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A cis-regulatory-directed pipeline for the identification of genes involved in cardiac development and disease
Open accessAbstract
Background: Congenital heart diseases are the major cause of death in newborns, but the genetic etiology of this developmental disorder is not fully known. The conventional approach to identify the disease-causing genes focuses on screening genes that display heart-specific expression during development. However, this approach would have discounted genes that are expressed widely in other tissues but may play critical roles in heart development. Results: We report an efficient pipeline of genome-wide gene discovery based on the identification of a cardiac-specific cis-regulatory element signature that points to candidate genes involved in heart development and congenital heart disease. With this pipeline, we retrieve 76% of the known cardiac developmental genes and predict 35 novel genes that previously had no known connectivity to heart development. Functional validation of these novel cardiac genes by RNAi-mediated knockdown of the conserved orthologs in Drosophila cardiac tissue reveals that disrupting the activity of 71% of these genes leads to adult mortality. Among these genes, RpL14, RpS24, and Rpn8 are associated with heart phenotypes. Conclusions: Our pipeline has enabled the discovery of novel genes with roles in heart development. This workflow, which relies on screening for non-coding cis-regulatory signatures, is amenable for identifying developmental and disease genes for an organ without constraining to genes that are expressed exclusively in the organ of interest.
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The authors present a cis-regulatory-element-directed pipeline that predicts cardiac developmental and disease genes without requiring heart-specific gene expression, and validate novel candidates by cardiac RNAi knockdown in Drosophila. The pipeline recovers most known cardiac developmental genes and identifies 35 previously unlinked candidates, many of which affect adult viability or heart morphology when knocked down.
Key findings
- The pipeline retrieved 76% of known cardiac developmental genes and predicted 35 novel genes with no prior known connectivity to heart development.
- Of genes with both cardiac-specific promoters and enhancers (Category I), 26/44 (59%) known CHD-causing genes were recovered; overall 84% of known cardiac disease genes were associated with a cardiac-specific CRE.
- In Drosophila cardiac RNAi knockdown, 71% of tested genes (17/24) were associated with reduced adult viability; RpL14, RpS24, and Rpn8 showed severe mortality and heart phenotypes including reduced pericardial cell size, heart tube defects, and loss of heartbeat.
- Category I genes were enriched for heart development (top GO term GO:0007507), while Category IV genes with ubiquitous CREs were enriched for housekeeping functions such as translation.
Methods
- Genome-wide bioinformatic pipeline using mouse E14.5 ENCODE ChIP-seq data for H3K4me3, H3K4me1, and H3K27ac across heart, limb, liver, and brain; cardiac-specific CREs were defined by heart-specific histone marks and assigned to genes with GREAT.
- RNA-seq from mouse E14.5 heart was used to filter highly expressed genes (>20 FPKM, top 8% of 17,052 detected genes); network reconstruction used STRING v10 and Cytoscape.
- Functional validation used Drosophila melanogaster RNAi knockdown driven by 4xHand-Gal4 from embryonic stage 13 onward, with mortality index, hatching rate, heart rate, confocal imaging, F-actin staining, and anti-Pericardin staining.
Limitations
- The paper does not include a dedicated limitations section. It reports that the overlap between Category I genes and CHD de novo mutations was not statistically significant (11% vs 5% control, p = 0.057).
- Three candidate genes (CG5885, CG8004, Oststt3) were not tested due to unavailable RNAi lines; the high-expression cutoff of 20 FPKM was described as arbitrary.
- Evident from the text: the discovery pipeline uses only mouse E14.5 heart and three comparison tissues, and functional validation relies on Drosophila orthologs rather than human or mammalian cardiac models.
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Category IV showed enrichment of TFBSs for core transcription factors, such as Sp1.
“In contrast, Category IV showed enrichment of TFBSs for core transcription factors, such as Sp1 which has essential roles in cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis (Fig. 2C, iv) [27].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [27] Vizcaíno C, Mansilla S, Portugal J. Sp1 transcription factor: a long-standing target in cancer chemotherapy. Pharmacol Ther. 2015;152:111–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2015.05.008. source
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A strong cardiac cis-regulatory signature was observed in Category I with enrichment of binding sites of known master regulators of cardiac development, such as Nkx2-5 and Tbx5.
“A strong cardiac cis-regulatory signature was observed in Category I with the enrichment of binding sites of known master regulators of cardiac development, such as Nkx2-5 and Tbx5, which when mutated account for the genetic causes of CHD (Fig. 2C, i) [2, 25].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim2 of 2 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
The Cardiac Kernel section identifies NKX2-5 and TBX5 as important transcription factors in heart development, and the Enhancer Function section explains how transcription-factor binding sites contribute to cardiac enhancers. The source does not report a “Category I” group or enrichment of NKX2-5 and TBX5 binding sites in it; that observation is not supported by this paper. (LLM, conf=0.85)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [25] Bouveret R, Waardenberg AJ, Schonrock N, Ramialison M, Doan T, de Jong D, et al. NKX2-5 mutations causative for congenital heart disease retain functionality and are directed to hundreds of targets. Elife. 2015;4. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.06942. source
The Results section on NKX2-5 mutant targets reports enrichment of NKX2-5 binding motifs in the paper’s A- and B-sets, and the Figure 1 caption identifies NKX2-5 mutations associated with congenital heart disease. The cited paper does not report the citing document’s Category I signature or enrichment of Tbx5 binding sites; its analyses concern different target sets. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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The cCREs are possibly controlled by TFs of the cardiac kernel.
“These results point to the possibility that the cCREs are controlled by TFs of the cardiac kernel [2].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
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GO analysis revealed that the top enriched biological process term in the 1311 genes is heart development (GO:0007507).
“Gene Ontology (GO) analysis using Metascape [22] revealed that the top enriched biological process term in this set is GO: 0007507: heart development”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [22] Zhou Y, Zhou B, Pache L, Chang M, Khodabakhshi AH, Tanaseichuk O, et al. Metascape provides a biologist-oriented resource for the analysis of systems-level datasets. Nat Commun. 2019;10(1):1523. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09234-6. source
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The function of most CREs is unknown.
“The function of most CREs is unknown; however, there is mounting evidence that sequence mutations in cardiac CREs are associated with congenital heart disease [2, 3].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim2 of 2 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
The Enhancer Function section describes what enhancers do, while the genome-wide discussion says consortia are working to describe functional genomic elements. Neither says that the function of most cis-regulatory elements is unknown. I searched for that assertion and for equivalent statements about uncharacterized enhancers; the passage about functions only beginning to be understood refers to long noncoding RNAs, not CREs. (LLM, conf=0.72)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [3] Chahal G, Tyagi S, Ramialison M. Navigating the non-coding genome in heart development and congenital heart disease. Differentiation. 2019;107:11–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2019.05.001. source
Section 2.6 (page unavailable) says putative cREs need functional validation and that key non-coding elements implicated in congenital heart disease remain unknown. This supports uncertainty about cardiac cREs in that context, but does not establish that the function of most cREs generally is unknown. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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Sequence mutations in cardiac CREs are associated with congenital heart disease.
