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Human gene-centered transcription factor networks for enhancers and disease variants

Fuxman Bass, Juan
Sahni, Nidhi
Shrestha, Shaleen
Garcia-Gonzalez, Aurian
Mori, Akihiro
Bhat, Numana
Yi, Song
Hill, David E.
Vidal, Marc
Walhout, Albertha J M
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Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) comprising interactions between transcription factors (TFs) and regulatory loci control development and physiology. Numerous disease-associated mutations have been identified, the vast majority residing in non-coding regions of the genome. As current GRN mapping methods test one TF at a time and require the use of cells harboring the mutation(s) of interest, they are not suitable to identify TFs that bind to wild-type and mutant loci. Here, we use gene-centered yeast one-hybrid (eY1H) assays to interrogate binding of 1,086 human TFs to 246 enhancers, as well as to 109 non-coding disease mutations. We detect both loss and gain of TF interactions with mutant loci that are concordant with target gene expression changes. This work establishes eY1H assays as a powerful addition to the toolkit of mapping human GRNs and for the high-throughput characterization of genomic variants that are rapidly being identified by genome-wide association studies.

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Cell. 2015 Apr 23;161(3):661-73. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.003. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.1016/j.cell.2015.03.003
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