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ArticleNature communications2018

Dissecting super-enhancer hierarchy based on chromatin interactions.

Jialiang Huang, Kailong Li, Wenqing Cai, Xin Liu, Yuannyu Zhang, Stuart H Orkin, Jian Xu, Guo-Cheng Yuan

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 158 papers.

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8 authors.

Jialiang HuangDepartment of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Kailong LiDepartment of Pediatrics, Childrens Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Wenqing CaiDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Childrens Hospital and Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Xin LiuDepartment of Pediatrics, Childrens Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Yuannyu ZhangDepartment of Pediatrics, Childrens Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
Stuart H OrkinDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Boston Childrens Hospital and Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
Jian XuDepartment of Pediatrics, Childrens Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA. jian.xu@utsouthwestern.edu.
Guo-Cheng YuanDepartment of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02215, USA. gcyuan@jimmy.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2283-4714

Funding

Molecular Analysis of Transcriptional Enhancers in HematopoiesisR01DK111430 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jian Xu · 2016 to 2026
$4.8M
Systems Biology Analysis of Human ErythropoiesisR01HL119099 · NHLBI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI ORKIN, STUART H, YUAN, GUO-CHENG · 2014 to 2018
$3.4M
A systems biology approach for dissecting enhancer hierarchyR01HG009663 · NHGRI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI YUAN, GUO-CHENG · 2017 to 2020
$2.8M
Mechanistic roles of BCL11A in globin switching and fetal hemoglobin silencingK01DK093543 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI XU, JIAN · 2011 to 2015
$732k
Characterizing the role of BCL11A in hematopoietic development and functionsR03DK101665 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI XU, JIAN · 2014 to 2015
$165k
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG009663NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL119099NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK093543NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK111430NIDDK NIH HHS R03 DK101665
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies have highlighted super-enhancers (SEs) as important regulatory elements for gene expression, but their intrinsic properties remain incompletely characterized. Through an integrative analysis of Hi-C and ChIP-seq data, here we find that a significant fraction of SEs are hierarchically organized, containing both hub and non-hub enhancers. Hub enhancers share similar histone marks with non-hub enhancers, but are distinctly associated with cohesin and CTCF binding sites and disease-associated genetic variants. Genetic ablation of hub enhancers results in profound defects in gene activation and local chromatin landscape. As such, hub enhancers are the major constituents responsible for SE functional and structural organization.

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Enhancer Elements, GeneticCCCTC-Binding FactorCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCohesinsCRISPR-Cas SystemsDiseaseGene EditingGene Expression RegulationGene Knockout TechniquesGenetic VariationHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsK562 CellsModels, GeneticCCCTC-Binding FactorCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCohesins

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PMID29507293
PMCPMC5838163

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