Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

HIF1α-AS1 is a DNA:DNA:RNA triplex-forming lncRNA interacting with the HUSH complex

  • Matthias S. Leisegang,
  • Jasleen Kaur Bains,
  • Sandra Seredinski,
  • James A. Oo,
  • Nina M. Krause,
  • Chao-Chung Kuo,
  • Stefan Günther,
  • Nevcin Sentürk Cetin,
  • Timothy Warwick,
  • Can Cao,
  • Frederike Boos,
  • Judit Izquierdo Ponce,
  • Shaza Haydar,
  • Rebecca Bednarz,
  • Chanil Valasarajan,
  • Dominik C. Fuhrmann,
  • Jens Preussner,
  • Mario Looso,
  • Soni S. Pullamsetti,
  • Marcel H. Schulz,
  • Hendrik R. A. Jonker,
  • Christian Richter,
  • Flávia Rezende,
  • Ralf Gilsbach,
  • Beatrice Pflüger-Müller,
  • Ilka Wittig,
  • Ingrid Grummt,
  • Teodora Ribarska,
  • Ivan G. Costa,
  • Harald Schwalbe,
  • Ralf P. Brandes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34252-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Using a composite bioinformatics approach, the DNA:DNA:RNA triplex-forming lncRNAs HIF1α-AS1 was identified in human endothelial cells which recruits an epigenetic silencing complex to limit expression of triplex target genes.