2023
HEXIM1 is an essential transcription regulator during human erythropoiesis
Lv X, Murphy K, Murphy Z, Getman M, Rahman N, Nakamura Y, Blanc L, Gallagher P, Palis J, Mohandas N, Steiner L. HEXIM1 is an essential transcription regulator during human erythropoiesis. Blood 2023, 142: 2198-2215. PMID: 37738561, PMCID: PMC10733840, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2022019495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal globin expressionGene expressionGlobin expressionCycle progressionErythroid gene expressionBeta-globinBeta-globin locusGenome-wide profilingRNA polymerase II activityLong non-coding RNANon-coding RNAErythroid proliferationPolymerase II activityCell cycle progressionEssential transcription regulatorRNAPII activityRNAPII occupancyGlobin locusTranscription machineryTranscription regulatorsFetal globinRNAPIIFetal gene expressionHEXIM1Human erythropoiesis
2021
Regulation of RNA polymerase II activity is essential for terminal erythroid maturation
Murphy ZC, Murphy K, Myers J, Getman M, Couch T, Schulz VP, Lezon-Geyda K, Palumbo C, Yan H, Mohandas N, Gallagher PG, Steiner LA. Regulation of RNA polymerase II activity is essential for terminal erythroid maturation. Blood 2021, 138: 1740-1756. PMID: 34075391, PMCID: PMC8569412, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020009903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA polymerase IIRNA polymerase II activityTerminal erythroid maturationPolymerase II activityPolymerase IIErythroid maturationHuman erythroblastsGene expressionTerminal maturationII activityStage-specific regulationHistone posttranslational modificationsTransposase-accessible chromatinErythroid-specific genesAccumulation of heterochromatinHigh-throughput sequencingLevel of transcriptionLate-stage erythroblastsEssential biologic processesAccessible chromatinHistone marksTranscription elongationChromatin structureTranscriptional repressionChromatin immunoprecipitation