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
2016
Polycomb-Mediated Repression and Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Interact to Regulate Merkel Cell Specification during Skin Development
Perdigoto CN, Dauber KL, Bar C, Tsai PC, Valdes VJ, Cohen I, Santoriello FJ, Zhao D, Zheng D, Hsu YC, Ezhkova E. Polycomb-Mediated Repression and Sonic Hedgehog Signaling Interact to Regulate Merkel Cell Specification during Skin Development. PLOS Genetics 2016, 12: e1006151. PMID: 27414999, PMCID: PMC4944976, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006151.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMerkel cell specificationCell specificationPrimary hair folliclesLoss of PolycombImportance of ShhCell differentiation programHair follicle functionSonic hedgehog (Shh) signalingPRC2 targetsSpecialized keratinocytesEpidermal progenitorsDevelopmental programHair folliclesEpigenetic processesDifferentiation programHedgehog signalingShh ligandMature Merkel cellsShh signalingSkin developmentMurine dorsal skinEpidermal cellsMerkel cellsPRC2 lossCell formation