2024
Reconstructing human-specific regulatory functions in model systems
Baumgartner M, Ji Y, Noonan J. Reconstructing human-specific regulatory functions in model systems. Current Opinion In Genetics & Development 2024, 89: 102259. PMID: 39270593, PMCID: PMC11588545, DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2024.102259.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Massively parallel discovery of human-specific substitutions that alter enhancer activity
Uebbing S, Gockley J, Reilly SK, Kocher AA, Geller E, Gandotra N, Scharfe C, Cotney J, Noonan JP. Massively parallel discovery of human-specific substitutions that alter enhancer activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 118: e2007049118. PMID: 33372131, PMCID: PMC7812811, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2007049118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman-specific substitutionsHuman-gained enhancersGenetic changesEnhancer functionEnhancer activityHuman-specific genetic changesHuman evolutionGene regulatory elementsBackground genetic variationAncestral functionRegulatory evolutionEnhancer assaysGenetic variationRegulatory elementsNeural stem cellsHuman traitsNovel activityNonadditive wayRegulatory activityStem cellsFunctional impactDifferential activityParallel discoveryEnhancerEvolution
2014
Evolution of Gene Regulation in Humans
Reilly S, Noonan J. Evolution of Gene Regulation in Humans. Annual Review Of Genomics And Human Genetics 2014, 17: 1-23. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-090314-045935.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsRegulatory functionsGene regulationHuman-specific genetic changesGenetic changesNovel human phenotypeNew regulatory functionInduced pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsUnique biological featuresSpecific regulatory changesHomologous humanGenome editingGene expressionHuman phenotypesFinal online publication datePrimate cellsHuman evolutionRegulatory activityStem cellsOnline publication dateExpression levelsNonhuman primate cellsBiological featuresRegulationRegulatory innovation