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ReviewNature communications2026

Architecture and regulation of nanoscale chromatin domains.

Vinayak Vinayak, Melike Lakadamyali, Vivek B Shenoy

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In one paragraph

Review in Nature communications, 2026. 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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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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. 3D Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/dCas Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  2. Beyond DNA damage: 3D tumor models and the integrin mechanobiology of radioresistance.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026
    Review
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

3 authors.

Vinayak VinayakCenter for Engineering Mechanobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4597-6934
Melike LakadamyaliCenter for Engineering Mechanobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-6414
Vivek B ShenoyCenter for Engineering Mechanobiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. vshenoy@seas.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2645-1016

Funding

Studying E-cadherin dynamics during extravasation and metastatic colonizationU54CA261694 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ROGER D KAMM · 2021 to 2026
$9.1M
Pathological consequences of altered tissue mechanics in fibrosisR01EB017753 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI JANMEY, PAUL A, SHENOY, VIVEK · 2014 to 2025
$6.3M
Integration of elasticity, viscosity, and plasticity in cellular mechanosensingR01EB030876 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SHENOY, VIVEK · 2020 to 2023
$1.3M
Integration of elasticity, viscosity, and plasticity in cellular mechanosensingR01GM155943 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Vivek Shenoy · 2025 to 2026
$987k
National Science Foundation (NSF) CMMI-154857National Science Foundation (NSF) DMS-2347834NCI NIH HHS U54 CA261694NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB017753NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB030876NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM155943U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (NCI) U54CA261694U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) R01EB017753U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) R01EB030876U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R01GM155943
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoscale chromatin domains have emerged as fundamental units of mammalian genome organization during interphase and mitosis. Single-molecule localization microscopy now enables their direct visualization, revealing conserved features including characteristic packing, enrichment of linker histones, and radial stratification of histone marks. These domains act as dynamic regulators of gene activity, remodel in response to developmental and environmental cues, and become disrupted in disease. Experimental findings and biophysical modelling point to internucleosomal interactions and epigenetic reactions as key drivers of their organization. By situating them alongside lamin- and nucleolus-associated domains, we propose a unified biophysical framework for genome organization across scales. Their recurrent disruption in aging and disease makes them compelling targets for diagnosis and intervention.

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ChromatinAnimalsEpigenesis, GeneticGenome ComponentsHumansChromatin

Identifiers

PMID41922325
PMCPMC13201580

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