Systems (epi)genetics to study the basis of complex traits and diseases
Preprints & Media Coverage
Preprints:
Lai MC, Ruiz-Velasco M, Arnold C, Sigalova O, Bunina D, Berest I, Ding X, Hennrich ML, Poisa-Beiro L, Claringbould A, Mathioudaki A, Pabst C, Ho AD, Gavin A-C & Zaugg JB (2021) Enhancer-priming in ageing human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells contributes to immune traits. BioRxiv.
Bunina D+, Germain P-L, Lopez Tobon A, Fernandez-Novel Marx N, Arnold C, Ó hEachteirn A, Claringbould A, Lai MC, Rangasamy S, Narayanan V, Testa G, Zaugg JB+ & Noh K-M+ (2021) Pathological LSD1 mutations cause HDAC-mediated aberrant gene repression during early cell differentiation. BioRxiv.
Data used in the study (gene-specific features) are available here
Grubert F, Srivas R, Spacek DV, Kasowski M, Ruiz-Velasco M, Sinnott-Armstrong N, Greenside P, Narasimha A, Liu Q, Geller B, Sanghi A, Kulik M, Sa S, Rabinovitch M, Kundaje A, Dalton S, Zaugg JB, Snyder M. Landscape of cohesin-mediated chromatin loops in the human genome. Nature 583(7818):737-743.
Bunina D, Abazova N, Diaz N, Noh K-M+, Krijgsveld J+, Zaugg JB+ (2020): Genomic Rewiring of SOX2 Chromatin Interaction Network during Differentiation of ESCs to Postmitotic Neurons. Cell Systems 10, 6 (2020) 459-460
Reyes-Palomares A, Gu M, Grubert F, Berest I, Sa S, Kasowski M, Arnold C, Shuai M, Srivas R, Miao S, Li D, Snyder MP, Rabinovitch M & Judith Zaugg JB (2020). Remodeling of active endothelial enhancers is associated with aberrant gene-regulatory networks in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Nat Commun 11, 1673 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15463-x
Ruiz-Velasco M, Kumar M*, Lai ML*, Bhat P, Solis-Pinson AB, Reyes A, Kleinsorg A, Noh K-M, Gibson TJ, Zaugg JB (2017). CTCF-Mediated Chromatin Loops between Promoter and Gene Body Regulate Alternative Splicing across Individuals. Cell Systems Volume 5 , Issue 6 , 628 – 637.e6 ; link to download the pdf
Grubert F*, Zaugg JB*, Kasowski M*, Ursu O*, et al. (2015) Genetic Control of Chromatin States in Humans Involves Local and Distal Chromosomal Interactions.Cell. 162 (5): 1051-1065
Kotte O, Zaugg JB, Heinemann M. (2010) Bacterial adaptation through distributed sensing of metabolic fluxes. Mol Syst Biol 6: 355.
Hoskins AA, Morar M, Kappock TJ, Mathews II, Zaugg JB, Barder TE, Peng P, Okamoto A, Ealick SE, Stubbe J. (2007) N5-CAIR mutase: role of a CO2 binding site and substrate movement in catalysis. Biochemistry 46(10):2842-55.