Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41854930›Full record

ArticleHistochemistry and cell biology2026

Relationships between clusters of interchromatin granules and chromatin fibers.

Nicolas Thelen, Marc Thiry

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Histochemistry and cell biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Resolving Sub-Nuclear Architecture from Compartments to Functional Domains.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  2. March In focus in HCB: the "speckled" nucleus.Histochemistry and cell biology · 2026
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Nicolas ThelenLaboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, GIGA, University of Liège, Avenue Hippocrate 15, B 4000, Liège, Belgium. nthelen@uliege.be.
Marc ThiryLaboratory of Cell and Tissue Biology, GIGA, University of Liège, Avenue Hippocrate 15, B 4000, Liège, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among nuclear compartments, interchromatin granule clusters (IGCs) are widely regarded as biomolecular condensates implicated in the regulation of gene expression, leading to the production of distinct mRNA species. Nevertheless, their functional dynamics within the nuclear environment remain largely elusive. In this study, we employed multiple transmission electron microscopy approaches to investigate the spatial and structural relationships between IGCs and chromatin. Our observations in HeLa cells demonstrate that IGCs establish physical connections with chromatin fibers. Furthermore, we show that the periphery of IGCs is enriched in decondensed chromatin domains and transcriptional sites. Quantitative analyses reveal that, upon α-amanitin treatment, the number of decondensed chromatin sites near IGCs is significantly reduced compared with untreated cells. In untreated conditions, a positive correlation emerges between IGC size and the abundance of adjacent decondensed chromatin regions. Based on these findings, we propose a model of IGC organization, considering their contacts with chromatin.

Indexed as

ChromatinHeLa CellsHumansMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionChromatinChromatinInterchromatin granule clusterNucleusTransmission electron microscopy

Identifiers

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.