Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Chromatin organizer SATB1 controls the cell identity of CD4+ CD8+ double-positive thymocytes by regulating the activity of super-enhancers

  • Delong Feng,
  • Yanhong Chen,
  • Ranran Dai,
  • Shasha Bian,
  • Wei Xue,
  • Yongchang Zhu,
  • Zhaoqiang Li,
  • Yiting Yang,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Jiarui Zhang,
  • Jie Bai,
  • Litao Qin,
  • Yoshinori Kohwi,
  • Weili Shi,
  • Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu,
  • Jing Ma,
  • Shixiu Liao,
  • Bingtao Hao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33333-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Here the authors show the identity of CD4 + CD8 + double-positive (DP) thymocytes changes upon loss of chromatin organizer Satb1, which controls the expression of cell identity genes by regulating super-enhancers via 3D genome architecture.