2013
BRG1‐mediated immune tolerance: facilitation of Treg activation and partial independence of chromatin remodelling
Chaiyachati BH, Jani A, Wan Y, Huang H, Flavell R, Chi T. BRG1‐mediated immune tolerance: facilitation of Treg activation and partial independence of chromatin remodelling. The EMBO Journal 2013, 32: 395-408. PMID: 23321680, PMCID: PMC3567501, DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreg activationRegulatory T cellsSeverity of inflammationChemokine receptor genesT-cell lineageΑβ T cell lineagesCD4 cellsSuppress autoimmunityProinflammatory roleImmune toleranceFatal inflammationT cellsInflammatory cuesTregsInflammationBrg1 deletionReceptor geneChromatin-remodelling factor BRG1Activation levelsActivationCell lineagesTarget genesATPase activityPoint mutationsCells
2012
Essential Roles of the Chromatin Remodeling Factor Brg1 in Spermatogenesis in Mice1
Wang J, Gu H, Lin H, Chi T. Essential Roles of the Chromatin Remodeling Factor Brg1 in Spermatogenesis in Mice1. Biology Of Reproduction 2012, 86: 186, 1-10. PMID: 22495890, PMCID: PMC3386149, DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.097097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeiotic recombinationSomatic cellsDNA repairMeiotic sex chromosome inactivationChromatin Remodeling Factor BRG1Sex chromosome inactivationChromatin-remodeling complexBAF chromatin-remodeling complexImpaired homologous recombinationEssential roleRole of BRG1Chromatin regulationChromatin structureFactor BRG1Male germlineMammalian spermatogenesisSpatiotemporal regulationChromosome inactivationCatalytic subunitHomologous recombinationMidpachytene stageBRG1Expression patternsGene expressionGerm cells
2009
Molecular basis of CD4 repression by the Swi/Snf‐like BAF chromatin remodeling complex
Wan M, Zhang J, Lai D, Jani A, Prestone‐Hurlburt P, Zhao L, Ramachandran A, Schnitzler GR, Chi T. Molecular basis of CD4 repression by the Swi/Snf‐like BAF chromatin remodeling complex. European Journal Of Immunology 2009, 39: 580-588. PMID: 19180471, PMCID: PMC2774848, DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD4 repressionCD4 silencerDominant negative mutantBAF complexNegative mutantSWI/SNF-like BAF chromatinBRG1/BRM-associated factor (BAF) chromatinCD4 silencer functionLinker histone H1Factor (BAF) chromatinT cell developmentKey repressorBAF chromatinSilencer functionBAF57Histone H1ChromatinMolecular basisFlanking regionsRepressionTranslational frameCD4 transcriptionSilencerEarly thymocytesMutantsInduction of TLR4-target genes entails calcium/calmodulin-dependent regulation of chromatin remodeling
Lai D, Wan M, Wu J, Preston-Hurlburt P, Kushwaha R, Grundström T, Imbalzano AN, Chi T. Induction of TLR4-target genes entails calcium/calmodulin-dependent regulation of chromatin remodeling. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2009, 106: 1169-1174. PMID: 19164553, PMCID: PMC2633529, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811274106.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCalcium/CaMChromatin remodelingBAF complexSWI/SNF-like BAF chromatinTarget genesDominant negative mutantCalcium/calmodulinCalmodulin-dependent regulationHMG domainBAF chromatinCaM-binding peptideNegative mutantGene expressionCaM antagonistsGenesToll-like receptor 4ChromatinRegulationRemodelingRecruitmentComplexesBAF57RNAiMutantsInduction