Tissue-specific CTCF–cohesin-mediated chromatin architecture delimits enhancer interactions and function in vivo

…, D Biggs, C Preece, DJ Downes, M Gosden… - Nature cell …, 2017 - nature.com
The genome is organized via CTCF–cohesin-binding sites, which partition chromosomes into
1–5 megabase (Mb) topologically associated domains (TADs), and further into smaller sub-…

DeepC: predicting 3D genome folding using megabase-scale transfer learning

R Schwessinger, M Gosden, D Downes, RC Brown… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Predicting the impact of noncoding genetic variation requires interpreting it in the context of
three-dimensional genome architecture. We have developed deepC, a transfer-learning-…

A demographic projection of the contribution of assisted reproductive technologies to world population growth

MJ Faddy, MD Gosden, RG Gosden - Reproductive biomedicine online, 2018 - Elsevier
Matthew D Gosden acted as honorary actuarial consultant to the project. We thank Peter
R Brinsden (formerly Bourn Hall Clinic, UK), Jie Deng (Yale University), Zeev Shoham (Kaplan …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of the 4D genome during in vivo lineage specification and differentiation

AM Oudelaar, RA Beagrie, M Gosden… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Mammalian gene expression patterns are controlled by regulatory elements, which interact
within topologically associating domains (TADs). The relationship between activation of …

[HTML][HTML] Editing an α-globin enhancer in primary human hematopoietic stem cells as a treatment for β-thalassemia

…, P Hublitz, D Downes, J Kerry, M Gosden… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
β-Thalassemia is one of the most common inherited anemias, with no effective cure for most
patients. The pathophysiology reflects an imbalance between α- and β-globin chains with …

[HTML][HTML] The chromatin remodeller ATRX facilitates diverse nuclear processes, in a stochastic manner, in both heterochromatin and euchromatin

…, E Repapi, R Schwessinger, M Gosden… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The chromatin remodeller ATRX interacts with the histone chaperone DAXX to deposit the
histone variant H3.3 at sites of nucleosome turnover. ATRX is known to bind repetitive, …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution targeted 3C interrogation of cis-regulatory element organization at genome-wide scale

DJ Downes, RA Beagrie, ME Gosden… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chromosome conformation capture (3C) provides an adaptable tool for studying diverse
biological questions. Current 3C methods generally provide either low-resolution interaction …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of differentiation protocols defines a common pancreatic progenitor molecular signature and guides refinement of endocrine differentiation

…, NL Beer, C Duff, V Nylander, M Gosden… - Stem Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Several distinct differentiation protocols for deriving pancreatic progenitors (PPs) from human
pluripotent stem cells have been described, but it remains to be shown how similar the PPs …

Functional characterisation of cis-regulatory elements governing dynamic Eomes expression in the early mouse embryo

CS Simon, DJ Downes, ME Gosden… - …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
The T-box transcription factor (TF) Eomes is a key regulator of cell fate decisions during
early mouse development. The cis-acting regulatory elements that direct expression in the …

A functional overlap between actively transcribed genes and chromatin boundary elements

CL Harrold, ME Gosden, LLP Hanssen, RJ Stolper… - Biorxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Mammalian genomes are subdivided into large (50-2000 kb) regions of chromatin referred to
as Topologically Associating Domains (TADs or sub-TADs). Chromatin within an individual …