Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34503558›Full record

ArticleEpigenetics & chromatin2021

Single-nuclei chromatin profiling of ventral midbrain reveals cell identity transcription factors and cell-type-specific gene regulatory variation.

Yujuan Gui, Kamil Grzyb, Mélanie H Thomas, Jochen Ohnmacht, Pierre Garcia, Manuel Buttini, Alexander Skupin, Thomas Sauter, Lasse Sinkkonen

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Epigenetics & chromatin, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. Review
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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yujuan GuiDepartment of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Kamil GrzybLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Mélanie H ThomasLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Jochen OhnmachtDepartment of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Pierre GarciaLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Manuel ButtiniLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Alexander SkupinLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Thomas SauterDepartment of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg.
Lasse SinkkonenDepartment of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM), University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg. lasse.sinkkonen@uni.lu.ORCID 0000-0002-4223-3027
University of Luxembourg · LU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCell types in ventral midbrain are involved in diseases with variable genetic susceptibility, such as Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia. Many genetic variants affect regulatory regions and alter gene expression in a cell-type-specific manner depending on the chromatin structure and accessibility.

resultsWe report 20,658 single-nuclei chromatin accessibility profiles of ventral midbrain from two genetically and phenotypically distinct mouse strains. We distinguish ten cell types based on chromatin profiles and analysis of accessible regions controlling cell identity genes highlights cell-type-specific key transcription factors. Regulatory variation segregating the mouse strains manifests more on transcriptome than chromatin level. However, cell-type-level data reveals changes not captured at tissue level. To discover the scope and cell-type specificity of cis-acting variation in midbrain gene expression, we identify putative regulatory variants and show them to be enriched at differentially expressed loci. Finally, we find TCF7L2 to mediate trans-acting variation selectively in midbrain neurons.

conclusionsOur data set provides an extensive resource to study gene regulation in mesencephalon and provides insights into control of cell identity in the midbrain and identifies cell-type-specific regulatory variation possibly underlying phenotypic and behavioural differences between mouse strains.

Indexed as

ChromatinTranscription FactorsAnimalsMesencephalonMiceRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidTranscriptomeChromatinTranscription FactorsCell-type identityGenetic variationMidbrainMouse strainsSingle-nuclei ATAC-seqWnt signalling

Identifiers

PMID34503558
PMCPMC8427957
OpenAlexW3197886718

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.