SCENIC+: single-cell multiomic inference of enhancers and gene regulatory networks

C Bravo González-Blas, S De Winter, G Hulselmans… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Joint profiling of chromatin accessibility and gene expression in individual cells provides an
opportunity to decipher enhancer-driven gene regulatory networks (GRNs). Here we present …

Potent and uniform fetal hemoglobin induction via base editing

T Mayuranathan, GA Newby, R Feng, Y Yao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Inducing fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in red blood cells can alleviate β-thalassemia and sickle
cell disease. We compared five strategies in CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor …

Mechanisms of binding specificity among bHLH transcription factors

X de Martin, R Sodaei, G Santpere - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The transcriptome of every cell is orchestrated by the complex network of interaction
between transcription factors (TFs) and their binding sites on DNA. Disruption of this network …

A genome-wide association study of blood cell morphology identifies cellular proteins implicated in disease aetiology

P Akbari, D Vuckovic, L Stefanucci, T Jiang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood cells contain functionally important intracellular structures, such as granules, critical to
immunity and thrombosis. Quantitative variation in these structures has not been subjected …

Comprehensive proteomic analysis of human erythropoiesis

EF Gautier, S Ducamp, M Leduc, V Salnot… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Mass spectrometry-based proteomics now enables the absolute quantification of thousands
of proteins in individual cell types. We used this technology to analyze the dynamic …

Evolution and new frontiers of histology in bio‐medical research

M Mazzarini, M Falchi, D Bani… - … research and technique, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Histology refers to the study of the morphology of cells within their natural tissue
environment. As a bio‐medical discipline, it dates back to the development of first …

Gene editing without ex vivo culture evades genotoxicity in human hematopoietic stem cells

J Zeng, MA Nguyen, P Liu, LF Da Silva, S Levesque… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Gene editing the BCL11A erythroid enhancer is a validated approach to fetal hemoglobin
(HbF) induction for β-hemoglobinopathy therapy, though heterogeneity in edit allele …

HDAC1 and PRC2 mediate combinatorial control in SPI1/PU. 1-dependent gene repression in murine erythroleukaemia

S Gregoricchio, L Polit, M Esposito… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Although originally described as transcriptional activator, SPI1/PU. 1, a major player in
haematopoiesis whose alterations are associated with haematological malignancies, has …

Nascent transcription reveals regulatory changes in extremophile fishes inhabiting hydrogen sulfide-rich environments

BW Perry, KL McGowan… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Regulating transcription allows organisms to respond to their environment, both within a
single generation (plasticity) and across generations (adaptation). We examined …

Exposure to hypoxia causes stress erythropoiesis and downregulates immune response genes in spleen of mice

H Wang, D Liu, P Song, F Jiang, X Chi, T Zhang - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background The spleen is the largest secondary lymphoid organ and the main site where
stress erythropoiesis occurs. It is known that hypoxia triggers the expansion of erythroid …