CRISPR technologies for precise epigenome editing

M Nakamura, Y Gao, AA Dominguez, LS Qi - Nature Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The epigenome involves a complex set of cellular processes governing genomic activity.
Dissecting this complexity necessitates the development of tools capable of specifically …

The next generation of CRISPR–Cas technologies and applications

A Pickar-Oliver, CA Gersbach - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
The prokaryote-derived CRISPR–Cas genome editing systems have transformed our ability
to manipulate, detect, image and annotate specific DNA and RNA sequences in living cells …

Long-range gene regulation in hormone-dependent cancer

TT Tettey, L Rinaldi, GL Hager - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
The human genome is organized into multiple structural layers, ranging from chromosome
territories to progressively smaller substructures, such as topologically associating domains …

Glucocorticoid receptor triggers a reversible drug-tolerant dormancy state with acquired therapeutic vulnerabilities in lung cancer

S Prekovic, K Schuurman, I Mayayo-Peralta… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) regulates gene expression, governing aspects of
homeostasis, but is also involved in cancer. Pharmacological GR activation is frequently …

Glucocorticoid receptor recruits to enhancers and drives activation by motif-directed binding

IC McDowell, A Barrera, AM D'Ippolito… - Genome …, 2018 - genome.cshlp.org
Glucocorticoids are potent steroid hormones that regulate immunity and metabolism by
activating the transcription factor (TF) activity of glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Previous …

High-throughput screening of glucocorticoid-induced enhancer activity reveals mechanisms of stress-related psychiatric disorders

S Penner-Goeke, M Bothe, N Rek… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Exposure to stressful life events increases the risk for psychiatric disorders. Mechanistic
insight into the genetic factors moderating the impact of stress can increase our …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal analysis suggests a reciprocal relationship between 3D chromatin structure and transcription

KSM Reed, ES Davis, ML Bond, A Cabrera, E Thulson… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
To infer potential causal relationships between 3D chromatin structure, enhancers, and
gene transcription, we mapped each feature in a genome-wide fashion across eight …

Intrinsic dynamics of a human gene reveal the basis of expression heterogeneity

J Rodriguez, G Ren, CR Day, K Zhao, CC Chow… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Transcriptional regulation in metazoans occurs through long-range genomic contacts
between enhancers and promoters, and most genes are transcribed in episodic" bursts" of …

The glucocorticoid receptor associates with the cohesin loader NIPBL to promote long-range gene regulation

L Rinaldi, G Fettweis, S Kim, DA Garcia, S Fujiwara… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The cohesin complex is central to chromatin looping, but mechanisms by which these long-
range chromatin interactions are formed and persist remain unclear. We demonstrate that …

Chromatin dysregulation associated with NSD1 mutation in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

N Farhangdoost, C Horth, B Hu, E Bareke, X Chen, Y Li… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Chromatin dysregulation has emerged as an important mechanism of oncogenesis. To
develop targeted treatments, it is important to understand the transcriptomic consequences …