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ReviewCurrent opinion in cell biology2021

Tracking and interpreting long-range chromatin interactions with super-resolution live-cell imaging.

Hugo B Brandão, Michele Gabriele, Anders S Hansen

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Review in Current opinion in cell biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hugo B BrandãoDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA; Graduate Program in Biophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
Michele GabrieleDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Anders S HansenDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. Electronic address: ashansen@mit.edu.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USHarvard University · US

Funding

DYNAMIC BOTTOM-UP DISSECTION OF CHROMATIN LOOPING AND GENE REGULATIONDP2GM140938 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI HANSEN, ANDERS SEJR · 2020 to 2020
$2.3M
Molecular mechanisms regulating chromatin looping in time and spaceR00GM130896 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI HANSEN, ANDERS SEJR · 2020 to 2022
$747k
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM140938NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM130896
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammalian genomes are organized and regulated through long-range chromatin interactions. Structural loops formed by CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) and cohesin fold the genome into domains, while enhancers interact with promoters across vast genomic distances to regulate gene expression. Although genomics and fixed-cell imaging approaches help illuminate many aspects of chromatin interactions, temporal information is usually lost. Here, we discuss how 3D super-resolution live-cell imaging (SRLCI) can resolve open questions on the dynamic formation and dissolution of chromatin interactions. We discuss SRLCI experimental design, implementation strategies, and data interpretation and highlight associated pitfalls. We conclude that, while technically demanding, SRLCI approaches will likely emerge as a critical tool to dynamically probe 3D genome structure and function and to study enhancer-promoter interactions and chromatin looping.

Indexed as

Cell Cycle ProteinsChromatinAnimalsCCCTC-Binding FactorGenomeGenomicsPromoter Regions, GeneticCCCTC-Binding FactorCell Cycle ProteinsChromatin3D genomeChromatin loopingCohesinCTCFDynamicsEnhancersGene regulationMicroscopySRLCISuper-resolution live-cell imaging

Identifiers

PMID33310227
PMCPMC8364313
OpenAlexW3112048517

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