Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

SETBP1 induces transcription of a network of development genes by acting as an epigenetic hub

  • Rocco Piazza,
  • Vera Magistroni,
  • Sara Redaelli,
  • Mario Mauri,
  • Luca Massimino,
  • Alessandro Sessa,
  • Marco Peronaci,
  • Maciej Lalowski,
  • Rabah Soliymani,
  • Caterina Mezzatesta,
  • Alessandra Pirola,
  • Federica Banfi,
  • Alicia Rubio,
  • Delphine Rea,
  • Fabio Stagno,
  • Emilio Usala,
  • Bruno Martino,
  • Leonardo Campiotti,
  • Michele Merli,
  • Francesco Passamonti,
  • Francesco Onida,
  • Alessandro Morotti,
  • Francesca Pavesi,
  • Marco Bregni,
  • Vania Broccoli,
  • Marc Baumann,
  • Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04462-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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SETBP1 variants occur as somatic mutations in several malignancies and as de novo germline mutations in developmental disorders. Here the authors provide evidence that SETBP1 binds to gDNA in AT-rich promoter regions to promote target gene upregulation, indicating SETBP1 functions directly to regulate transcription.