Ordered chromatin changes and human X chromosome reactivation by cell fusion-mediated pluripotent reprogramming

Reactivation of the inactive X chromosome (Xi) has modelled epigenetic reprogramming in mouse. Here, by using cell fusion between human female fibroblasts and mouse embryonic stem cells, the authors show a complex hierarchy of epigenetic changes that are required to reactivate the genes on the human...

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Main Authors: Irene Cantone, Hakan Bagci, Dirk Dormann, Gopuraja Dharmalingam, Tatyana Nesterova, Neil Brockdorff, Claire Rougeulle, Celine Vallot, Edith Heard, Ronan Chaligne, Matthias Merkenschlager, Amanda G. Fisher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12354
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Summary:Reactivation of the inactive X chromosome (Xi) has modelled epigenetic reprogramming in mouse. Here, by using cell fusion between human female fibroblasts and mouse embryonic stem cells, the authors show a complex hierarchy of epigenetic changes that are required to reactivate the genes on the human Xi chromosome.
ISSN:2041-1723