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ArticleCell reports2021

Three-dimensional interactions between enhancers and promoters during intestinal differentiation depend upon HNF4.

Lei Chen, Weihuan Cao, Rohit Aita, Dennis Aldea, Juan Flores, Nan Gao, Edward M Bonder, Christopher E Ellison, Michael P Verzi

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Transcriptional enhancers and their communication with gene promoters.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lei ChenDepartment of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
Weihuan CaoDepartment of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Rohit AitaDepartment of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Dennis AldeaDepartment of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Juan FloresDepartment of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
Nan GaoDepartment of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
Edward M BonderDepartment of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
Christopher E EllisonDepartment of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Michael P VerziDepartment of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA; Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA; Rutgers Center for Lipid Research, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition & Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. Electronic address: verzi@biology.rutgers.edu.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILINGP30CA072720 · NCI · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI Chang S Chan · 1997 to 2026
$94.5M
Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium Coordinating CenterU01DK085532 · NIDDK · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI NILAND, JOYCE CAROL · 2009 to 2018
$6.5M
Niche support of human intestinal stem cellsU01DK103141 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SPENCE, JASON · 2014 to 2023
$3.9M
Transcriptional Mechanisms of Tumor SuppressionR01CA190558 · NCI · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI MICHAEL P. VERZI · 2015 to 2026
$3.6M
Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Intestinal Stem Cell Consortium Coordinating CenterU24DK085532 · NIDDK · BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE/CITY OF HOPE · PI NILAND, JOYCE CAROL · 2019 to 2023
$2.3M
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related ResearchR01DK119198 · NIDDK · RUTGERS THE STATE UNIV OF NJ NEWARK · PI GAO, NAN, KIELA, PAWEL R · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Mechanisms of Intestinal Epithelial DifferentiationR01DK121915 · NIDDK · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI ELLISON, CHRISTOPHER EUGENE, VERZI, MICHAEL P. · 2020 to 2023
$1.7M
Genetic Specification and Evolution of 3D Genome OrganizationR01GM130698 · NIGMS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI ELLISON, CHRISTOPHER EUGENE · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
Mucosal modulation by LGG and R. gnavus specific tryptophan metabolitesR01AT010243 · NCCIH · RUTGERS THE STATE UNIV OF NJ NEWARK · PI FERRARIS, RONALDO PARAOAN, GAO, NAN · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT010243NCI NIH HHS P30 CA072720NCI NIH HHS R01 CA190558NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119198NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK121915NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK085532NIDDK NIH HHS U01 DK103141NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK085532NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130698
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells in renewing tissues exhibit dramatic transcriptional changes as they differentiate. The contribution of chromatin looping to tissue renewal is incompletely understood. Enhancer-promoter interactions could be relatively stable as cells transition from progenitor to differentiated states; alternatively, chromatin looping could be as dynamic as the gene expression from their loci. The intestinal epithelium is the most rapidly renewing mammalian tissue. Proliferative cells in crypts of Lieberkühn sustain a stream of differentiated cells that are continually shed into the lumen. We apply chromosome conformation capture combined with chromatin immunoprecipitation (HiChIP) and sequencing to measure enhancer-promoter interactions in progenitor and differentiated cells of the intestinal epithelium. Despite dynamic gene regulation across the differentiation axis, we find that enhancer-promoter interactions are relatively stable. Functionally, we find HNF4 transcription factors are required for chromatin looping at target genes. Depletion of HNF4 disrupts local chromatin looping, histone modifications, and target gene expression. This study provides insights into transcriptional regulatory mechanisms governing homeostasis in renewing tissues.

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Cell DifferentiationChromatinEnhancer Elements, GeneticHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4HumansIntestinal MucosaPromoter Regions, GeneticChromatinHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 43D chromatin loopingchylomicroncrypt-villus axisenhancer-promoter interactionsHiChIPHNF4 transcription factorsintestinal epitheliumlipidlipogenesistranscriptional regulation

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PMID33503426
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