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ArticleDevelopmental cell2025

The cis-regulatory logic integrating spatial and temporal patterning in the vertebrate neural tube.

Isabel Zhang, Giulia L M Boezio, Jake Cornwall-Scoones, Thomas Frith, Elizabeth Finnie, Junyi Luo, Ming Jiang, Michael Howell, Robin Lovell-Badge, Andreas Sagner and 2 more

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Article in Developmental cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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12 authors.

Isabel ZhangThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Giulia L M BoezioThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Jake Cornwall-ScoonesThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Thomas FrithThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Elizabeth FinnieThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Junyi LuoLaboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Ming JiangThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Michael HowellThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Robin Lovell-BadgeThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Andreas SagnerInstitute of Biochemistry, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
James BriscoeThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK. Electronic address: james.briscoe@crick.ac.uk.
M Joaquina DelásThe Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK; Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: j.delas@ucl.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vertebrate neural tube generates a large diversity of molecularly and functionally distinct neurons and glia from a small progenitor pool. While the role of spatial patterning in organizing cell fate specification has been extensively studied, temporal patterning, which controls the timing of cell type generation, is equally important. Here, we define a global temporal program operating in progenitors throughout the mouse nervous systems that governs cell fate choices by controlling chromatin accessibility. Perturbation of this cis-regulatory program affects sequential cell fate transitions in neural progenitors and the identity of their progeny. The temporal program operates in parallel to spatial patterning, ensuring the timely availability of regulatory elements for spatial determinants to direct cell-type-specific gene expression. These findings identify a chronotopic spatiotemporal integration strategy in which a global temporal chromatin program determines the output of a spatial gene regulatory network resulting in the ordered allocation of cell type identity.

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Body PatterningGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalNeural TubeAnimalsCell DifferentiationCell LineageChromatinGene Regulatory NetworksMiceNeural Stem CellsNeuronsVertebratesChromatinchromatin accessibilitygene regulationneural developmentneuronal subtype specificationNfiaNr6a1temporal patterning

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PMID40675154
PMCPMC7619239

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