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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2025

Genomic snowflakes: how the uniqueness of DNA folding allows us to smell the chemical universe.

Longzhi Tan, X Sunney Xie, Stavros Lomvardas

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Longzhi TanDepartment of Neurobiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/@tanlongzhi.
X Sunney XieBiomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC), and School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/@XieSunney.
Stavros LomvardasDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA; Zuckerman Mind, Brain, and Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA. Electronic address: Sl682@columbia.edu.

Funding

Olfactory receptor mRNAs as lncRNAs that regulate genomic interactionsR01DC018744 · NIDCD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Stavros Lomvardas · 2020 to 2026
$3.7M
Interrogating genome folding trajectories in health and diseaseU01DA052783 · NIDA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LOMVARDAS, STAVROS · 2020 to 2024
$3.1M
Understanding how opioids affect the experiential and neural signatures of feelings of social connection with close othersR01DA052883 · NIDA · SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Tristen K. Inagaki · 2021 to 2026
$3.0M
Principles of zonal olfactory receptor gene expressionR01DC018745 · NIDCD · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LOMVARDAS, STAVROS · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA052883NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA052783NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018744NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC018745
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Olfactory receptor (OR) gene choice, the stable expression of one out of >2000 OR alleles by olfactory sensory neurons, constitutes a gene regulatory process that is driven by three-dimensional nuclear architecture. Moreover, the differentiation-dependent process that culminates in monogenic and monoallelic OR transcription represents a powerful demonstration of the rich mechanistic insight that single-cell genomics and multiomics can provide toward the understanding of a biological process. At this review, we describe the latest advances in the understanding of OR gene regulation and highlight important standing questions regarding the emerging specificity of ultra-long-range genomic interaction and the contribution of transcription and noncoding RNAs.

Indexed as

DNAOlfactory Receptor NeuronsReceptors, OdorantSmellAnimalsGene Expression RegulationGenomicsHumansNucleic Acid ConformationTranscription, GeneticDNAReceptors, Odorant

Identifiers

PMID40107115
PMCPMC12068986

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