2023
Identification of a Novel Gene Regulatory Element in Human Erythroid Progenitor Cells
Schulz V, Lezon-Geyda K, Shan P, Papoin J, Narla M, Steiner L, Blanc L, Palis J, Gallagher P. Identification of a Novel Gene Regulatory Element in Human Erythroid Progenitor Cells. Blood 2023, 142: 9. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-186046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchErythroid progenitor cellsActive enhancersEarly erythropoiesisChIP-seqRegulatory elementsGene expressionATAC-seqRUNX motifsGATA motifSingle nucleotide polymorphismsProgenitor cellsGATA1 bindingDisease genesEnhancer regionErythroid lineageTissue-specific transcription factorsNovel gene regulatory elementsNovel enhancer regionErythrocyte traitsGenome-wide association studiesDirect tissue-specific expressionNovel regulatory elementGene regulatory elementsHuman erythroid progenitor cellsTerminal erythroid differentiation
2021
Impairment of human terminal erythroid differentiation by histone deacetylase 5 deficiency
Wang Y, Li W, Schulz VP, Zhao H, Qu X, Qi Q, Cheng Y, Guo X, Zhang S, Wei X, Liu D, Yazdanbakhsh K, Hillyer CD, Mohandas N, Chen L, Gallagher PG, An X. Impairment of human terminal erythroid differentiation by histone deacetylase 5 deficiency. Blood 2021, 138: 1615-1627. PMID: 34036344, PMCID: PMC8554652, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020007401.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTerminal erythroid differentiationChromatin condensationErythroid differentiationHuman erythroid cellsAcetylation of H4RNA sequencing analysisEnucleation of erythroblastsGroup of enzymesLate-stage erythroblastsErythroid cell culturesHDAC family membersActivation of p53Short hairpin RNAChromatin accessibilityATAC-seqMammalian erythropoiesisH4 deacetylationNonhistone proteinsH4 acetylationDiverse functionsHDAC inhibitor treatmentHuman erythropoiesisKnockdown of HDAC5Erythroid cellsGene expression