A framework for understanding the functions of biomolecular condensates across scales

AS Lyon, WB Peeples, MK Rosen - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates are found throughout eukaryotic cells, including in the nucleus, in
the cytoplasm and on membranes. They are also implicated in a wide range of cellular …

The genetics of kidney stone disease and nephrocalcinosis

P Singh, PC Harris, DJ Sas, JC Lieske - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2022 - nature.com
Kidney stones (also known as urinary stones or nephrolithiasis) are highly prevalent,
affecting approximately 10% of adults worldwide, and the incidence of stone disease is …

Mammalian SWI/SNF continuously restores local accessibility to chromatin

M Iurlaro, MB Stadler, F Masoni, Z Jagani, GG Galli… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chromatin accessibility is a hallmark of regulatory regions, entails transcription factor (TF)
binding and requires nucleosomal reorganization. However, it remains unclear how …

[HTML][HTML] Role of epigenetics in biology and human diseases

A Moosavi, AM Ardekani - Iranian biomedical journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
For a long time, scientists have tried to describe disorders just by genetic or environmental
factors. However, the role of epigenetics in human diseases has been considered from a …

Pioneer transcription factors in cell reprogramming

M Iwafuchi-Doi, KS Zaret - Genes & development, 2014 - genesdev.cshlp.org
A subset of eukaryotic transcription factors possesses the remarkable ability to reprogram
one type of cell into another. The transcription factors that reprogram cell fate are invariably …

Transcription factor binding in human cells occurs in dense clusters formed around cohesin anchor sites

J Yan, M Enge, T Whitington, K Dave, J Liu, I Sur… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
During cell division, transcription factors (TFs) are removed from chromatin twice, during
DNA synthesis and during condensation of chromosomes. How TFs can efficiently find their …

Mitotic bookmarking redundancy by nuclear receptors in pluripotent cells

A Chervova, A Molliex, HI Baymaz, RX Coux… - Nature Structural & …, 2024 - nature.com
Mitotic bookmarking transcription factors (TFs) are thought to mediate rapid and accurate
reactivation after mitotic gene silencing. However, the loss of individual bookmarking TFs …

A network connecting Runx2, SATB2, and the miR-23a∼ 27a∼ 24-2 cluster regulates the osteoblast differentiation program

MQ Hassan, JAR Gordon, MM Beloti… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Induced osteogenesis includes a program of microRNAs (miRs) to repress the translation of
genes that act as inhibitors of bone formation. How expression of bone-related miRs is …

Sperm methylation profiles reveal features of epigenetic inheritance and evolution in primates

A Molaro, E Hodges, F Fang, Q Song, WR McCombie… - Cell, 2011 - cell.com
During germ cell and preimplantation development, mammalian cells undergo nearly
complete reprogramming of DNA methylation patterns. We profiled the methylomes of …

H3K27ac bookmarking promotes rapid post-mitotic activation of the pluripotent stem cell program without impacting 3D chromatin reorganization

B Pelham-Webb, A Polyzos, L Wojenski, A Kloetgen… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
During self-renewal, cell-type-defining features are drastically perturbed in mitosis and must
be faithfully reestablished upon G1 entry, a process that remains largely elusive. Here, we …