2023
Transcriptomic identification of genes expressed in invasive S. aureus diabetic foot ulcer infection
Agidigbi T, Kwon H, Knight J, Zhao D, Lee F, Oh I. Transcriptomic identification of genes expressed in invasive S. aureus diabetic foot ulcer infection. Frontiers In Cellular And Infection Microbiology 2023, 13: 1198115. PMID: 37434783, PMCID: PMC10332306, DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1198115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiabetic foot ulcersPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsHost immune responseActive infectionImmune responseDiabetic foot ulcer infectionsInfected diabetic foot ulcersFoot ulcer infectionsPatients 8 weeksIntravenous antibiotic therapyBlood mononuclear cellsWound healing statusDFU infectionsPBMC expressionSalvage therapyUlcer infectionDifferent time pointsAntibiotic therapyMajor complicationsSurgical treatmentFoot ulcersMononuclear cellsPotential intervention optionsSpecies-specific infectionTreatment response
2020
Histone sumoylation promotes Set3 histone-deacetylase complex-mediated transcriptional regulation
Ryu HY, Zhao D, Li J, Su D, Hochstrasser M. Histone sumoylation promotes Set3 histone-deacetylase complex-mediated transcriptional regulation. Nucleic Acids Research 2020, 48: gkaa1093-. PMID: 33231641, PMCID: PMC7708062, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1093.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistone deacetylase complexSet3 histone deacetylase complexHistone sumoylationTrans-tail regulationGenome-wide analysisSUMO-interacting motifSUMO conjugation pathwayAltered gene expression profilesDeacetylation of histonesGene expression profilesSet3 complexH2B ubiquitylationDeacetylase complexSpurious transcriptionRNA genesTranscriptional regulationActive genesTranscriptional fidelityTranscription initiationSUMOylationMRNA genesExpression profilesCrosstalk pathwaysHistone deacetylaseGenes
2019
The Ulp2 SUMO protease promotes transcription elongation through regulation of histone sumoylation
Ryu H, Su D, Wilson‐Eisele N, Zhao D, López‐Giráldez F, Hochstrasser M. The Ulp2 SUMO protease promotes transcription elongation through regulation of histone sumoylation. The EMBO Journal 2019, 38: embj2019102003. PMID: 31313851, PMCID: PMC6694223, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019102003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall ubiquitin-like modifierRNA polymerase IIC-terminal domainHistone sumoylationTranscription elongationActive genesSUMO proteaseRNAPII C-terminal domainChromatin regulatory mechanismsTranscriptional elongation defectsUbiquitin-like modifierCtk1 kinaseH2B ubiquitylationEukaryotic proteinsNucleosome associationElongation defectsPolySUMO chainsPolymerase IITranscript elongationCUP1 geneUlp2Saccharomyces cerevisiaeRegulatory mechanismsImpaired associationSerine 2
2018
PRC1 preserves epidermal tissue integrity independently of PRC2
Cohen I, Zhao D, Menon G, Nakayama M, Koseki H, Zheng D, Ezhkova E. PRC1 preserves epidermal tissue integrity independently of PRC2. Genes & Development 2018, 33: 55-60. PMID: 30567998, PMCID: PMC6317312, DOI: 10.1101/gad.319939.118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdhesion genesEpidermal tissue integrityLoss of PRC1PRC1 functionChromatin regulatorsEpigenetic regulationMolecular dissectionPRC2PRC1Gene expressionTissue developmentSkin morphogenesisFunctional linkSkin fragility syndromeEpidermal stratificationEpidermal integrityTissue integrityGenesExpressionH3K27me3Fragility syndromeMorphogenesisRegulatorCobindingRegulation