“The function of most CREs is unknown; however, there is mounting evidence that sequence mutations in cardiac CREs are associated with congenital heart disease [2, 3].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim2 of 2 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
The Enhancer Function section (page unavailable in our copy) reports that a variant in a cardiac enhancer is associated with rhythm disorders and alters a transcription-factor binding site. It does not link cardiac CRE sequence mutations specifically to congenital heart disease; the reported association is with disorders such as Brugada syndrome. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [3] Chahal G, Tyagi S, Ramialison M. Navigating the non-coding genome in heart development and congenital heart disease. Differentiation. 2019;107:11–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2019.05.001. source
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Disruption of signalling pathways such as WNT, BMP, FGF, and retinoic acid pathways that converge towards the kernel can trigger the pathogenesis of CHD.
“Disruption of signalling pathways, such as WNT, BMP, FGF, and retinoic acid pathways, that converge towards a core sub-network (the kernel) can trigger the pathogenesis of CHD [2].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
The Cardiac Kernel section describes a core network essential to heart development, and Signal Gating of Enhancer Function links WNT, BMP, and FGF signaling effectors to cardiac transcription factors. The retrieved passages do not establish the same connection for retinoic acid or state that disruption of these four pathways triggers congenital heart disease. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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Of the 22 enhancers validated in vivo in Dickel et al., 4 were among the predicted enhancer set.
“Of the 22 enhancers validated in vivo in that study, 4 were among our predicted enhancer set.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [10] Dickel DE, Barozzi I, Zhu Y, Fukuda-Yuzawa Y, Osterwalder M, Mannion BJ, et al. Genome-wide compendium and functional assessment of in vivo heart enhancers. Nat Commun. 2016;7(1):12923. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12923. source
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Of the 35 putative mouse cardiac genes, 27 moderate- to high-quality Drosophila orthologs were found for 26 genes (two for mouse gene Ptov).
“Of the 35 putative mouse cardiac genes, 27 moderate- to high-quality Drosophila orthologs were found for 26 genes (two for mouse gene Ptov, using DIOPT, Fig. 5A) [39].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [39] Hu Y, Flockhart I, Vinayagam A, Bergwitz C, Berger B, Perrimon N, et al. An integrative approach to ortholog prediction for disease-focused and other functional studies. BMC Bioinformatics. 2011;12(1):357. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-12-357. source
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Atp2a2 is expressed in several tissues based on transcriptome data and in situ hybridization results of E14.5 mouse embryos.
“Yet, it is expressed in several tissues based on the transcriptome data (Fig. 3A) and in situ hybridization results of E14.5 mouse embryos [34] (Fig. 3C).”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [34] Bult CJ, Blake JA, Smith CL, Kadin JA, Richardson JE. Mouse Genome Database (MGD) 2019. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019;47(D1):D801–d806. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky1056. source
The Phenotype/Gene expression comparison matrix section describes a tool for viewing tissue-expression data, but its example concerns Pax3, not Atp2a2. Searches for Atp2a2, E14.5 embryos, and in situ hybridization found no passage in our copy reporting the cited expression result; the transcriptome finding is attributed to the citing paper’s Figure 3A, not clearly to this source. (LLM, conf=0.74)
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RpS24 and RpL14 are among a large number of genes encoding ribosomal proteins responsible for the dominant, haploinsufficient 'Minute' syndrome in Drosophila.
“Two of the novel cardiac GRN components discovered here, RpS24 and RpL14, are among a large number of genes that encode ribosomal proteins responsible for the dominant, haploinsufficient “Minute” syndrome in Drosophila [47].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [47] Marygold SJ, Roote J, Reuter G, Lambertsson A, Ashburner M, Millburn GH, et al. The ribosomal protein genes and Minute loci of Drosophila melanogaster. Genome Biol. 2007;8(10):R216. https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-10-r216. source
- Findingcitation
Sixty-three out of the 163 genes did not have a recorded annotation regarding a function in heart development or disease in PANTHER.
“Sixty-three out of the 163 genes did not have a recorded annotation regarding a function in heart development or disease in PANTHER [37] (Fig. 4, gray squares).”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [37] Mi H, Ebert D, Muruganujan A, Mills C, Albou LP, Mushayamaha T, et al. PANTHER version 16: a revised family classification, tree-based classification tool, enhancer regions and extensive API. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021;49(D1):D394–d403. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa1106. source
- Findingown data
Categories II and III showed enriched TFBSs of transcription factors known for a role in cardiac development (e.g., Srf, Smad4).
“Similarly, Categories II and III also showed enriched TFBSs of transcription factors that are known for a role in cardiac development (e.g., Srf, Smad4) (Fig. 2C, ii,iii) [26].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [26] Varshney A, Chahal G, Santos L, Stolper JS, Hallab JC, Nim HT, et al. Human cardiac transcription factor networks. In: Wolkenhauer O, editor. Systems Medicine: Integrative, Qualitative and Computational Approaches, vol. 2: Elsevier; 2020. p. 429–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.11597-1. source
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uCREs were emplaced in the vicinity of the TSS.
“In contrast, uCREs were emplaced in the vicinity of TSS (Fig. 2B, iv,iv’).”
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119/1559 (7.6%) genes with a heart-specific promoter only passed the high-expression criterion (Category II).
“Similarly, 119/1559 (7.6%) genes that had a heart-specific promoter only, passed that criterion (Category II genes, Fig. 2A, ii)”
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The pipeline retrieves 76% of known cardiac developmental genes.
“we retrieve 76% of the known cardiac developmental genes”
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Focusing on cardiac-specific CREs identified a regulatory signature common to many genes involved in heart development.
“Focussing on cardiac-specific CREs (cCREs), we identified a regulatory signature common to many genes involved in heart development.”
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41.5% (539) of these highly expressed cardiac genes were not associated with any cCRE but were associated with both promoters and enhancers present in all 4 tissues (uCREs, Category IV).
“A similar proportion (41.5%, 539) of these highly expressed cardiac genes were not associated with any cCRE but were associated with both promoters and enhancers that were present in all 4 tissues investigated (termed ubiquitous CREs (uCREs), Category IV genes, Fig. 2A, iv).”
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RNAi-mediated knockdown of conserved orthologs in Drosophila cardiac tissue shows that disrupting 71% of these genes leads to adult mortality.
“Functional validation of these novel cardiac genes by RNAi-mediated knockdown of the conserved orthologs in Drosophila cardiac tissue reveals that disrupting the activity of 71% of these genes leads to adult mortality.”
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The 219 Category III genes were regulated by 402 cardiac-specific enhancers.
“The 219 genes in Category III were regulated by 402 cardiac-specific enhancers.”
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Out of the top 8% (1299) highly expressed genes in the embryonic E14.5 murine heart, 38.6% (501) harbor a cardiac-specific CRE.
“In summary, out of the top 8% (1299) highly expressed genes in the embryonic E14.5 murine heart, 38.6% (501) harbor a cardiac-specific CRE (cCRE).”
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The 163 Category I genes were regulated by 275 cardiac-specific promoters and 459 cardiac-specific enhancers.
“The 163 genes in Category I were regulated by 275 and 459 cardiac-specific promoters and enhancers respectively.”
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The 119 Category II genes were regulated by 148 cardiac-specific promoters.
“The 119 genes in Category II were regulated by 148 cardiac-specific promoters.”
