[PDF][PDF] Lineage-specific genome architecture links enhancers and non-coding disease variants to target gene promoters

…, K Downes, L Grassi, M Kostadima, P Freire-Pritchett… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Long-range interactions between regulatory elements and gene promoters play key roles in
transcriptional regulation. The vast majority of interactions are uncharted, constituting a …

[HTML][HTML] CHiCAGO: robust detection of DNA looping interactions in Capture Hi-C data

J Cairns, P Freire-Pritchett, SW Wingett, C Várnai… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Capture Hi-C (CHi-C) is a method for profiling chromosomal interactions involving targeted
regions of interest, such as gene promoters, globally and at high resolution. Signal detection …

[PDF][PDF] An early cell shape transition drives evolutionary expansion of the human forebrain

…, M Sutcliffe, ES Riis, P Freire-Pritchett… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The human brain has undergone rapid expansion since humans diverged from other great
apes, but the mechanism of this human-specific enlargement is still unknown. Here, we use …

Ribosome collisions trigger cis-acting feedback inhibition of translation initiation

S Juszkiewicz, G Slodkowicz, Z Lin, P Freire-Pritchett… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Translation of aberrant mRNAs can cause ribosomes to stall, leading to collisions with trailing
ribosomes. Collided ribosomes are specifically recognised by ZNF598 to initiate protein …

Global reorganisation of cis-regulatory units upon lineage commitment of human embryonic stem cells

P Freire-Pritchett, S Schoenfelder, C Várnai… - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
10.7554/eLife.21926.001 Long-range cis-regulatory elements such as enhancers coordinate
cell-specific transcriptional programmes by engaging in DNA looping interactions with …

[PDF][PDF] Long-range enhancer interactions are prevalent in mouse embryonic stem cells and are reorganized upon pluripotent state transition

…, A Segonds-Pichon, SW Wingett, P Freire-Pritchett… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Transcriptional enhancers, including super-enhancers (SEs), form physical interactions with
promoters to regulate cell-type-specific gene expression. SEs are characterized by high …

[PDF][PDF] Genetically defined functional modules for spatial orienting in the mouse superior colliculus

L Masullo, L Mariotti, N Alexandre, P Freire-Pritchett… - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
In order to explore and interact with their surroundings, animals need to orient toward specific
positions in space. Throughout the animal kingdom, head movements represent a primary …

[HTML][HTML] Promoter interactome of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes connects GWAS regions to cardiac gene networks

…, A Akbarov, C Wallace, P Freire-Pritchett… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Long-range chromosomal interactions bring distal regulatory elements and promoters together
to regulate gene expression in biological processes. By performing promoter capture Hi-…

Detecting chromosomal interactions in Capture Hi-C data with CHiCAGO and companion tools

P Freire-Pritchett, H Ray-Jones, M Della Rosa… - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
Capture Hi-C is widely used to obtain high-resolution profiles of chromosomal interactions
involving, at least on one end, regions of interest such as gene promoters. Signal detection in …

Epigenetic regulation of vascular smooth muscle cells by histone H3 lysine 9 dimethylation attenuates target gene-induction by inflammatory signaling

…, K Foote, A Finigan, P Freire-Pritchett… - … , and vascular biology, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: Vascular inflammation underlies cardiovascular disease. Vascular smooth muscle
cells (VSMCs) upregulate selective genes, including MMPs (matrix metalloproteinases) …