Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

TGFβ promotes widespread enhancer chromatin opening and operates on genomic regulatory domains

  • Jose A. Guerrero-Martínez,
  • María Ceballos-Chávez,
  • Florian Koehler,
  • Sandra Peiró,
  • Jose C. Reyes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19877-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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The TGFβ signaling pathway has been shown to regulate transcription by regulating enhancer activity. Here, the authors perform a comprehensive analysis of enhancers in normal mammary epithelial gland cells to elucidate how TGFβ-dependent enhancers control gene transcription in these cells.