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RNA-sequencing of embryonic mouse hearts revealed thousands of genes expressed in the heart at any given developmental time point.
“RNA-sequencing of embryonic mouse hearts revealed that there are thousands of genes expressed in the heart at any given developmental time point.”
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The pipeline predicts 35 novel genes that previously had no known connectivity to heart development.
“predict 35 novel genes that previously had no known connectivity to heart development”
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Out of the 1311 genes, 163 (12.4%) passed the high-expression level criterion in the heart (Category I).
“Out of the 1311 genes that had one or more enhancers and promoters that are predicted to be specifically activated exclusively in the heart, 163 genes (12.4%) passed the high-expression level criterion in the heart (Category I genes, Fig. 2A, i).”
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The 539 Category IV genes were regulated by 806 promoters and 739 enhancers.
“Finally, the 539 genes in Category IV were regulated by 806 promoters and 739 enhancers.”
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219/3392 (6.5%) genes with a heart-specific enhancer only passed the high-expression criterion (Category III).
“and 219/3392 (6.5%) genes that had a heart-specific enhancer only, passed that criterion (Category III genes, Fig. 2A, iii).”
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A further 11 (25%) were found among genes identified to have either one heart-specific promoter or enhancer (Categories II and III).
“A further 11 (25%) were found among the genes identified to have either one heart-specific promoter or enhancer (Categories II and III)”
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No difference in overlap was observed for the remaining categories (II, III, and IV).
“Additionally, no difference in overlap was observed for the remaining categories (II, III, and IV) (Additional file 1: Fig S4Aii,iii,iv,B).”
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To date, 35 genes do not have any information associated with the heart (unknown expression, function or phenotype).
“Finally, to date, 35 genes do not have any information associated with the heart (unknown expression, function or phenotype) (Fig. 4, gray square, single blue border).”
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The overlap 108/2870 = 3.8% is significantly higher (p = 1.6e−59) than the expected overlap with random CREs.
“This overlap (108/2870 = 3.8%) is significantly higher (p = 1.6e−59) than the expected overlap (mean = 28.9, SD = 4.9) with 4450 randomly selected CREs as described above, based on 1000 Monte Carlo simulations without resampling.”
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108 enhancers overlap between the predicted set and the VISTA Cardiac Enhancer Browser set.
“We found 108 overlapping enhancers between these two sets.”
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The majority of the 163 Category I genes (78.5%) were connected in the STRING network.
“The majority of the genes (78.5%) were connected (Fig. 4A)”
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The strongest difference in overlap was between genes from Category I and genes in the CHD-cohort (11%), compared to the overlap between Category I and control cases (5%).
“We observed the strongest difference in overlap between genes from Category I and genes in the CHD-cohort (11%), compared to the overlap between genes from Category I and the control cases (5%) (Additional file 1: Fig S4Ai).”
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Overall, 71% of genes tested (17/24) were associated with reduced adult viability following gene knockdown in cardiac tissue.
“Overall, 71% of genes tested (17/24) were associated with reduced adult viability following gene knockdown in cardiac tissue.”
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26 out of 44 known CHD-causing genes (59%) were among genes identified with both a heart-specific enhancer and promoter (Category I).
“Strikingly, 26 out of the 44 known CHD-causing genes (59%) were among our genes identified with both a heart-specific enhancer and promoter (Category I).”
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The 11% overlap did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.057).
“However, that 11% overlap did not to reach statistical significance (p value = 0.057) (Additional file 1: Fig S4B).”
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Of the 163 genes identified by the signature, 35 genes did not have a known interaction.
“Interestingly, of the 163 genes that we identified by the signature, 35 genes did not have a known interaction (Fig. 4B).”
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F-Actin also marked the presence of macrophage-like cells in the damaged tissue (RpS24 and Rpn8).
“F-Actin also marked the presence of macrophage-like cells in the damaged tissue (RpS24 and Rpn8), and cardiac collagen was”
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Both Atp2a2 and Cbx5 loci were decorated with H3K4me3 marks at their promoter regions in all tissues.
“Both Atp2a2 and Cbx5 loci were decorated with H3K4me3 marks at their promoter regions in all tissues, which might account for their widespread expression.”
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70/153 (46%) of these genes are detectable in all tissues investigated.
“In fact, 70/153 (46%) of these genes are detectable in all tissues investigated.”
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The pipeline predicted a total of 1311 genes with cCRES.
“our pipeline has predicted a total of 1311 genes with cCRES”
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In vivo validation showed that a significant number of novel candidate genes are associated with developmental defects of the Drosophila heart in a loss-of-function context.
“In vivo validation has shown that a significant number of the novel candidate genes are associated with developmental defects of the Drosophila heart in a loss-of-function context”
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The overlap of 4/22 (18%) is statistically significant (p = 0.02) compared to the expected overlap with random CREs.
“This overlap (4/22 = 18%) is statistically significant (p = 0.02) when compared to the expected overlap (mean = 1.4, SD = 1.1) with 4450 random CREs selected from the raw H3K4me1 and H3K27ac data of mouse embryonic E14.5 heart (Table 1, ENCSR000CDL and ENCSR000CDK datasets), based on 1000 Monte Carlo simulations without resampling.”
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RNA-seq data for murine orthologs indicate that all three genes (RpL14, RpS24, Rpn8) are ubiquitously expressed across embryonic heart, brain, liver, and limb tissues.
“RNA-seq data for their murine orthologs indicate that all three genes are ubiquitously expressed across embryonic heart, brain, liver, and limb tissues (Additional file 1: Fig S5A).”
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All but 10 of the 163 Category I genes (153) could be matched across tissues.
“All but 10 of these genes (153) could be matched across tissues (see “Methods”).”
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A total of 1299 genes had FPKM_avg values above the 20 FPKM_avg threshold.
“A total of 1299 genes had FPKM_avg values above that threshold.”
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Only 7 (16%) were not captured by the pipeline as they were not associated with a cCRE.
“and only 7 (16%) were not captured by our pipeline as they were not associated with a cCRE.”
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Only 4 genes (Adprhl1, Cox8b, Ppp1r3c, and Unc45b) have limited or no evidence for a role in cardiogenesis or CHD.
“To date, only 4 genes (Adprhl1, Cox8b, Ppp1r3c, and Unc45b) have limited or no evidence for a role in cardiogenesis or CHD.”
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Only 17% of Category I genes (26/153) were exclusively expressed in the heart according to RNA-seq data.
“Only 17% of Category I genes (26/153) were exclusively expressed in the heart according to RNA-seq data (Fig. 3B) [15].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [15] ENCODE Project Consortium. An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome. Nature. 2012;489(7414):57–74. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11247. source
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Like other Category I genes, Rpl14, Rps24, and Psmd7 (Rpn8 ortholog) harbor 1 to 2 cardiac-specific promoters and a cardiac-specific enhancer each.
“Like other Category I genes, Rpl14, Rps24, and Psmd7 (Rpn8 ortholog) harbor 1 to 2 cardiac-specific promoters and a cardiac-specific enhancer each (Additional file 1: Fig S5B).”
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Category IV genes were enriched in housekeeping functions (e.g., GO:0006412 translation).
“while Category IV genes were enriched in “housekeeping” functions (e.g., GO:0006412: translation) (Fig. 2D).”
