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ArticleScience advances2021

Cardiac cell type-specific gene regulatory programs and disease risk association.

James D Hocker, Olivier B Poirion, Fugui Zhu, Justin Buchanan, Kai Zhang, Joshua Chiou, Tsui-Min Wang, Qingquan Zhang, Xiaomeng Hou, Yang E Li and 8 more

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 92 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

92 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James D HockerMedical Scientist Training Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5770-0559
Olivier B PoirionCenter for Epigenomics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Fugui ZhuDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9164-659X
Justin BuchananCenter for Epigenomics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5904-222X
Kai ZhangLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3454-7357
Joshua ChiouBiomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4618-0647
Tsui-Min WangDepartments of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Qingquan ZhangDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2153-6491
Xiaomeng HouCenter for Epigenomics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5453-9015
Yang E LiLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6997-6018
Yanxiao ZhangLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9618-637X
Elie N FarahBiomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2412-0950
Allen WangCenter for Epigenomics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Andrew D McCullochDepartments of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Kyle J GaultonDepartment of Pediatrics, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1318-7161
Bing RenLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, La Jolla, CA, USA. biren@health.ucsd.edu nchi@health.ucsd.edu spreissl@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5435-1127
Neil C ChiDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. biren@health.ucsd.edu nchi@health.ucsd.edu spreissl@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2324-3796
Sebastian PreisslCenter for Epigenomics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. biren@health.ucsd.edu nchi@health.ucsd.edu spreissl@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8971-5616
University of California San Diego · USLudwig Cancer Research · US

Funding

MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007198 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHI, NEIL C, INSEL, PAUL A · 1985 to 2024
$29.3M
Training Program in Basic Clinical GeneticsT32GM008666 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI HAMILTON, BRUCE A · 1998 to 2021
$8.6M
Predictive multiscale in silico cardio-pharmacologyU01HL126273 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI CLANCY, COLLEEN E · 2015 to 2019
$3.8M
Developmental Regulatory Genomics of Human Cardiovascular LineagesUM1HL128773 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHI, NEIL C, EVANS, SYLVIA M · 2015 to 2019
$3.8M
Cardiac Lineage-Specific Molecular Mechanisms of Heart FailureR01HL156576 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHI, NEIL C · 2021 to 2024
$3.7M
Reconstruction of cardiovascular regulatory networks from large-scale single-cell analyses of cardiovascular lineagesR01HD085902 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHI, NEIL C, YEO, EUGENE WEI-MING · 2016 to 2020
$3.1M
Cell-Type Specific Mechanisms of HIV CardiomyopathyR01HL158315 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI CHI, NEIL C, HSUE, PRISCILLA Y. · 2022 to 2025
$2.8M
Systems Biology of Hypertrophic Heart Disease from Molecular Pathways to Organ SystemR01HL137100 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MCCULLOCH, ANDREW D. · 2017 to 2020
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137100NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL156576NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL158315NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL126273NHLBI NIH HHS UM1 HL128773NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD085902NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM008666NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007198NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Misregulated gene expression in human hearts can result in cardiovascular diseases that are leading causes of mortality worldwide. However, the limited information on the genomic location of candidate cis-regulatory elements (cCREs) such as enhancers and promoters in distinct cardiac cell types has restricted the understanding of these diseases. Here, we defined >287,000 cCREs in the four chambers of the human heart at single-cell resolution, which revealed cCREs and candidate transcription factors associated with cardiac cell types in a region-dependent manner and during heart failure. We further found cardiovascular disease-associated genetic variants enriched within these cCREs including 38 candidate causal atrial fibrillation variants localized to cardiomyocyte cCREs. Additional functional studies revealed that two of these variants affect a cCRE controlling

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HeartRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidHumansPromoter Regions, GeneticTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

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PMID33990324
PMCPMC8121433
OpenAlexW3162949128

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