Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

TET1 dioxygenase is required for FOXA2-associated chromatin remodeling in pancreatic beta-cell differentiation

  • Jianfang Li,
  • Xinwei Wu,
  • Jie Ke,
  • Minjung Lee,
  • Qingping Lan,
  • Jia Li,
  • Jianxiu Yu,
  • Yun Huang,
  • De-Qiang Sun,
  • Ruiyu Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31611-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Here the authors show that TET1 is required for the generation of functional insulin-producing cells, FOXA2 physically interacts with TET1 and contributes to specific recruitment of TET1 to mediate chromatin opening at the regulatory elements of pancreatic lineage determinants.