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Evidence has since emerged in the literature for six of these 63 genes to be involved in heart development or disease.
“Evidence has since emerged in the literature (Additional file 1: Table S2) for six of these 63 genes to be involved in heart development or disease (Fig. 4B, ii).”
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Conventional approaches largely overlook genes that are also expressed in other tissues beside the heart yet may be important for heart development.
“While fruitful, the conventional approaches largely overlook the genes that are also expressed in other tissues beside the heart, yet may be important for heart development [2].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
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- Premisecitation
Congenital heart disease is associated with alterations in the function of genes constituting the cardiac GRN.
“The functional attribute of the GRN in heart development is illustrated by the association of congenital heart disease (CHD) with alterations in the function of genes constituting the network [2, 4].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 2 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
Checked before — its earlier verdict is held back until a new check runs.
- cites [4] Blue GM, Kirk EP, Sholler GF, Harvey RP, Winlaw DS. Congenital heart disease: current knowledge about causes and inheritance. Med J Aust. 2012;197(3):155–9. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja12.10811. source
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- Interpretationreasoning
The conventional heart-specific expression approach would have discounted genes expressed widely in other tissues that may play critical roles in heart development.
“However, this approach would have discounted genes that are expressed widely in other tissues but may play critical roles in heart development.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Rests on an assumption: Conventional gene discovery for heart development relies on expression pattern profiling and validation by forward or reverse genetic approaches.
- Premisecitation
Systematic delineation of cardiac CREs in genes associated with heart development can be achieved by ChIP-seq using antibodies against cardiac-specific transcription factors.
“Systematic delineation of cardiac CREs in genes that are associated with heart development can be achieved by chromatin immunoprecipitation technique using antibodies against cardiac-specific transcription factors followed by deep sequencing (ChIP-seq)”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [7] Blow MJ, McCulley DJ, Li Z, Zhang T, Akiyama JA, Holt A, et al. ChIP-Seq identification of weakly conserved heart enhancers. Nat Genet. 2010;42(9):806–10. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.650. source
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- Interpretationreasoning
The workflow is amenable for identifying developmental and disease genes for an organ without constraining to genes expressed exclusively in the organ of interest.
“This workflow, which relies on screening for non-coding cis-regulatory signatures, is amenable for identifying developmental and disease genes for an organ without constraining to genes that are expressed exclusively in the organ of interest.”
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Loss-of-function of individual kernel TFs can disrupt heart development.
“Loss-of-function of individual kernel TFs can disrupt heart development [6]”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [6] Bruneau BG. The developmental genetics of congenital heart disease. Nature. 2008;451(7181):943–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06801. source
- Premisecitation
The kernel comprises several transcription factors such as NKX2-5, TBX5, and GATA4 that act as key regulators integrating cross-regulatory interactions and driving expression of TF-related target genes.
“the kernel comprises several transcription factors (TFs), such as NKX2-5, TBX5, and GATA4 [2], that act as key regulators serving to integrate cross-regulatory interactions and drive the expression of TF-related target genes.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
Checked before — its earlier verdict is held back until a new check runs.
- Interpretationown data
Functional analysis of orthologous genes in animal models revealed that some of these genes may be potential disease-causing genes for congenital cardiac diseases in humans.
“Functional analysis of the orthologous genes in animal models revealed that some of these genes may be potential disease-causing genes for congenital cardiac diseases in humans.”
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The pipeline has enabled the discovery of novel genes with roles in heart development.
“Our pipeline has enabled the discovery of novel genes with roles in heart development.”
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In the cardiac GRN, TFs regulate their downstream cardiac target genes via cis-regulatory elements such as enhancers and promoters.
“In the cardiac GRN, the TFs regulate their downstream cardiac target genes via cis-regulatory elements (CREs) such as enhancers and promoters [3].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [3] Chahal G, Tyagi S, Ramialison M. Navigating the non-coding genome in heart development and congenital heart disease. Differentiation. 2019;107:11–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2019.05.001. source
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- Interpretationown data
The cardiac-specific regulatory signature identified by the pipeline is a hallmark of genes in the cardiac GRN.
“These studies confirm that the cardiac-specific regulatory signature identified by our pipeline is a hallmark of genes in the cardiac GRN.”
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Crosses with the control line never produced mortality indices exceeding 10%.
“Crosses with the control line never produced mortality indices exceeding 10%.”
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The novelty of our pipeline is the demonstration that a cardiac-restricted regulation profile (e.g., cCRE) alone is a powerful entry point for predicting essential components of the GRN.
“The novelty of our pipeline resides in the demonstration that a cardiac-restricted regulation profile (e.g., cCRE) alone is a powerful entry point for predicting essential components of the GRN.”
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The pipeline can predict a substantial number of novel genes that could be integrated in the cardiac gene regulatory network.
“Hence, we postulate that our pipeline can predict a substantial number of novel genes that could be integrated in the cardiac gene regulatory network.”
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84% of genes known to be associated with a cardiac disease are associated with a cCRE.
“These data suggest that 84% of genes known to be associated with a cardiac disease are associated with a cCRE (details on GitHub [30]).”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [30] GitHub: cardiac network component predictor using cis-regulatory elements (CREs) [https://github.com/Ramialison-Lab/CardiacNetworkComponentPredictor]. Accessed 2021.
Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.
- Interpretationown data
The combinatorial presence of both cardiac-specific enhancers and promoters is a strong indicator for genes with cardiac-specific gene function, in health and disease.
“Taken together, these results suggest that the combinatorial presence of both cardiac-specific enhancers and promoters is a strong indicator for genes with cardiac-specific gene function, in health and disease.”
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Cbx5 might also play a specific role in heart development and disease.
“While Cbx5 has not been previously attributed a role in cardiogenesis, the sharing of cis-regulatory pattern with Atp2a2 suggests Cbx5 might also play a specific role in the heart development and disease.”
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We developed and implemented a bioinformatic pipeline to identify novel components of the cardiac gene regulatory network based on their cis-regulatory signatures.
“Here we report on the development and implementation of a bioinformatic pipeline seeking to identify novel components of the cardiac gene regulatory network based on their cis-regulatory signatures.”
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This pipeline could be applied to other genetic diseases and developmental disorders resulting from impaired organogenesis during development, such as congenital diseases of the lung and liver.
“Therefore, this pipeline could be applied to other genetic diseases and developmental disorders resulting from impaired organogenesis during development, such as congenital diseases of the lung and liver.”
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The novel candidate genes are strong candidates of disease-causing genes for CHD.
“indicating that they are strong candidates of disease-causing genes for CHD.”
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This provides further evidence for the power of the pipeline to discover candidate genes for heart development and disease.
“This provides further evidence for the power of our pipeline to discover candidate genes for heart development and disease.”
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This study reports an efficient pipeline for identifying novel genes implicated in heart development based on the regulatory element signature.
“This study reports an efficient pipeline for identifying novel genes implicated in heart development based on the regulatory element signature.”
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The bioinformatics pipeline has promising potential to identify genetic determinants that underlie heart diseases.
“which further highlights the promising potential of this bioinformatics pipeline to identify the genetic determinants that underlie heart diseases.”
