2013
Enhancers and Super Enhancers Are Associated With Genes That Control Phenotypic Traits In Primary Human Erythroid Cells
Schulz V, Lezon-Geyda K, Maksimova Y, Gallagher P. Enhancers and Super Enhancers Are Associated With Genes That Control Phenotypic Traits In Primary Human Erythroid Cells. Blood 2013, 122: 1200. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v122.21.1200.1200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscriptional start siteRegulation of programsSuper enhancersErythroid cellsGene expressionErythroid enhancerTF motifsTranscription factorsHistone H3 lysine 4 monomethylationSpecific enhancersH3K27ac modificationGWAS catalogGene locusHistone H3 lysine 27 acetylationCell type-specific enhancersPrimary human erythroid cellsH3 lysine 27 acetylationAlpha-globin gene clusterDisease-associated genetic variantsGenome-wide mapsNHGRI GWAS catalogSubset of enhancersHundreds of kilobasesLysine 27 acetylationSpecialized cell types
2011
Transfusion-Dependent Alpha-Spectrin Deficient Hemolytic Anemia Due to Maternal Uniparental Disomy
Bogardus H, Schulz V, Maksimova Y, Miller B, Forget B, Gallagher P. Transfusion-Dependent Alpha-Spectrin Deficient Hemolytic Anemia Due to Maternal Uniparental Disomy. Blood 2011, 118: 1030. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v118.21.1030.1030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlpha-spectrin geneArray comparative genomic hybridizationGene locusGenomic DNANonsense mutationUniparental disomyDeleterious recessive mutationsEntire human genomeMaternal uniparental disomyCultured erythroid cellsParental genomic DNARegions of homozygosityHuman genomeSingle chromosomeComparative genomic hybridizationMolecular basisSNP dataSPTA1 geneHomozygous nonsense mutationChromosome 1Erythroid cellsGene regionPromoter regionRecessive mutationsAnemia phenotype