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ArticleDevelopmental cell2023

Developmental cell fate choice in neural tube progenitors employs two distinct cis-regulatory strategies.

M Joaquina Delás, Christos M Kalaitzis, Tamara Fawzi, Madeleine Demuth, Isabel Zhang, Hannah T Stuart, Elena Costantini, Kenzo Ivanovitch, Elly M Tanaka, James Briscoe

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Article in Developmental cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

M Joaquina DelásThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Christos M KalaitzisThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Tamara FawziThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Madeleine DemuthThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Isabel ZhangThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Hannah T StuartThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK; Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Elena CostantiniInstitute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), 1030 Vienna, Austria.
Kenzo IvanovitchThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Elly M TanakaInstitute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Biocenter (VBC), 1030 Vienna, Austria.
James BriscoeThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK. Electronic address: james.briscoe@crick.ac.uk.
The Francis Crick Institute · GBResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology · AT

Funding

Wellcome Trust 220379Wellcome Trust 220379/D/20/ZWellcome Trust FC001051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In many developing tissues, the patterns of gene expression that assign cell fate are organized by graded secreted signals. Cis-regulatory elements (CREs) interpret these signals to control gene expression, but how this is accomplished remains poorly understood. In the neural tube, a gradient of the morphogen sonic hedgehog (Shh) patterns neural progenitors. We identify two distinct ways in which CREs translate graded Shh into differential gene expression in mouse neural progenitors. In most progenitors, a common set of CREs control gene activity by integrating cell-type-specific inputs. By contrast, the most ventral progenitors use a unique set of CREs, established by the pioneer factor FOXA2. This parallels the role of FOXA2 in endoderm, where FOXA2 binds some of the same sites. Together, the data identify distinct cis-regulatory strategies for the interpretation of morphogen signaling and raise the possibility of an evolutionarily conserved role for FOXA2 across tissues.

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Hedgehog ProteinsNeural TubeAnimalsCell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMiceNervous SystemSignal TransductionHedgehog Proteinschromatincis regulationFoxa2gene regulationmorphogenneural tubesonic hedgehog

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PMID36516856
PMCPMC7614300
OpenAlexW4311310228

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