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This study has shown promising potential to reveal crucial genetic elements that underlie CHD.
“Hence, this study has shown promising potential to reveal crucial genetic elements that underlie CHD.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim- Rests on an assumption: Rpn8/PSMD7 encodes a key regulatory component of the 26S ubiquitin proteosome complex and is not linked to human disease.
- Rests on an assumption: De novo mutations in Rpn5/PSMD12 cause Stankiewicz-Isidor syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong congenital cardiac malformation component.
- Rests on an assumption: RPL14 has not been linked to human disease.
- Interpretationown data
The majority of genes regulated by cCREs have transcriptional activity that is not restricted to the heart.
“This demonstrates that the majority of genes regulated by cCREs have transcriptional activity that is not restricted to the heart (Fig. 3B).”
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- It may state two separate claims as one. 37
Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
PremisecitationThe VISTA Cardiac Enhancer Browser contains 2870 cardiac enhancers.
“This database contains 2870 cardiac enhancers that were also obtained by computational prediction, with some having been functionally validated.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [28] Spurrell CH, Barozzi I, Mannion BJ, Blow MJ, Fukuda-Yuzawa Y, Afzal SY, Akiyama JA, Afzal V, Tran S, Plajzer-Frick I, et al. Genome-Wide Fetalization of Enhancer Architecture in Heart Disease. 2019. Preprint at https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/591362v1. source
In “Highly reproducible heart enhancer landscape in healthy individuals” (page unavailable), the paper says the VISTA Enhancer Browser contains 284 human and mouse loci with validated heart activity, not 2,870 cardiac enhancers. It describes those 284 as tested in transgenic mouse assays, rather than saying only some were functionally validated. (LLM, conf=0.90)
Checked by a reasoning model — may be wrong.
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PremisecitationA cardiac gene regulatory network regulates heart development from a simple tubular structure into a pump under electrophysiological control.
“a cardiac gene regulatory network (GRN) regulates the development of the heart from a simple tubular structure into a pump under electrophysiological control [2].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
Probably not a substantial claim. It may state two separate claims as one.
PremisecitationPromoters located close to the TSS are associated with core transcriptional functions, while distally located CREs are associated with tissue-specific functions.
“Promoters located close to the TSS are associated with core transcriptional functions [24], while distally located CREs are associated with tissue-specific functions [3].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim2 of 2 sources checked- cites [24] Haberle V, Stark A. Eukaryotic core promoters and the functional basis of transcription initiation. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2018;19(10):621–37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-018-0028-8. source
- cites [3] Chahal G, Tyagi S, Ramialison M. Navigating the non-coding genome in heart development and congenital heart disease. Differentiation. 2019;107:11–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2019.05.001. source
Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
PremisecitationMore than 100,000 putative cardiac CREs have been documented, characterized by H3K4me3, H3K4me1, and H3K27ac marks in embryonic and adult heart tissues of mouse and human.
“which has documented more than 100,000 putative cardiac CREs that are characterized by H3K4me3, H3K4me1, and H3K27ac marks in embryonic, adult heart tissues of mouse and human (NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium) [16, 17].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim2 of 2 sources checked- cites [16] Bernstein BE, Stamatoyannopoulos JA, Costello JF, Ren B, Milosavljevic A, Meissner A, et al. The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium. Nat Biotechnol. 2010;28(10):1045–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1010-1045. source
The 'Reference maps for major epigenomic features' section identifies H3K4me1 and H3K4me3 as marks selected for mapping, and the 'Prioritized cells and tissues' section discusses human fetal and adult tissues relevant to cardiovascular disease. The paper does not report documenting more than 100,000 cardiac CREs in mouse and human heart tissue, or characterize them using H3K27ac. (LLM, conf=0.83)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [17] Rivera CM, Ren B. Mapping human epigenomes. Cell. 2013;155(1):39–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.09.011. source
The 'Annotation of cis-Regulatory Elements from Chromatin Profiles' section describes histone marks used to identify regulatory elements, and the 'Dynamic Chromatin Landscapes During Human Development' section mentions putative enhancers studied in cardiac development (pages unavailable in our copy). Neither section documents more than 100,000 cardiac CREs or specifies embryonic and adult heart tissues from both mice and humans. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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PremisecitationThe origin of congenital heart disease is unknown in 80% of cases.
“the origin of CHD is unknown in 80% of the cases, suggesting that several determinants of heart disease, including genetic, are yet to be identified [3].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [3] Chahal G, Tyagi S, Ramialison M. Navigating the non-coding genome in heart development and congenital heart disease. Differentiation. 2019;107:11–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2019.05.001. source
The Introduction says the cause remained unknown for some familial CHD cohorts and that the majority of patients with familial CHD lack a genetic diagnosis. It does not say that the origin is unknown in 80% of all CHD cases; the cited figures concern familial cohorts, not all cases. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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PremisecitationThe Minute phenotype is characterized by developmental delay, impaired growth, poor fertility, and cardiac dysfunction.
“The Minute phenotype is characterized by developmental delay, impaired growth, poor fertility, and also cardiac dysfunction [48]”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [48] Casad ME, Abraham D, Kim IM, Frangakis S, Dong B, Lin N, et al. Cardiomyopathy is associated with ribosomal protein gene haplo-insufficiency in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 2011;189(3):861–70. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.111.131482. source
Probably not a substantial claim. It may state two separate claims as one.
PremisecitationDBA is a dominant Minute-like condition characterized by growth impairment, bone marrow failure, and congenital malformations with a high penetrance of CHD (~30%).
“a dominant Minute-like condition characterized by growth impairment, bone marrow failure, and congenital malformations with a high penetrance of CHD (~ 30%) [49, 50].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim1 of 2 sources checked- cites [49] Vlachos A, Blanc L, Lipton JM. Diamond Blackfan anemia: a model for the translational approach to understanding human disease. Expert Rev Hematol. 2014;7(3):359–72. https://doi.org/10.1586/17474086.2014.897923. source
- cites [50] Vlachos A, Osorio DS, Atsidaftos E, Kang J, Lababidi ML, Seiden HS, et al. Increased prevalence of congenital heart disease in children with diamond Blackfan anemia suggests unrecognized diamond Blackfan anemia as a cause of congenital heart disease in the general population: a report of the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2018;11(5):e002044. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.002044. source
The paper’s main text (page unavailable) describes DBA as a bone marrow failure syndrome with growth failure and birth defects, and says ribosomal-protein-associated DBA has autosomal dominant inheritance. It does not describe DBA as “Minute-like.” More importantly, its ~30% figure is the proportion of congenital anomalies that are CHD, not CHD penetrance among people with DBA; the registry reports CHD in 14.9% of DBA patients. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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PremisecitationSystematic cardiac gene regulatory networks were previously reported based on spatio-temporal datasets or integration of gene expression and gene regulation.
