regulatory regions of genes and repeats
in mammalian genomes. To what extent this entails direct inhibition of transcription factor …

Myelin dysfunction drives amyloid-β deposition in models of Alzheimer's disease

C Depp, T Sun, AO Sasmita, L Spieth, SA Berghoff… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, increases rapidly
with age, but why age constitutes the main risk factor is still poorly understood. Brain ageing …

Senescence atlas reveals an aged-like inflamed niche that blunts muscle regeneration

V Moiseeva, A Cisneros, V Sica, O Deryagin, Y Lai… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Tissue regeneration requires coordination between resident stem cells and local niche
cells,. Here we identify that senescent cells are integral components of the skeletal muscle …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node colonization induces tumor-immune tolerance to promote distant metastasis

NE Reticker-Flynn, W Zhang, JA Belk, PA Basto… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
For many solid malignancies, lymph node (LN) involvement represents a harbinger of
distant metastatic disease and, therefore, an important prognostic factor. Beyond its utility as …

[HTML][HTML] Dysregulation of brain and choroid plexus cell types in severe COVID-19

AC Yang, F Kern, PM Losada, MR Agam, CA Maat… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Although SARS-CoV-2 primarily targets the respiratory system, patients with and survivors of
COVID-19 can suffer neurological symptoms 1, 2, 3. However, an unbiased understanding …

Cross-tissue organization of the fibroblast lineage

MB Buechler, RN Pradhan, AT Krishnamurty, C Cox… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Fibroblasts are non-haematopoietic structural cells that define the architecture of organs,
support the homeostasis of tissue-resident cells and have key roles in fibrosis, cancer …