2024
Multicenter integrated analysis of noncoding CRISPRi screens
Yao D, Tycko J, Oh J, Bounds L, Gosai S, Lataniotis L, Mackay-Smith A, Doughty B, Gabdank I, Schmidt H, Guerrero-Altamirano T, Siklenka K, Guo K, White A, Youngworth I, Andreeva K, Ren X, Barrera A, Luo Y, Yardımcı G, Tewhey R, Kundaje A, Greenleaf W, Sabeti P, Leslie C, Pritykin Y, Moore J, Beer M, Gersbach C, Reddy T, Shen Y, Engreitz J, Bassik M, Reilly S. Multicenter integrated analysis of noncoding CRISPRi screens. Nature Methods 2024, 21: 723-734. PMID: 38504114, PMCID: PMC11009116, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-024-02216-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCis-regulatory elementsCRISPR interferenceSingle guide RNADetection of cis-regulatory elementsGuide RNAsCandidate cis-regulatory elementsNoncoding cis-regulatory elementsDNA strand biasGene regulatory landscapeCis-regulatory mechanismsNoncoding genomeNoncoding elementsTranscribed regionsStrand biasHuman cell linesCRISPR screensFunctional characterizationTranscriptional effectsGenomeK562 cellsRegulatory landscapeCell linesConsortium effortCharacterization CenterRNA
2021
Functional characterization of T2D-associated SNP effects on baseline and ER stress-responsive β cell transcriptional activation
Khetan S, Kales S, Kursawe R, Jillette A, Ulirsch JC, Reilly SK, Ucar D, Tewhey R, Stitzel ML. Functional characterization of T2D-associated SNP effects on baseline and ER stress-responsive β cell transcriptional activation. Nature Communications 2021, 12: 5242. PMID: 34475398, PMCID: PMC8413311, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25514-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsTranscriptional activationEndoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress conditionsTranscriptional stress responseCis-regulatory effectsParallel reporter assaysT2D single nucleotide polymorphismsHigh linkage disequilibriumMultiple single nucleotide polymorphismsT2D genetic riskT2D-associated single nucleotide polymorphismsMIN6 β-cellsChromatin accessibilityCandidate single nucleotide polymorphismsT2D geneticsHuman genomeAssociation signalsRepetitive elementsFunctional characterizationNuclear elementsMolecular mechanismsReporter assaysStress responseAssociation studies