Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations

JS Mattick, PP Amaral, P Carninci… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes specifying long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy a large fraction of the genomes
of complex organisms. The term 'lncRNAs' encompasses RNA polymerase I (Pol I), Pol II …

Long-range enhancer–promoter contacts in gene expression control

S Schoenfelder, P Fraser - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Spatiotemporal gene expression programmes are orchestrated by transcriptional
enhancers, which are key regulatory DNA elements that engage in physical contacts with …

Plasma proteomic associations with genetics and health in the UK Biobank

BB Sun, J Chiou, M Traylor, C Benner, YH Hsu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Pharma Proteomics Project is a precompetitive biopharmaceutical consortium
characterizing the plasma proteomic profiles of 54,219 UK Biobank participants. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Direct observation of a condensate effect on super-enhancer controlled gene bursting

M Du, SH Stitzinger, JH Spille, WK Cho, C Lee, M Hijaz… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Enhancers are distal DNA elements believed to loop and contact promoters to control gene
expression. Recently, we found diffraction-sized transcriptional condensates at genes …

A single-cell atlas of chromatin accessibility in the human genome

K Zhang, JD Hocker, M Miller, X Hou, J Chiou… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Current catalogs of regulatory sequences in the human genome are still incomplete and lack
cell type resolution. To profile the activity of gene regulatory elements in diverse cell types …

Comprehensive analysis of single cell ATAC-seq data with SnapATAC

R Fang, S Preissl, Y Li, X Hou, J Lucero, X Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Identification of the cis-regulatory elements controlling cell-type specific gene expression
patterns is essential for understanding the origin of cellular diversity. Conventional assays to …

H3K4me1 facilitates promoter-enhancer interactions and gene activation during embryonic stem cell differentiation

N Kubo, PB Chen, R Hu, Z Ye, H Sasaki, B Ren - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Histone H3 lysine 4 mono-methylation (H3K4me1) marks poised or active enhancers.
KMT2C (MLL3) and KMT2D (MLL4) catalyze H3K4me1, but their histone methyltransferase …

A comparative atlas of single-cell chromatin accessibility in the human brain

YE Li, S Preissl, M Miller, ND Johnson, Z Wang, H Jiao… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Recent advances in single-cell transcriptomics have illuminated the diverse neuronal and
glial cell types within the human brain. However, the regulatory programs governing cell …

Integrated spatial genomics reveals global architecture of single nuclei

Y Takei, J Yun, S Zheng, N Ollikainen, N Pierson… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Identifying the relationships between chromosome structures, nuclear bodies, chromatin
states and gene expression is an overarching goal of nuclear-organization studies …

The role of 3D genome organization in development and cell differentiation

H Zheng, W **e - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, the genome does not exist as a linear molecule but instead is hierarchically
packaged inside the nucleus. This complex genome organization includes multiscale …