In a recent article published in Nature,Arnould and colleagues reveal that DNA double-stranded breaks(DSBs)strengthen chromatin compartmentalization near the breaks.They show that"D"compartments arise from clustering ...
This project was supported by the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics and grants from the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0107601).
Dear Editor,The accessible chromatin regions were enriched in regulatory elements in human genome and many genetic variations associated with human diseases were identified within them.1 Single-cell assay for transpos...
supported by funding from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research(to B.R.);NIH grants 1R01AG067153(to X.X,B.R.),R01AG066018(to B.R.);supported in part by NIH K99CA252020;supported by an NIH training grant(T32GM008806-18);in part by NIH K99HG011483.
Loss of heterochromatin has been implicated as a cause of pre-mature aging and age-associated decline in organ functions in mammals;however,the specific cell types and gene loci affected by this type of epigenetic cha...
This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2017YFA0504202 to G.L.,2019YFA0508403 to P.L,2018YFE0203302 to P.C.);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31525013,31630041 and 31521002 to G.L.,31871443 to P.L.,31871290 to P.C.);The work was also supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)Strategic Priority Research Program(XDB19040202);the CAS Key Research Program on Frontier Science(QYZDY-SSW-SMC020);an HHMI International Research Scholar grant(55008737)to G.L.
Rett syndrome(RTT),a severe postnatal neurodevelopmental disorder,is caused by mutations in the X-linked gene encoding methyl-CpG-binding protein 2(MeCP2).MeCP2 is a chromatin organizer regulating gene expression.RTT-...
Dear Editor,F0XA1,a forkhead(FKHD)family transcription factor,is highly expressed in the epithelium of endoderm-derived organs, including the prostate gland.1 Transgenic mouse studies have shown that F0XA1 expression ...
grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2018YFA0107701);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31771590 and 31822035);the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2018JZ0025);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
Oocyte growth is a key step in forming mature eggs that are ready to be fertilized.The states and modifications of chromatin represent critical sources of information for this process.However,the dynamics and interrel...
Extensive and accurate chromatin remodeling is essential during primordial germ cell (PGC) development for the perpetuation of genetic information across generations. Here, we report that distal c/s-regulatory eleme...
Long-range chromatin interactions between enhancers and promoters are essential for transcription of many developmentally controlled genes in mammals and other metazoans. Currently, the exact mechanisms that connect d...
Lineage conversion by expression of lineage-specific transcription factors is a process of epigenetic remodeling that has low efficiency. The mechanism by which a cell resists lineage conversion is largely unknown. Us...
We thank Drs Lusheng Gu and Wei Ji and the Center for Bio- logical Instrument Development (CBID), Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), for their help in analyzing CLEM images, as well as Shuoguo Li and Center for Biological Imaging (CBI), Institute of Biophysics, CAS, for technical as- sistance in SIM imaging. We are grateful to Yang Zhao and Lei Bai for administrative assistance. This work was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program; 2015CB964800, 2014CB910503 and 2014CB964600), the Nation- al High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2015AA020307), CAS (XDA01020312, KJZDEW-TZ-L05, and CXJJ-16M271), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC; 81625009, 81330008, 31222039, 81371342, 81300261, 81300677, 81271266, 81471414, 81422017, 81401159, 31671429, 81601233, 81671377, 31601109, and 31601158), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (7141005 and 5142016), Pro- gram of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (Z 151100003915072), Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJZDEW-TZ-L05), the Thousand Young Talents Program of China, and the State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology (2016SRLabKF13). TX was sup- ported by NSFC (31127901, 31421002, 81427802, and 31130065) and the Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Acade- my of Sciences (YZ201443). ZYJ was supported by the NSFC (81420108017 and 81525010) and the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program; 2016YFA0100600). WZ was supported by Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS and Early Career Fellowship of Chinese Society of Cell Biology. JQ was supported by the NSFC (31230047) and the National Ba- sic Research Program of China (973 Program; 2014CB943203). LS was supported by NSFC (81571385). YY was supported by the Key Special Fund (2016YFC1000601), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program; 2014CB943203) and Beijing Nova
Visualization of specific genomic loci in live cells is a prerequisite for the investigation of dynamic changes in chro- matin architecture during diverse biological processes, such as cellular aging. However, current...