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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Streamlined identification of clinically and functionally relevant genetic regulators of lower-tract urogenital development.

Meade Haller, Yan Yin, Gabe Haller, Tian Li, Qiufang Li, Laura E Lamb, Liang Ma

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meade HallerDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID 0000-0001-6083-7660
Yan YinDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.ORCID 0000-0003-1963-4620
Gabe HallerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Tian LiDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Qiufang LiDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Laura E LambDepartment of Urology, William Beaumont School of Medicine, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309.
Liang MaDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Washington University in St. Louis · USOakland University · US

Funding

GENITALIA OUTGROWTH AND HYPOSPADIASR01DK113642 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MA, LIANG · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Retinoic acid signaling in decidualizationR01HD106120 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MA, LIANG · 2021 to 2025
$1.7M
GENOME-WIDE IDENTIFICATION OF GENES REQUIRED FOR DECIDUALIZATIONR21HD087973 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MA, LIANG · 2016 to 2017
$419k
The Role of Homeodomain Proteins in Human DecidualizationF32HD100120 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HALLER, MEADE ELSPETH · 2019 to 2022
$226k
MSX GENES AND HAIR DEVELOPMENTF32HD008264 · NICHD · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI MA, LIANG · 1997 to 1999
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NICHD NIH HHS F32 HD008264NICHD NIH HHS F32 HD100120NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD106120NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD087973NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK113642Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital anomalies of the lower genitourinary (LGU) tract are frequently comorbid due to genetically linked developmental pathways, and are among the most common yet most socially stigmatized congenital phenotypes. Genes involved in sexual differentiation are prime candidates for developmental anomalies of multiple LGU organs, but insufficient prospective screening tools have prevented the rapid identification of causative genes. Androgen signaling is among the most influential modulators of LGU development. The present study uses SpDamID technology in vivo to generate a comprehensive map of the pathways actively regulated by the androgen receptor (AR) in the genitalia in the presence of the p300 coactivator, identifying wingless/integrated (WNT) signaling as a highly enriched AR-regulated pathway in the genitalia. Transcription factor (TF) hits were then assayed for sexually dimorphic expression at two critical time points and also cross-referenced to a database of clinically relevant copy number variations to identify 252 TFs exhibiting copy variation in patients with LGU phenotypes. A subset of 54 TFs was identified for which LGU phenotypes are statistically overrepresented as a proportion of total observed phenotypes. The 252 TF hitlist was then subjected to a functional screen to identify hits whose silencing affects genital mesenchymal growth rates. Overlap of these datasets results in a refined list of 133 TFs of both functional and clinical relevance to LGU development, 31 of which are top priority candidates, including the well-documented renal progenitor regulator, Sall1. Loss of Sall1 was examined in vivo and confirmed to be a powerful regulator of LGU development.

Indexed as

DNA Copy Number VariationsUrinary TractAndrogensGenitaliaHumansProspective StudiesTranscription FactorsAndrogensTranscription Factorsandrogen receptorgenitalia developmentSall1SpDamID

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PMID38300866
PMCPMC10861909
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