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ArticleNature communications2024

A comprehensive benchmarking with interpretation and operational guidance for the hierarchy of topologically associating domains.

Jingxuan Xu, Xiang Xu, Dandan Huang, Yawen Luo, Lin Lin, Xuemei Bai, Yang Zheng, Qian Yang, Yu Cheng, An Huang and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Jingxuan Xu *Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Xiang Xu *Academy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, 100850, China.
Dandan Huang *Department of Oncology, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yawen LuoAcademy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, 100850, China.
Lin LinAcademy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, 100850, China.
Xuemei BaiAcademy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, 100850, China.
Yang ZhengAcademy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, 100850, China.
Qian YangAcademy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, 100850, China.
Yu ChengKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
An HuangKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Jingyi ShiKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China.
Xiaochen BoAcademy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, 100850, China. boxc@bmi.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-7922
Jin GuKey Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, 100142, China. zlguj@bjmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-1963
Hebing ChenAcademy of Military Medical Science, Beijing, 100850, China. chb-1012@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4102-356X

Funding

Beijing Nova Program 20220484198National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62173338National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82073223
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Topologically associating domains (TADs), megabase-scale features of chromatin spatial architecture, are organized in a domain-within-domain TAD hierarchy. Within TADs, the inner and smaller subTADs not only manifest cell-to-cell variability, but also precisely regulate transcription and differentiation. Although over 20 TAD callers are able to detect TAD, their usability in biomedicine is confined by a disagreement of outputs and a limit in understanding TAD hierarchy. We compare 13 computational tools across various conditions and develop a metric to evaluate the similarity of TAD hierarchy. Although outputs of TAD hierarchy at each level vary among callers, data resolutions, sequencing depths, and matrices normalization, they are more consistent when they have a higher similarity of larger TADs. We present comprehensive benchmarking of TAD hierarchy callers and operational guidance to researchers of life science researchers. Moreover, by simulating the mixing of different types of cells, we confirm that TAD hierarchy is generated not simply from stacking Hi-C heatmaps of heterogeneous cells. Finally, we propose an air conditioner model to decipher the role of TAD hierarchy in transcription.

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BenchmarkingChromatinChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyComputational BiologyHumansSoftwareChromatin

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