鼠标免疫系统的控制图谱
Hideyuki Yoshida1, Caleb A Lareau2, Ricardo N Ramirez3
1Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; YCI Laboratory for Immunological Transcriptomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan.
Cell
|January 29, 2019
概括
研究人员绘制了小鼠免疫系统中的cis-regulatory元素,揭示了由增强剂或促进剂控制的两个基因类别. 这本地图书有助于理解免疫细胞的分化和基因调节.
科学领域:
- 基因组学
- 免疫学
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- 了解 cis 调节元素对于解读器官系统中的转录控制至关重要.
- 这些元素的动态活动是细胞分化和功能的基础.
研究的目的:
- 创建一个全面的Cis调节元件的地图和它们在老鼠免疫系统中的活动.
- 阐明免疫细胞分化和功能的转录基础.
主要方法:
- 从86种小鼠原发性免疫细胞类型中生成匹配的表观基因组和转录基因组数据.
- 应用差异组件分析和多重回归来将基因与调节元素联系起来.
- 与全基因组染色体可访问性相关的转录因子 (TF) 表达和通过ChIP-seq验证的发现.
主要成果:
- 确定了两种不同的基因类别:增强器驱动和促进器驱动.
- 连接特定的基因与它们的调节增强剂.
- 将TF分类为染色体开放或关闭器,识别功能相关的cis调节元件.
结论:
- 在免疫分化过程中,Cis调节图谱提供了广泛的信息.
- 这种资源是免疫基因组中关键调节事件的基础.
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