2016
HNF1 regulates critical processes in the human epididymis epithelium
Browne JA, Yang R, Eggener SE, Leir SH, Harris A. HNF1 regulates critical processes in the human epididymis epithelium. Molecular And Cellular Endocrinology 2016, 425: 94-102. PMID: 26808453, PMCID: PMC4799753, DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.01.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHepatocyte nuclear factor 1Transcription factorsHuman epididymis epithelial cellsCis-regulatory elementsChIP-seq peaksProcess enrichment analysisHNF1β transcription factorHEE cellsNuclear factor 1Luminal environmentChromatin genomeChromatin immunoprecipitationTranscriptional programsCoordinated expressionRNA-seqEpithelial transportRegulatory elementsTarget genesBioinformatics predictionCritical genesEnrichment analysisDeep sequencingEpididymis functionCritical processSperm maturation
2014
An Optimized Protocol for Isolating Primary Epithelial Cell Chromatin for ChIP
Browne JA, Harris A, Leir SH. An Optimized Protocol for Isolating Primary Epithelial Cell Chromatin for ChIP. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e100099. PMID: 24971909, PMCID: PMC4074041, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100099.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell typesChromatin immunoprecipitation dataDNA-binding proteinsLysis bufferPrimary human epithelial cellsEpithelial cell typesEpithelial cellsChromatin purificationHuman bronchial epithelial cellsENCODE consortiumHuman epithelial cellsCell chromatinNext-generation sequencingImmunoprecipitation dataCell lysis procedurePrimary human bronchial epithelial cellsChromatinFormaldehyde-fixed cellsBronchial epithelial cellsMembrane lysisSize selectionLysis procedureAdherent cellsCellsLysis step