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ArticleNature communications2018

A comprehensive map coupling histone modifications with gene regulation in adult dopaminergic and serotonergic neurons.

Erik Södersten, Konstantinos Toskas, Vilma Rraklli, Katarina Tiklova, Åsa K Björklund, Markus Ringnér, Thomas Perlmann, Johan Holmberg

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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. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Erik SöderstenDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 3, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden. erik.sodersten@gmail.com.
Konstantinos ToskasDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 3, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
Vilma RraklliDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 3, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
Katarina TiklovaDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 3, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
Åsa K BjörklundDepartment for Cell and Molecular Biology, National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2224-7090
Markus RingnérDepartment of Biology, National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, Science for Life Laboratory, Lund University, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5469-8940
Thomas PerlmannDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 3, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
Johan HolmbergDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 3, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden. johan.holmberg@ki.se.
Karolinska Institutet · SELudwig Cancer Research · BELund University · SEUppsala University · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain is composed of hundreds of different neuronal subtypes, which largely retain their identity throughout the lifespan of the organism. The mechanisms governing this stability are not fully understood, partly due to the diversity and limited size of clinically relevant neuronal populations, which constitute a technical challenge for analysis. Here, using a strategy that allows for ChIP-seq combined with RNA-seq in small neuronal populations in vivo, we present a comparative analysis of permissive and repressive histone modifications in adult midbrain dopaminergic neurons, raphe nuclei serotonergic neurons, and embryonic neural progenitors. Furthermore, we utilize the map generated by our analysis to show that the transcriptional response of midbrain dopaminergic neurons following 6-OHDA or methamphetamine injection is characterized by increased expression of genes with promoters dually marked by H3K4me3/H3K27me3. Our study provides an in vivo genome-wide analysis of permissive/repressive histone modifications coupled to gene expression in these rare neuronal subtypes.

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Gene Expression RegulationHistone CodeAnimalsChromatinChromatin ImmunoprecipitationDopaminergic NeuronsFemaleGene ExpressionGene SilencingGenomeGenome-Wide Association StudyMaleMiceMice, TransgenicNeural Stem CellsNeuronsChromatin

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PMID29581424
PMCPMC5964330
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