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ArticleNature communications2023

SHIELD: a platform for high-throughput screening of barrier-type DNA elements in human cells.

Meng Zhang, Mary Elisabeth Ehmann, Srija Matukumalli, Aashutosh Girish Boob, David M Gilbert, Huimin Zhao

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meng ZhangDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4076-6276
Mary Elisabeth EhmannDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Srija MatukumalliDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
Aashutosh Girish BoobDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.
David M GilbertSan Diego Biomedical Research Institute, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8087-9737
Huimin ZhaoDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. zhao5@illinois.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9069-6739
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USSan Diego Biomedical Research Institute · US

Funding

Multiscale Analyses of 4D Nucleome Structure and Function by Comprehensive Multimodal Data IntegrationUM1HG011593 · NHGRI · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI ALBER, FRANK, BELMONT, ANDREW STEVEN · 2020 to 2024
$10.4M
Mapping Technology DevelopmentU54DK107965 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI BELMONT, ANDREW STEVEN · 2015 to 2019
$8.6M
High throughput CRISPR-mediated functional validation of regulatory elementsUM1HG009402 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI REN, BING, SHEN, YIN · 2017 to 2021
$8.4M
Genome Plasticity during ES Cell Differentiation to Neural LineagesR01GM083337 · NIGMS · SAN DIEGO BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI David M Gilbert · 2007 to 2026
$6.1M
NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG009402NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG011593NIDDK NIH HHS U54 DK107965NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM083337
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromatin boundary elements contribute to the partitioning of mammalian genomes into topological domains to regulate gene expression. Certain boundary elements are adopted as DNA insulators for safe and stable transgene expression in mammalian cells. These elements, however, are ill-defined and less characterized in the non-coding genome, partially due to the lack of a platform to readily evaluate boundary-associated activities of putative DNA sequences. Here we report SHIELD (Site-specific Heterochromatin Insertion of Elements at Lamina-associated Domains), a platform tailored for the high-throughput screening of barrier-type DNA elements in human cells. SHIELD takes advantage of the high specificity of serine integrase at heterochromatin, and exploits the natural heterochromatin spreading inside lamina-associated domains (LADs) for the discovery of potent barrier elements. We adopt SHIELD to evaluate the barrier activity of 1000 DNA elements in a high-throughput manner and identify 8 candidates with barrier activities comparable to the core region of cHS4 element in human HCT116 cells. We anticipate SHIELD could facilitate the discovery of novel barrier DNA elements from the non-coding genome in human cells.

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ColeopteraHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysAnimalsChromatinHCT116 CellsHeterochromatinHumansMammalsChromatinHeterochromatin

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