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ArticleCirculation2021

Genetic Variation in Enhancers Modifies Cardiomyopathy Gene Expression and Progression.

Anthony M Gacita, Dominic E Fullenkamp, Joyce Ohiri, Tess Pottinger, Megan J Puckelwartz, Marcelo A Nobrega, Elizabeth M McNally

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Article in Circulation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Anthony M GacitaCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (A.M.G., D.E.F., J.O., T.P., M.J.P., E.M.M.).
Dominic E FullenkampCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (A.M.G., D.E.F., J.O., T.P., M.J.P., E.M.M.).
Joyce OhiriCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (A.M.G., D.E.F., J.O., T.P., M.J.P., E.M.M.).
Tess PottingerCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (A.M.G., D.E.F., J.O., T.P., M.J.P., E.M.M.).
Megan J PuckelwartzCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (A.M.G., D.E.F., J.O., T.P., M.J.P., E.M.M.).
Marcelo A NobregaDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, IL (M.A.N.).
Elizabeth M McNallyCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (A.M.G., D.E.F., J.O., T.P., M.J.P., E.M.M.).
Northwestern University · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (NUCATS)UL1TR001422 · NCATS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI D'AQUILA, RICHARD · 2015 to 2023
$56.8M
Cardiomyopathy Genomes ProjectR01HL128075 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI MCNALLY, ELIZABETH M, NOBREGA, MARCELO A. · 2015 to 2023
$5.3M
Predoctoral Training Program in Biomedical Data Driven Discovery (BD3)T32LM012203 · NLM · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KLABJAN, DIEGO, STARREN, JUSTIN B. · 2015 to 2019
$1.1M
Myofilament proteins in cardiomyopathy and arrhythmiasR00HL141698 · NHLBI · LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO · PI BAREFIELD, DAVID Y · 2020 to 2022
$747k
Myofilament proteins in cardiomyopathy and arrhythmiasK99HL141698 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI BAREFIELD, DAVID Y · 2019 to 2020
$196k
Defining regulatory regions for cardiomyopathy genesF30HL142187 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI GACITA, ANTHONY MARTIN · 2018 to 2021
$192k
Micropatterned surfaces for modeling muscular dystrophy-associated cardiomyopathyF32HL154712 · NHLBI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI FULLENKAMP, DOMINIC EDWARD · 2020 to 2022
$130k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001422NHLBI NIH HHS F30 HL142187NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL154712NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL141698NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL141698NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL128075NLM NIH HHS T32 LM012203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInherited cardiomyopathy associates with a range of phenotypes, mediated by genetic and nongenetic factors. Noninherited cardiomyopathy also displays varying progression and outcomes. Expression of cardiomyopathy genes is under the regulatory control of promoters and enhancers, and human genetic variation in promoters and enhancers may contribute to this variability.

methodsWe superimposed epigenomic profiling from hearts and cardiomyocytes, including promoter-capture chromatin conformation information, to identify enhancers for 2 cardiomyopathy genes,

resultsMultiple enhancers were identified and validated for

conclusionsEnhancers regulate cardiomyopathy gene expression, and genomic variation within these enhancer regions associates with cardiomyopathic progression over time. This integrated approach identified noncoding modifiers of cardiomyopathy and is applicable to other cardiac genes.

Indexed as

Cardiac MyosinsCardiomyopathiesDisease ProgressionGene ExpressionGenetic VariationHumansMyosin Heavy ChainsPromoter Regions, GeneticCardiac MyosinsMYH6 protein, humanMYH7 protein, humanMyosin Heavy Chainsenhancer, polymorphismsepigenomicsgenes, modifierlamin A/Cmyosin heavy chaintissue engineering

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PMID33478249
PMCPMC8009836
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