Transcription factors: Bridge between cell signaling and gene regulation

P Weidemüller, M Kholmatov, E Petsalaki… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transcription factors (TFs) are key regulators of intrinsic cellular processes, such as
differentiation and development, and of the cellular response to external perturbation …

Mapping epigenetic modifications by sequencing technologies

X Chen, H Xu, X Shu, CX Song - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
The “epigenetics” concept was first described in 1942. Thus far, chemical modifications on
histones, DNA, and RNA have emerged as three important building blocks of epigenetic …

cBAF complex components and MYC cooperate early in CD8+ T cell fate

A Guo, H Huang, Z Zhu, MJ Chen, H Shi, S Yuan… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The identification of mechanisms to promote memory T (Tmem) cells has important
implications for vaccination and anti-cancer immunotherapy,,–. Using a CRISPR-based …

Efficient low-cost chromatin profiling with CUT&Tag

HS Kaya-Okur, DH Janssens, JG Henikoff, K Ahmad… - Nature protocols, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract We recently introduced Cleavage Under Targets & Tagmentation (CUT&Tag), an
epigenomic profiling strategy in which antibodies are bound to chromatin proteins in situ in …

CBP/p300 and HDAC activities regulate H3K27 acetylation dynamics and zygotic genome activation in mouse preimplantation embryos

M Wang, Z Chen, Y Zhang - The EMBO Journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Epigenome reprogramming after fertilization enables transcriptionally quiescent maternal
and paternal chromatin to acquire a permissive state for subsequent zygotic genome …

DMRT1 regulates human germline commitment

N Irie, SM Lee, V Lorenzi, H Xu, J Chen, M Inoue… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Germline commitment following primordial germ cell (PGC) specification during early human
development establishes an epigenetic programme and competence for gametogenesis …

Cooperation of chromatin remodeling SWI/SNF complex and pioneer factor AP-1 shapes 3D enhancer landscapes

BK Wolf, Y Zhao, A McCray, WH Hawk… - Nature structural & …, 2023 - nature.com
The mechanism controlling the dynamic targeting of SWI/SNF has long been postulated to
be coordinated by transcription factors (TFs), yet demonstrating a specific TF influence has …

[HTML][HTML] Dual-specificity RNA aptamers enable manipulation of target-specific O-GlcNAcylation and unveil functions of O-GlcNAc on β-catenin

Y Zhu, GW Hart - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
O-GlcNAc is a dynamic post-translational modification (PTM) that regulates protein functions.
In studying the regulatory roles of O-GlcNAc, a major roadblock is the inability to change O …

Histone lactylation couples cellular metabolism with developmental gene regulatory networks

F Merkuri, M Rothstein, M Simoes-Costa - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Embryonic cells exhibit diverse metabolic states. Recent studies have demonstrated that
metabolic reprogramming drives changes in cell identity by affecting gene expression …

Distinct dynamics and functions of H2AK119ub1 and H3K27me3 in mouse preimplantation embryos

Z Chen, MN Djekidel, Y Zhang - Nature genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Polycomb repressive complexes 1 and 2 (PRC1/2) maintain transcriptional silencing of
developmental genes largely by catalyzing the formation of mono-ubiquitinated histone H2A …