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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Phase Separation in Chromatin Organization and Human Diseases.

Ziwei Zhai, Fei Meng, Junqi Kuang, Duanqing Pei

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ziwei ZhaiCentre for Regenerative Medicine and Health, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Fei MengCentre for Regenerative Medicine and Health, Hong Kong Institute of Science & Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Junqi KuangLaboratory of Cell Fate Control, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China.ORCID 0009-0008-9331-6632
Duanqing PeiLaboratory of Cell Fate Control, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou 310024, China.

Funding

Key R&D Program of Zhejiang 2024SSYS0033, 2024SSYS0036National Natural Science Foundation of China 32300639, 92068201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how the genome is organized into multi-level chromatin structures within cells and how these chromatin structures regulate gene transcription influencing animal development and human diseases has long been a major goal in genetics and cell biology. Recent evidence suggests that chromatin structure formation and remodeling is regulated not only by chromatin loop extrusion but also by phase-separated condensates. Here, we discuss recent findings on the mechanisms of chromatin organization mediated by phase separation, with a focus on the roles of phase-separated condensates in chromatin structural dysregulation in human diseases. Indeed, these mechanistic revelations herald promising therapeutic strategies targeting phase-separated condensates-leveraging their intrinsic biophysical susceptibilities to restore chromatin structure dysregulated by aberrant phase separation.

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ChromatinChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyDiseaseAnimalsHumansPhase SeparationChromatinchromatin organizationchromatin structural dysregulationhuman diseasephase separationtranscription regulation

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PMID40507965
PMCPMC12154030

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