2023
A systems biology approach identifies the role of dysregulated PRDM6 in the development of hypertension
Gunawardhana K, Hong L, Rugira T, Uebbing S, Kucharczak J, Mehta S, Karunamuni D, Cabera-Mendoza B, Gandotra N, Scharfe C, Polimanti R, Noonan J, Mani A. A systems biology approach identifies the role of dysregulated PRDM6 in the development of hypertension. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2023, 133: e160036. PMID: 36602864, PMCID: PMC9927944, DOI: 10.1172/jci160036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopment of hypertensionParallel reporter assaysRenin inhibitor aliskirenNeural crest-derived cellsRenin-producing cellsSystems biology approachRNA-seq analysisCell-specific disruptionCrest-derived cellsSmooth muscle cellsMuscle cell proteinsSystemic hypertensionBlood pressureWT miceAntihypertensive drugsBiology approachSuper enhancersFine mappingWT littermatesThird intronMultiple GWASCollagen depositionMouse aortaReporter assaysFate mapping
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
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