“Indeed, systematic cardiac GRNs were previously reported, based on either spatio-temporal datasets [44, 45] or integration of layers of gene expression and gene regulation [46].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim3 of 3 sources checked- cites [44] Herrmann F, Groß A, Zhou D, Kestler HA, Kühl M. A boolean model of the cardiac gene regulatory network determining first and second heart field identity. PLoS One. 2012;7(10):e46798. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046798. source
- cites [45] Bazil JN, Stamm KD, Li X, Thiagarajan R, Nelson TJ, Tomita-Mitchell A, et al. The inferred cardiogenic gene regulatory network in the mammalian heart. PLoS One. 2014;9(6):e100842. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100842. source
The Introduction and Materials and Methods describe a systematic cardiogenic gene regulatory network inferred from developing-mouse-heart expression data. The method combines expression-based network inference with gene-ontology similarity, not with a separate layer of gene-regulation data, so the specific description of what was integrated is not supported. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [46] Gong W, Koyano-Nakagawa N, Li T, Garry DJ. Inferring dynamic gene regulatory networks in cardiac differentiation through the integration of multi-dimensional data. BMC Bioinformatics. 2015;16(1):74. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-015-0460-0. source
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InterpretationcitationThe identified modules recapitulate known modules of the cardiac GRN: the heart development node corresponds to the known kernel of cardiac transcription factors, and other modules correspond to known downstream gene batteries.
“These modules recapitulate known modules of the cardiac GRN: the “heart development” node corresponds to the known kernel of cardiac transcription factors [2]. Other modules such as “muscle gene battery,” “angiogenesis,” “cell cycle and cytoskeleton,” and “mitochondrial genes” modules correspond to known downstream gene batteries of the cardiac GRN [3].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim2 of 2 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
- cites [3] Chahal G, Tyagi S, Ramialison M. Navigating the non-coding genome in heart development and congenital heart disease. Differentiation. 2019;107:11–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2019.05.001. source
It may state two separate claims as one.
FindingcitationAvailable information in the MGI database indicates that for some of these genes, their knock-out results in heart defects or they are expressed in the heart.
“However, available information in the MGI database [32, 34, 36] indicates that for some of these genes, their knock-out results in heart defects (Fig. 4, red border) or they are expressed in the heart (Fig. 4, double-line border).”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim2 of 3 sources checked- cites [32] Smith CM, Finger JH, Hayamizu TF, McCright IJ, Xu J, Berghout J, et al. The mouse Gene Expression Database (GXD): 2014 update. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014;42(D1):D818–24. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkt954. source
The Introduction and the section on new search forms describe GXD as part of MGI and explain that users can search gene-expression data by anatomy and genes associated with phenotypes (page numbers unavailable). The paper does not identify the genes in the citing sentence or report that their knockouts cause heart defects or that they are expressed in the heart. (LLM, conf=0.82)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [34] Bult CJ, Blake JA, Smith CL, Kadin JA, Richardson JE. Mouse Genome Database (MGD) 2019. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019;47(D1):D801–d806. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky1056. source
The Introduction describes MGD as a source of genotype-to-phenotype annotations, and the Phenotype/Gene expression comparison matrix section says it displays tissues where genes are expressed and where mutations cause abnormal phenotypes. Neither passage identifies the citing paper’s genes or establishes that their knockouts cause heart defects or that they are expressed in the heart. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [36] Eppig JT, Blake JA, Bult CJ, Richardson JE, Kadin JA, Ringwald M. Mouse genome informatics (MGI) resources for pathology and toxicology. Toxicol Pathol. 2007;35(3):456–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/01926230701310536. source
Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
PremisecitationRPL14 produces a dominant 'Minute-like' phenotype in a vertebrate model.
“RPL14 is yet to be linked to human disease, but is also known to produce a dominant “Minute-like” phenotype in a vertebrate model [51].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim1 of 1 sources checked- cites [51] Lai K, Amsterdam A, Farrington S, Bronson RT, Hopkins N, Lees JA. Many ribosomal protein mutations are associated with growth impairment and tumor predisposition in zebrafish. Dev Dyn. 2009;238(1):76–85. https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.21815. source
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InterpretationcitationGiven that ENCODE, Epigenetics Roadmap, and FANTOM consortia contain comprehensive datasets for a multitude of tissues and cell types at different developmental stages, it would be feasible to mine the datasets using this pipeline for other time points or tissues of interest.
“Finally, while our pipeline was run with the goal to identify cardiac genes, given that the ENCODE [15], Epigenetics Roadmap [16], and FANTOM [52] consortia contain comprehensive datasets for a multitude of tissues and cell types at different developmental stages, it would be feasible to mine the datasets using this pipeline for other time points or tissues of interest.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim3 of 3 sources checked- cites [15] ENCODE Project Consortium. An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome. Nature. 2012;489(7414):57–74. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11247. source
Split into 2 atoms — 0 confirmed, 2 partially supported, 0 disputed, 0 misattributed, 0 unverifiable. Expand the claim to see per-atom verdicts.
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [16] Bernstein BE, Stamatoyannopoulos JA, Costello JF, Ren B, Milosavljevic A, Meissner A, et al. The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium. Nat Biotechnol. 2010;28(10):1045–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1010-1045. source
- cites [52] Forrest AR, Kawaji H, Rehli M, Baillie JK, de Hoon MJ, Haberle V, et al. A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas. Nature. 2014;507(7493):462–70. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13182. source
It may state two separate claims as one.
Interpretationown dataThis hit rate is well above the reported hit rate (10%) of a genome-wide cardiac RNAi screen and comparable to the 53% of a targeted approach based on sequence information of CHD patients.
“This is well above the reported hit rate (10%) of a genome-wide cardiac RNAi screen [43] and is comparable to the 53% of a targeted approach based on sequence information of CHD patients [42].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim2 of 2 sources checked- cites [43] Neely GG, Kuba K, Cammarato A, Isobe K, Amann S, Zhang L, et al. A global in vivo Drosophila RNAi screen identifies NOT3 as a conserved regulator of heart function. Cell. 2010;141(1):142–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2010.02.023. source
The Results report that approximately 10% of 80 randomly selected RNAi lines in a prescreen began to die at increased temperature. The paper did conduct a genome-wide cardiac RNAi screen, but the cited 10% figure describes the prescreen, not a reported hit rate for the genome-wide screen. The 53% figure is attributed to a different citation and is not assessed here. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measured - cites [42] Zhu J-y FY, Nettleton M, Richman A, Han Z. High throughput in vivo functional validation of candidate congenital heart disease genes in Drosophila. eLife. 2017;6:e22617. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22617. source
It may state two separate claims as one.
Findingown dataEach gene was typically associated with 1 or 2 CREs and the number of associated CREs per gene was consistent across all categories.
“Overall, each gene was typically associated with 1 or 2 CREs and the number of associated CREs per gene was consistent across all categories (Additional file 1: Fig S3).”
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Findingown dataRpL14, RpS24, and Rpn8 are associated with heart phenotypes.
“Among these genes, RpL14, RpS24, and Rpn8 are associated with heart phenotypes.”
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Findingown datacCREs of categories I, II, and III were mostly located further away from the TSS, >5 kb upstream for cardiac promoters, and >5 kb upstream and downstream for cardiac enhancers.
“cCREs of categories I, II, and III were mostly located further away from the TSS, > 5 kb upstream for cardiac promoters (Fig. 2B, i,ii), and > 5 kb upstream and downstream for cardiac enhancers (Fig. 2B, i’,iii).”
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Findingown dataThe authors retrieved 137 human genes implicated in cardiac diseases, 44 of which have a mouse ortholog expressed at E14.5.
