2024
Multicenter integrated analysis of noncoding CRISPRi screens
Yao D, Tycko J, Oh J, Bounds L, Gosai S, Lataniotis L, Mackay-Smith A, Doughty B, Gabdank I, Schmidt H, Guerrero-Altamirano T, Siklenka K, Guo K, White A, Youngworth I, Andreeva K, Ren X, Barrera A, Luo Y, Yardımcı G, Tewhey R, Kundaje A, Greenleaf W, Sabeti P, Leslie C, Pritykin Y, Moore J, Beer M, Gersbach C, Reddy T, Shen Y, Engreitz J, Bassik M, Reilly S. Multicenter integrated analysis of noncoding CRISPRi screens. Nature Methods 2024, 21: 723-734. PMID: 38504114, PMCID: PMC11009116, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02216-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCis-regulatory elementsCRISPR interferenceSingle guide RNADetection of cis-regulatory elementsGuide RNAsCandidate cis-regulatory elementsNoncoding cis-regulatory elementsDNA strand biasGene regulatory landscapeCis-regulatory mechanismsNoncoding genomeNoncoding elementsTranscribed regionsStrand biasHuman cell linesCRISPR screensFunctional characterizationTranscriptional effectsGenomeK562 cellsRegulatory landscapeCell linesConsortium effortCharacterization CenterRNA
2021
Genome-wide functional screen of 3′UTR variants uncovers causal variants for human disease and evolution
Griesemer D, Xue JR, Reilly SK, Ulirsch JC, Kukreja K, Davis JR, Kanai M, Yang DK, Butts JC, Guney MH, Luban J, Montgomery SB, Finucane HK, Novina CD, Tewhey R, Sabeti PC. Genome-wide functional screen of 3′UTR variants uncovers causal variants for human disease and evolution. Cell 2021, 184: 5247-5260.e19. PMID: 34534445, PMCID: PMC8487971, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesCausal variantsEvolutionary adaptationGenome-wide functional screenDiverse molecular mechanismsHuman evolutionary adaptationBase-pair resolutionParallel reporterHuman cell linesMiRNA sitesTranscriptional changesFunctional screenAllelic replacementSimple sequenceMolecular mechanismsAssociation studiesRich elementsPair resolutionHuman diseasesPhenotype associationsHuman traitsUntranslated region variantsGenetic variantsRegulatory activityCell lines