Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Brd4 binds to active enhancers to control cell identity gene induction in adipogenesis and myogenesis

  • Ji-Eun Lee,
  • Young-Kwon Park,
  • Sarah Park,
  • Younghoon Jang,
  • Nicholas Waring,
  • Anup Dey,
  • Keiko Ozato,
  • Binbin Lai,
  • Weiqun Peng,
  • Kai Ge

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02403-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Despite being an important cancer drug target, the role of epigenetic reader Brd4 in cell differentiation and development remains unclear. Here, the authors provide evidence that Brd4 plays an important role in adipogenesis and myogenesis by binding to active enhancers to regulate gene expression.