Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Multidimensional chromatin profiling of zebrafish pancreas to uncover and investigate disease-relevant enhancers

  • Renata Bordeira-Carriço,
  • Joana Teixeira,
  • Marta Duque,
  • Mafalda Galhardo,
  • Diogo Ribeiro,
  • Rafael D. Acemel,
  • Panos. N. Firbas,
  • Juan J. Tena,
  • Ana Eufrásio,
  • Joana Marques,
  • Fábio J. Ferreira,
  • Telmo Freitas,
  • Fátima Carneiro,
  • José Luís Goméz-Skarmeta,
  • José Bessa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29551-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Alterations in cis-regulatory elements (CREs) can contribute to pancreatic diseases. Here the authors combine chromatin profiling and interaction points with in vivo reporter assays in zebrafish to uncover functionally equivalent human CREs, helping to predict disease-relevant enhancers.