STR mutations on chromosome 15q cause thyrotropin resistance by activating a primate-specific enhancer of MIR7-2/MIR1179

H Grasberger, AM Dumitrescu, XH Liao, EG Swanson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Thyrotropin (TSH) is the master regulator of thyroid gland growth and function. Resistance to
TSH (RTSH) describes conditions with reduced sensitivity to TSH. Dominantly inherited …

Advancing evolutionary medicine with complete primate genomes and advanced biotechnologies

K Ma, X Yang, Y Mao - Trends in Genetics, 2024 - cell.com
Evolutionary medicine, which integrates evolutionary biology and medicine, significantly
enhances our understanding of human traits and disease susceptibility. However, previous …

Synchronized long-read genome, methylome, epigenome and transcriptome profiling resolve a Mendelian condition

MR Vollger, J Korlach, KC Eldred, E Swanson… - Nature Genetics, 2025 - nature.com
Resolving the molecular basis of a Mendelian condition remains challenging owing to the
diverse mechanisms by which genetic variants cause disease. To address this, we …

Centromeric chromatin clearings demarcate the site of kinetochore formation

K Kixmoeller, EV Tarasovetc, E Mer, YW Chang… - Cell, 2025 - cell.com
The centromere is the chromosomal locus that recruits the kinetochore, directing faithful
propagation of the genome during cell division. Using cryo-ET on human mitotic …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic control and inheritance of rDNA arrays

T Potapova, P Kostos, S McKinney, M Borchers… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes exist in multiple copies arranged in tandem arrays known as
ribosomal DNA (rDNA). The total number of gene copies is variable, and the mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Synchronized long-read genome, methylome, epigenome, and transcriptome for resolving a Mendelian condition

MR Vollger, J Korlach, KC Eldred, E Swanson… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Resolving the molecular basis of a Mendelian condition (MC) remains challenging owing to
the diverse mechanisms by which genetic variants cause disease. To address this, we …

A haplotype-resolved view of human gene regulation

MR Vollger, EG Swanson, SJ Neph, J Ranchalis… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Most human cells contain two non-identical genomes, and differences in their regulation
underlie human development and disease. We demonstrate that Fiber-seq Inferred …

Centromeric transposable elements and epigenetic status drive karyotypic variation in the eastern hoolock gibbon

GA Hartley, M Okhovat, SJ Hoyt, E Fuller, N Pauloski… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Great apes have maintained a stable karyotype with few large-scale rearrangements; in
contrast, gibbons have undergone a high rate of chromosomal rearrangements coincident …