Project description:Here we performed a ChIP-seq experiment on a sample of adherent cultures of mouse neural stem cells (NS5 cell line) under normal growth conditions and upon short term activation (30 minutes) of an inducible version of the proneural factor Mash1/Ascl1 (Ascl1-ERT2). This resulted in the generation of a genome-wide map of Ascl1 binding to chromatin.
Project description:Here we performed a ChIP-seq experiment on a sample of adherent cultures of mouse neural stem cells (NS5 cell line) expressing an inducible version of the proneural factor Mash1/Ascl1 (Ascl1-ERT2) under normal growth conditions and after 24 hours of activation by 4-Hydroxytamoxifen. This resulted in the generation of a genome-wide map of histone modifications H3K27ac and H3K4me1.
Project description:In this study, a RAD21 variant, R450C, is found associated with a peripheral sclerocornea pedigree. Omics analyses including RNAseq and Hi-C were applied to identify the expression and chromosome conformation of cell adhesion genes were affected by this variant.
Project description:MTD project_description Inflammation and decreased stem cell function characterize organism aging, yet the relationship between these factors remains incompletely understood. This study shows that aged hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells exhibit increased ground-stage NF-κB activity, which enhances their responsiveness to undergo differentiation and loss of self-renewal in response to inflammation. The study identifies Rad21/cohesin as a critical mediator of NF-κB signals, by increasing chromatin accessibility of inter-/intra-genic and enhancer regions. Rad21/NF-κB are required for normal differentiation, but limit self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) during aging and inflammation in an NF-κB dependent manner. HSCs from aged mice fail to downregulate Rad21/cohesin and inflammation/differentiation inducing signals in the resolution phase after acute inflammation. and The inhibition of cohesin/NF-κB is sufficient to revert the hypersensitivity of aged HSPCs to inflammation-induced differentiation. During aging, myeloid-biased HSCs with disrupted and naturally occurring reduced expression of Rad21/cohesin are increasingly selected over lymphoid-biased HSCs. Together, Rad21/cohesin mediated NF-κB signaling limits HSPC function during aging and selects for cohesin deficient HSCs with myeloid skewed differentiation.
