2024
Using a comprehensive atlas and predictive models to reveal the complexity and evolution of brain-active regulatory elements
Pratt H, Andrews G, Shedd N, Phalke N, Li T, Pampari A, Jensen M, Wen C, Consortium P, Gandal M, Geschwind D, Gerstein M, Moore J, Kundaje A, Colubri A, Weng Z. Using a comprehensive atlas and predictive models to reveal the complexity and evolution of brain-active regulatory elements. Science Advances 2024, 10: eadj4452. PMID: 38781344, PMCID: PMC11114231, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj4452.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpigenetic dataCell-type-specific gene regulationCis-regulatory elementsComprehensive atlasGenetic variants associated with psychiatric disordersLineage-specific transcription factorsBrain cell typesMammalian elementsPsychENCODE ConsortiumNoncoding regionsEvolutionary historyGene regulationRegulatory elementsSequence mutationsTranscription factorsSequence syntaxRegulatory informationPrimate-specific sequencesBinding sitesHuman traitsCell typesFunctional implicationsPsychiatric disordersSequenceFetal brain development
2023
Beyond genome-wide association studies: Investigating the role of noncoding regulatory elements in primary sclerosing cholangitis
Pratt H, Wu T, Elhajjajy S, Zhou J, Fitzgerald K, Fazzio T, Weng Z, Pratt D. Beyond genome-wide association studies: Investigating the role of noncoding regulatory elements in primary sclerosing cholangitis. Hepatology Communications 2023, 7: e0242. PMID: 37756045, PMCID: PMC10531193, DOI: 10.1097/hc9.0000000000000242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesRegulatory element activityRegulatory elementsElement activityAssociation studiesCell type-specific regulatory elementsPrimary sclerosing cholangitisNoncoding regions of DNANoncoding risk variantsRegulatory element functionNoncoding regulatory elementsPrimary sclerosing cholangitis patientsRegions of DNANoncoding variantsATAC-seqRisk lociEpigenomic datasetsNoncoding regionsRNA-seqEpigenomic studiesRisk variantsSclerosing cholangitisT cellsT cell responses to antigen stimulationPeripheral CD4+ T cells