“We retrieved 137 human genes implicated in cardiac diseases, 44 of which have a mouse ortholog expressed at E14.5.”
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FindingcitationTwenty-three of these orthologs were known to be expressed in fly cardiac tissue, while the expression of three of the remaining four has not been reported.
“Twenty-three of these were known to be expressed in fly cardiac tissue [15], while the expression of three of the remaining four has not been reported (Fig. 5A).”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [15] ENCODE Project Consortium. An integrated encyclopedia of DNA elements in the human genome. Nature. 2012;489(7414):57–74. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11247. source
It may state two separate claims as one.
Findingown dataOut of the 153 matched genes, 92 were also detectably expressed in the brain, 108 in the limb, and 99 in the liver.
“Out of these, 92 were also detectably expressed in the brain, 108 in the limb, and 99 in the liver (Fig. 3A).”
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Findingown dataStaining for F-Actin and anti-Pericardin revealed defects including partially open heart tubes (RpL14 and Rpn8), and heart atrophy (RpS24).
“Staining for F-Actin (to label heart tube filaments) and anti-Pericardin (cardiac collagen) revealed defects including partially open heart tubes (RpL14 and Rpn8), and heart atrophy (RpS24, Fig. 6D).”
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Findingown dataGenes associated with either one cardiac-specific promoter (Category II) or one enhancer (Category III) retained enrichment with muscle function while also displaying enrichment in generic functions.
“Genes associated with either one cardiac-specific promoter (Category II) or one enhancer (Category III) retained an enrichment with muscle function (e.g., GO:0003012: muscle system process), while also displaying an enrichment in generic functions (e.g., GO:0006091: generation of precursor metabolites and energy, which is also shared with Category IV) (Fig. 2D).”
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Findingown dataRpL14 and RpS24 knockdown larvae have diminished pericardial cell size, and Rpn8 knockdown larvae have cell size variability.
“Note the diminished pericardial cell size in RpL14 and RpS24 knockdown larvae and cell size variability in Rpn8 knockdown larvae”
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Findingown dataCardiac knockdown of RpL14, RpS24, or Rpn8 in third instar larvae displayed partial or complete heart tube atrophy and infiltration of cells likely macrophages.
“Knockdowns displayed partial (RpL14, Rpn8, arrowed) or complete heart tube atrophy (RpS24) and infiltration of cells (likely macrophages, asterisks).”
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Findingown dataCardiac RNAi against RpL14, RpS24, and Rpn8 does not affect embryo hatching rates nor first instar heart rates relative to sibling controls.
“Cardiac RNAi against RpL14, RpS24, and Rpn8 does not affect embryo hatching rates (A) nor first instar heart rates (B) relative to sibling controls. ns, not significant.”
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Findingown dataNewly hatched larvae showed a normal organization and size of pericardial cells of the heart tube and an unaffected heartbeat.
“Newly hatched larvae showed a normal organization and size of pericardial cells of the heart tube and an unaffected heartbeat (Fig. 6B; RpL14: p = 0.659; RpS24: p = 0.058; Rpn8: p = 0.919).”
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Findingown dataCardiac collagen was thickened and often broken in RpS24 knockdown, thinner and sparser in RpL14 knockdown, and relatively normal in Rpn8 knockdown.
“cardiac collagen was thickened and often broken (RpS24), thinner and sparser (RpL14), and relatively normal (Rpn8).”
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Findingown dataRNAi-expressing embryos hatched into larvae at similar proportions to their controls, indicating that mortality occurred during the post-embryonic stages.
“RNAi-expressing embryos hatched into larvae at similar proportions to their controls, indicating that mortality occurred during the post-embryonic stages (Fig. 6A).”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claimProbably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
Findingown dataA total of 153 genes could be mapped across the four tissue samples (limb, liver, brain, heart).
“A total of 153 genes could be mapped across the 4 tissue samples.”
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Findingown dataRNAi-knockdown of RpS24, RpL14, and Rpn8 led to complete or partly penetrant adult mortality and variably reduced viability for 14 other orthologs.
“RNAi-knockdown of RpS24, RpL14, and Rpn8 (ortholog for the mouse Psmd7 gene) led to complete or partly penetrant adult mortality and variably reduced viability for 14 other orthologs (Fig. 5).”
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Findingown dataPpp1r3c shows regionalized cardiac expression by in situ hybridization in murine heart section at E14.5, but also displays weaker expression in other tissues.
“Ppp1r3c, for instance, shows regionalized cardiac expression by in situ hybridization in murine heart section at E14.5 (Fig. 3E), but it also displays weaker expression in other tissues (not observed in the cross-tissue RNA-seq data (Fig. 3A), likely owing to the presence of both a uCRE and a cCRE at its promoter region (Fig. 3E).”
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Findingown dataCloser inspection revealed strongly reduced pericardial cell size, with Rpn8 knockdown larvae also showing inconsistently sized cells.
“Closer inspection revealed strongly reduced pericardial cell size, with Rpn8 knockdown larvae also showing inconsistently sized cells (Fig. 6C).”
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Findingown data48 h later at the third instar stage, the hearts of these larvae had ceased contracting and the cardiac cells were often absent.
“However, 48 h later at the third instar stage, the hearts of these larvae had ceased contracting and the cardiac cells were often absent.”
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FindingcitationCbx5 is highly expressed in all four tissues and is widely expressed in E14.5 embryo.
“Similarly, Cbx5 is also highly expressed in all four tissues (Fig. 3A) and is widely expressed in E14.5 embryo [34] (Fig. 3D).”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [34] Bult CJ, Blake JA, Smith CL, Kadin JA, Richardson JE. Mouse Genome Database (MGD) 2019. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019;47(D1):D801–d806. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gky1056. source
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Findingown dataCategory I genes were most enriched in cardiac and muscle development categories, with the top enriched term being GO:0007507 heart development.
“We found that Category I genes were most enriched in cardiac and muscle development categories (e.g., the top enriched term was GO:0007507: heart development) (Fig. 2D)”
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FindingcitationThe majority of these exclusively heart-expressed genes (22/26) have been shown to be involved in heart development and disease and include known cardiac GRN components such as Nkx2-5, Myh6, Myl2, Myl4, and Nppb.
“The majority of these genes (22/26) have been shown to be involved in heart development and disease and includes well-known cardiac GRN components such as Nkx2-5 (Fig. 3A), Myh6, Myl2, Myl4, and Nppb [2].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [2] Waardenberg AJ, Ramialison M, Bouveret R, Harvey RP. Genetic networks governing heart development. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2014;4(11). https://doi.org/10.1101/cshperspect.a013839. source
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Findingown dataIn RpS24 knockdown, Pericardin is thickened with visible breaks; in RpL14 knockdown, collagen appears thin and less dense.
“Pericardin is thickened and breaks are visible for RpS24 (arrowhead), while for RpL14 collagen appears thin and less dense.”
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FindingcitationIn total, 17,052 genes had detectable expression (FPKM_avg > 0) in the mouse embryonic heart at E14.5.
“In total, 17,052 genes had detectable expression (FPKM_avg > 0) [30].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [30] GitHub: cardiac network component predictor using cis-regulatory elements (CREs) [https://github.com/Ramialison-Lab/CardiacNetworkComponentPredictor]. Accessed 2021.
