2020
Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Dynamics During Human Heart Organogenesis
VanOudenhove J, Yankee T, Wilderman A, Cotney J. Epigenomic and Transcriptomic Dynamics During Human Heart Organogenesis. Circulation Research 2020, 127: e184-e209. PMID: 32772801, PMCID: PMC7554226, DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.120.316704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChromatinEnhancer Elements, GeneticEpigenomicsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic VariationHeartHeart Defects, CongenitalHistone CodeHomeobox Protein Nkx-2.5HumansNAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium ChannelOrganogenesisRegulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic AcidT-Box Domain ProteinsTranscriptomeConceptsRegulatory sequencesHeart enhancersHeart organogenesisGene expression network analysisWeighted gene coexpression networkGene expression dynamicsGene expression networksPutative disease genesWhole-genome sequencing dataGene coexpression networksExpression network analysisDisease-relevant genesGenome sequencing dataRare sequence alterationsHeart-specific expressionClear genetic componentChromatin stateTranscriptomic dynamicsHistone modificationsFunctional annotationExpression networksExpression dynamicsGene modulesCoexpression networkGenetic variation
2016
Transient RUNX1 Expression during Early Mesendodermal Differentiation of hESCs Promotes Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition through TGFB2 Signaling
VanOudenhove J, Medina R, Ghule P, Lian J, Stein J, Zaidi S, Stein G. Transient RUNX1 Expression during Early Mesendodermal Differentiation of hESCs Promotes Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition through TGFB2 Signaling. Stem Cell Reports 2016, 7: 884-896. PMID: 27720906, PMCID: PMC5106514, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman embryonic stem cellsHESC differentiationMesendodermal lineage commitmentPhenotypic transcription factorsLoss of repressionRUNX1 depletionMesenchymal transitionEmbryonic stem cellsLoss of RUNX1Mesendodermal lineagesMesendodermal differentiationLineage commitmentTranscription factorsBiochemical approachesEpithelial genesCell motilityFunctional analysisEpithelial marker expressionRUNX1 expressionStem cellsRUNX1TGFB2DifferentiationEarly eventsCandidate factors