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ArticleNature communications2019

Gene expression dysregulation domains are not a specific feature of Down syndrome.

Helena Ahlfors, Nneka Anyanwu, Edvinas Pakanavicius, Natalia Dinischiotu, Eva Lana-Elola, Sheona Watson-Scales, Justin Tosh, Frances Wiseman, James Briscoe, Karen Page and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Consequences of aneuploidy in human fibroblasts with trisomy 21.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  13. Down syndrome.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Helena AhlforsNE Thames Regional Genetics Laboratory, GOSH NHS Foundation Trust, London, WC1N 3JH, UK.
Nneka AnyanwuThe Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
Edvinas PakanaviciusThe Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
Natalia DinischiotuThe Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
Eva Lana-ElolaThe Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
Sheona Watson-ScalesThe Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
Justin ToshUCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
Frances WisemanUCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9323-3548
James BriscoeThe Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1020-5240
Karen PageDepartment of Mathematics, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
Elizabeth M C FisherUCL Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG, UK. elizabeth.fisher@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2850-9936
Victor L J TybulewiczThe Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, UK. Victor.T@crick.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2439-0798

Funding

Cancer Research UK FC001194Cancer Research UK (CRUK) FC100051Francis Crick Institute (Francis Crick Institute Limited) FC100051RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) FBAFG 509872RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) FC100051RCUK | Medical Research Council (MRC) U117527252Wellcome Trust 080174Wellcome Trust 098327Wellcome Trust 098328Wellcome Trust (Wellcome) FC100051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Down syndrome (DS), trisomy of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21), results in a broad range of phenotypes. A recent study reported that DS cells show genome-wide transcriptional changes in which up- or down-regulated genes are clustered in gene expression dysregulation domains (GEDDs). GEDDs were also reported in fibroblasts derived from a DS mouse model duplicated for some Hsa21-orthologous genes, indicating cross-species conservation of this phenomenon. Here we investigate GEDDs using the Dp1Tyb mouse model of DS, which is duplicated for the entire Hsa21-orthologous region of mouse chromosome 16. Our statistical analysis shows that GEDDs are present both in DS cells and in Dp1Tyb mouse fibroblasts and hippocampus. However, we find that GEDDs do not depend on the DS genotype but occur whenever gene expression changes. We conclude that GEDDs are not a specific feature of DS but instead result from the clustering of co-regulated genes, a function of mammalian genome organisation.

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AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDown SyndromeFibroblastsGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingGenomeGenotypeHippocampusMiceMultigene FamilyPhenotype

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PMID31171815
PMCPMC6554309

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