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Findingown dataThird instar larvae with cardiac knockdown of RpL14, RpS24, or Rpn8 had no heartbeat.
“These larvae had no heartbeat.”
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InterpretationreasoningThe pipeline is readily applicable to other organs to identify novel GRN components.
“This pipeline is readily applicable to other organs to identify novel GRN components.”
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Interpretationown dataPredicted cardiac cCREs, in particular those associated with Category I genes, are able to deliver cardiac-specific functions, in contrast to uCREs that would drive non-tissue-specific functions.
“Altogether, these results support that our predicted cardiac cCREs, in particular those associated with Category I genes, are able to deliver cardiac-specific functions, in contrast to uCREs that would drive non-tissue-specific functions.”
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Interpretationown dataThe pipeline complements the conventional approach and allows the identification of novel heart development genes that are not expressed specifically in the heart.
“Together, our results support that this pipeline complements the conventional approach and allows the identification of novel heart development genes that are not expressed specifically in the heart.”
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Interpretationown dataRpL14, RpS24, and Rpn8 are essential for pericardial cell function and cardiac integrity.
“These phenotypes suggest that RpL14, RpS24, and Rpn8 are essential for pericardial cell function and cardiac integrity.”
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InterpretationreasoningThe fly heart is disproportionately sensitive to reduced ribosomal function, likely explaining the severe phenotypes observed upon RNAi knockdown.
“suggesting that the fly heart is disproportionately sensitive to reduced ribosomal function; likely why we observed such severe phenotypes upon RNAi knockdown.”
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PremisecitationAtp2a2 is involved in the regulation of cardiac muscle contraction and is regulated by the cardiac TF TBX5.
“For example, Atp2a2 is a gene involved in the regulation of cardiac muscle contraction and is regulated by the cardiac TF TBX5 [33].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [33] Zhu Y, Gramolini AO, Walsh MA, Zhou YQ, Slorach C, Friedberg MK, et al. Tbx5-dependent pathway regulating diastolic function in congenital heart disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008;105(14):5519–24. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0801779105. source
Probably not a substantial claim. The paper’s conclusions may not depend on it.
PremisecitationMutations in human ribosomal proteins, including RPS24, cause Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA).
“mutations in human ribosomal proteins (including RPS24) cause Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA, RPS24 is DBA3 MIM:610629)”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 2 sources checked- cites [49] Vlachos A, Blanc L, Lipton JM. Diamond Blackfan anemia: a model for the translational approach to understanding human disease. Expert Rev Hematol. 2014;7(3):359–72. https://doi.org/10.1586/17474086.2014.897923. source
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Interpretationnone givenThe approach capitalizes on the ever-growing wealth of gene regulatory information available in public repositories.
“This approach capitalizes on the ever-growing wealth of gene regulatory information available in public repositories.”
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Interpretationown dataOur approach is effective and highly complementary to existing approaches that rely on gene expression.
“We present evidence demonstrating that our approach is both effective and highly complementary to existing approaches that rely on gene expression.”
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Study design and conductown dataThree genes (CG5885, CG8004, and Oststt3) were not tested due to unavailability of RNAi lines.
“Three genes (CG5885, CG8004, and Oststt3) were not tested due to unavailability of RNAi lines.”
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Interpretationown dataBoth Atp2a2 and Cbx5 harbor a cCRE adjacent to the ubiquitous H3K4me3 mark, suggesting they are subjected to cardiac-specific regulation.
“However, both genes also harbor a cCRE adjacent to the ubiquitous H3K4me3 mark (Fig. 3C, D), suggesting that they are subjected to cardiac-specific regulation.”
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Interpretationown dataThe novel genes identified by the pipeline do not display a cardiac-restricted/specific expression profile and would be overlooked in gene discovery pipelines based on heart-specific gene expression.
“As these genes do not display a cardiac-restricted/specific expression profile, they would be overlooked in gene discovery pipelines based on knowledge of heart-specific gene expression.”
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Conventional gene discovery for heart development relies on expression pattern profiling and validation by forward or reverse genetic approaches.
“Identifying genes for heart development conventionally relies on expression pattern profiling, and validation by forward or reverse genetic approaches.”
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Rpn8/PSMD7 encodes a key regulatory component of the 26S ubiquitin proteosome complex and is not linked to human disease.
“Rpn8/PSMD7, which encodes a key regulatory component of the 26S ubiquitin proteosome complex, is also not linked to human disease.”
The paper relies on this without support.
De novo mutations in Rpn5/PSMD12 cause Stankiewicz-Isidor syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong congenital cardiac malformation component.
“Notably however, de novo mutations in an interacting subunit, Rpn5/PSMD12, causes Stankiewicz-Isidor syndrome; a recently discovered neurodevelopmental disorder with a strong congenital cardiac malformation component.”
The paper relies on this without support.
RPL14 has not been linked to human disease.
“RPL14 is yet to be linked to human disease, but is also known to produce a dominant “Minute-like” phenotype in a vertebrate model [51].”
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Methods identify a different histone mark for enhancers
MinorThe Results say enhancers were identified by overlapping H3K4me1 and H3K27ac marks, but the Methods specify H3K4me3 and H3K27ac. These describe different inputs for the same enhancer-identification step.
“enhancers characterized by overlaying H3K4me1 and H3K27ac histone modification marks [20]”
“Organ-specific promoters and enhancers were obtained via localization of H3K4me3 and H3K4me3/H3K27ac marks from datasets downloaded from ENCODE [15], respectively”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nim, H. T., Dang, L., Thiyagarajah, H., Bakopoulos, D., See, M., Charitakis, N., Sibbritt, T., Eichenlaub, M. P., Archer, S. K., Fossat, N., Burke, R. E., Tam, P. P. L., Warr, C. G., Johnson, T. K., & Ramialison, M.
- Affiliations
- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Nim, Hieu T.
- Dang, Louis
- Thiyagarajah, Harshini
- Bakopoulos, Daniel
- See, Michael
- Charitakis, Natalie
- Sibbritt, Tennille
- Eichenlaub, Michael P.
- Archer, Stuart K.
- Fossat, Nicolas
- Burke, Richard E.
- Tam, Patrick P. L.
- Warr, Coral G.
- Johnson, Travis K.
- Ramialison, Mirana
- ORCID
- Venue
- Genome Biology
- Published
- 2021-12
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 335-335
- ISSN
- 1465-6906 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-760X
- PMC
- PMC8672579
- OpenAlex
- W4200244660
- Semantic Scholar
- 91eabbb50e371bdb2d8a3e7eae5b25ee7e82c26d
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
- 2025: 6 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4
- FWCI
- 0.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Genome biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Australian Research Council (DP140101067, DP160100933)
- National Health and Medical Research Council (1049980, 1182330, 1180905)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Congenital heart defects research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
- Keywords
- heart development, congenital heart disease, cis-regulatory elements, candidate genes, Drosophila heart, RNAi knockdown, RPL14, RPS24, ribosomal protein genes
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Drosophila, Genetic Testing, Heart, Heart Defects, Congenital, Ribosomal Proteins, Genome, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Computational Biology, Genomics, RNA Interference, Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional
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