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Chromatin Looping Links Target Genes with Genetic Risk Loci for Dermatological Traits

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Shi, Chenfu, Ray-Jones, Helen, Ding, James, Duffus, Kate, Fu, Yao, Gaddi, Vasanthi Priyadarshini, Gough, Oliver, Hankinson, Jenny +8 more·2021·Journal of Investigative Dermatology

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Abstract Chromatin looping between regulatory elements and gene promoters presents a potential mechanism whereby disease risk variants affect their target genes. Here we use H3K27ac HiChIP, a method for assaying the active chromatin interactome in two cell lines: keratinocytes and skin derived CD8+ T cells. We integrate public datasets for a lymphoblastoid cell line and primary CD4+ T cells and identify gene targets at risk loci for skin-related disorders. Interacting genes enrich for pathways of known importance in each trait, such as cytokine response (psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis) and replicative senescence (melanoma). We show examples of how our analysis can inform changes in the current understanding of multiple psoriasis associated risk loci. For example, the variant rs10794648, which is generally assigned to IFNLR1 , was linked to GRHL3 in our dataset, a gene essential in skin repair and development. Our findings, therefore, indicate a renewed importance of skin related factors in the risk of disease. Abstract Figure Graphical Abstract In this article we take disease associated variants from 5 dermatological conditions and use cell type specific datasets to map genes that could be affected by these variants, providing insight into disease mechanisms.

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Shi, C., Ray-Jones, H., Ding, J., Duffus, K., Fu, Y., Gaddi, V. P., Gough, O., Hankinson, J., Martin, P., McGovern, A., Yarwood, A., Gaffney, P., Eyre, S., Rattray, M., Warren, R. B., & Orozco, G.
Affiliations
  • University of Manchester (GB)
  • Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
  • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (US)
Corresponding author
Shi, Chenfu
Venue
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-08
Volume
141
Issue
8
Pages
1975-1984
ISSN
0022-202X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3133478475
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en
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  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nd)
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  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (207491/Z/17/Z, 215207/Z/19/Z)
  • Manchester Biomedical Research Centre
  • Medical Research Council (MR/N00017X/1)
  • University of Manchester
  • Versus Arthritis (21754)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
Keywords
chromatin looping, disease risk loci, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, melanoma, replicative senescence, cytokine response, keratinocytes, CD8+ T cells, CD4+ T cells, interferon lambda receptor 1, GRHL3, skin repair, genetic risk variants
MeSH terms
Chromatin, DNA-Binding Proteins, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Humans, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Skin Diseases, Transcription Factors, Linkage Disequilibrium, Receptors, Interferon, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly, Cell Line, Tumor, Genome-Wide Association Study, Datasets as Topic

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