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ArticleBMC genomics2025

Atlas of nascent RNA transcripts reveals tissue-specific enhancer to gene linkages.

Rutendo F Sigauke, Lynn Sanford, Zachary L Maas, Taylor Jones, Jacob T Stanley, Hope A Townsend, Mary A Allen, Robin D Dowell

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Article in BMC genomics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Rutendo F SigaukeBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA.
Lynn SanfordBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA.
Zachary L MaasBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA.
Taylor JonesBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA.
Jacob T StanleyBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA.
Hope A TownsendBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA.
Mary A AllenBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA.
Robin D DowellBioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, 3415 Colorado Ave., UCB 596, Boulder, 80309, CO, USA. robin.dowell@colorado.edu.

Funding

Function of RUNX1 in diverse Down syndrome tissuesR01HL156475 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI ALLEN, MARY A · 2021 to 2023
$2.1M
A Technique for Measuring Transcription Factor ActivityR01GM125871 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI DOWELL-DEEN, ROBIN DEANNE · 2018 to 2021
$1.6M
National Science Foundation ABI1759949NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL156475NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM125871NIH HHS GM125871NIH HHS HL156475.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene transcription is controlled and modulated by regulatory regions, including enhancers and promoters. These regions are abundant in non-coding bidirectional transcription that results in generally unstable RNA. Using nascent RNA transcription data across hundreds of human samples, we identified over 800,000 regions containing bidirectional transcription. We then identify tissue specific, highly correlated transcription between bidirectional and gene regions. The identified correlated pairs, a bidirectional region and a gene, are enriched for disease associated SNPs and often supported by independent 3D data. We present these resources as a database called DBNascent ( https://nascent.colorado.edu/ ) which serves as a resource for future studies into gene regulation, enhancer associated RNAs, and transcription factors.

Indexed as

Enhancer Elements, GeneticRNATranscription, GeneticDatabases, GeneticGene Expression RegulationHumansOrgan SpecificityPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRNABidirectional transcriptionEnhancer RNANascent RNA sequencing

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PMID40281430
PMCPMC12032694

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