2024 Journal Article The activity of early-life gene regulatory elements is hijacked in aging through pervasive AP-1-linked chromatin openingPatrick, Ralph, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Deshpande, Nikita, Huang, Yifei, Zhang, Jingyu, Chen, Xiaoli, Yang, Ying, Tiwari, Kanupriya, Esmaeili, Mohammadhossein, Tran, Minh, Mohamed, Amin R., Wang, Binxu, Xia, Di, Ma, Jun, Bayliss, Jacqueline, Wong, Kahlia, Hun, Michael L., Sun, Xuan, Cao, Benjamin, Cottle, Denny L., Catterall, Tara, Barzilai-Tutsch, Hila, Troskie, Robin-Lee, Chen, Zhian, Wise, Andrea F., Saini, Sheetal, Soe, Ye Mon, Kumari, Snehlata, Sweet, Matthew J. ... Nefzger, Christian M. (2024). The activity of early-life gene regulatory elements is hijacked in aging through pervasive AP-1-linked chromatin opening. Cell Metabolism, 36 (8), 1858-1881.e23. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.06.006 |
2024 Journal Article Superior induced pluripotent stem cell generation through Phactr-3-driven mechano-modulation of both early and late phases of cell reprogrammingChowdhury, Mohammad Mahfuz, Zimmerman, Samuel, Leeson, Hannah, Nefzger, Christian Maximilian, Mar, Jessica Cara, Laslett, Andrew, Polo, Jose Maria, Wolvetang, Ernst and Cooper-White, Justin (2024). Superior induced pluripotent stem cell generation through Phactr-3-driven mechano-modulation of both early and late phases of cell reprogramming. Biomaterials Research, 28 0025, 0025. doi: 10.34133/bmr.0025 |
2024 Journal Article Wnt dose escalation during the exit from pluripotency identifies tranilast as a regulator of cardiac mesodermWu, Zhixuan, Shen, Sophie, Mizikovsky, Dalia, Cao, Yuanzhao, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Tan, Siew Zhuan, Alvarez, Yanina D., Sun, Yuliangzi, Chen, Xiaoli, Zhao, Qiongyi, Kim, Daniel, Yang, Pengyi, Hill, Timothy A., Jones, Alun, Fairlie, David P., Pébay, Alice, Hewitt, Alex W., Tam, Patrick P.L., White, Melanie D., Nefzger, Christian M. and Palpant, Nathan J. (2024). Wnt dose escalation during the exit from pluripotency identifies tranilast as a regulator of cardiac mesoderm. Developmental Cell, 59 (6), 705-722.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.01.019 |
2023 Journal Article Transient naive reprogramming corrects hiPS cells functionally and epigeneticallyBuckberry, Sam, Liu, Xiaodong, Poppe, Daniel, Tan, Jia Ping, Sun, Guizhi, Chen, Joseph, Nguyen, Trung Viet, de Mendoza, Alex, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Frazer, Thomas, Vargas-Landín, Dulce B., Paynter, Jacob M., Smits, Nathan, Liu, Ning, Ouyang, John F., Rossello, Fernando J., Chy, Hun S., Rackham, Owen J. L., Laslett, Andrew L., Breen, James, Faulkner, Geoffrey J., Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M. and Lister, Ryan (2023). Transient naive reprogramming corrects hiPS cells functionally and epigenetically. Nature, 620 (7975), 863-872. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06424-7 |
2023 Journal Article Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion releaseLabzin, Larisa I., Chew, Keng Yih, Eschke, Kathrin, Wang, Xiaohui, Esposito, Tyron, Stocks, Claudia J., Rae, James, Patrick, Ralph, Mostafavi, Helen, Hill, Brittany, Yordanov, Teodor E., Holley, Caroline L., Emming, Stefan, Fritzlar, Svenja, Mordant, Francesca L., Steinfort, Daniel P., Subbarao, Kanta, Nefzger, Christian M., Lagendijk, Anne K., Gordon, Emma J., Parton, Robert G., Short, Kirsty R., Londrigan, Sarah L. and Schroder, Kate (2023). Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release. Science Signaling, 16 (782) eabq1366, eabq1366. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abq1366 |
2023 Journal Article High ploidy large cytoplasmic megakaryocytes are hematopoietic stem cells regulators and essential for platelet productionHeazlewood, Shen Y., Ahmad, Tanveer, Cao, Benjamin, Cao, Huimin, Domingues, Melanie, Sun, Xuan, Heazlewood, Chad K., Li, Songhui, Williams, Brenda, Fulton, Madeline, White, Jacinta F., Nebl, Tom, Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M., Kile, Benjamin T., Kraus, Felix, Ryan, Michael T., Sun, Yu B., Choong, Peter F. M., Ellis, Sarah L., Anko, Minna-Liisa and Nilsson, Susan K. (2023). High ploidy large cytoplasmic megakaryocytes are hematopoietic stem cells regulators and essential for platelet production. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 2099, 1-18. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37780-7 |
2022 Journal Article Retrotransposon instability dominates the acquired mutation landscape of mouse induced pluripotent stem cellsGerdes, Patricia, Lim, Sue Mei, Ewing, Adam D., Larcombe, Michael R., Chan, Dorothy, Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Walker, Lucinda, Carleton, Alexander L., James, Cini, Knaupp, Anja S., Carreira, Patricia E., Nefzger, Christian M., Lister, Ryan, Richardson, Sandra R., Polo, Jose M. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2022). Retrotransposon instability dominates the acquired mutation landscape of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 7470, 1-18. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35180-x |
Featured 2022 Journal Article Organization of gene programs revealed by unsupervised analysis of diverse gene–trait associationsMizikovsky, Dalia, Naval Sanchez, Marina, Nefzger, Christian M, Cuellar Partida, Gabriel and Palpant, Nathan J (2022). Organization of gene programs revealed by unsupervised analysis of diverse gene–trait associations. Nucleic Acids Research, 50 (15) e87, 1-12. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkac413 |
2022 Journal Article Benchmarking of ATAC Sequencing Data From BGI’s Low-Cost DNBSEQ-G400 Instrument for Identification of Open and Occupied Chromatin RegionsNaval-Sanchez, Marina, Deshpande, Nikita, Tran, Minh, Zhang, Jingyu, Alhomrani, Majid, Alsanie, Walaa, Nguyen, Quan and Nefzger, Christian M. (2022). Benchmarking of ATAC Sequencing Data From BGI’s Low-Cost DNBSEQ-G400 Instrument for Identification of Open and Occupied Chromatin Regions. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 9 900323, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.900323 |
2022 Journal Article Intestinal stem cell aging signature reveals a reprogramming strategy to enhance regenerative potentialNefzger, Christian M., Jardé, Thierry, Srivastava, Akanksha, Schroeder, Jan, Rossello, Fernando J., Horvay, Katja, Prasko, Mirsada, Paynter, Jacob M., Chen, Joseph, Weng, Chen-Fang, Sun, Yu B. Y., Liu, Xiaodong, Chan, Eva, Deshpande, Nikita, Chen, Xiaoli, Li, Y. Jinhua, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Engel, Rebekah M., Knaupp, Anja S., Tsyganov, Kirill, Nilsson, Susan K., Lister, Ryan, Rackham, Owen J. L., Abud, Helen E. and Polo, Jose M. (2022). Intestinal stem cell aging signature reveals a reprogramming strategy to enhance regenerative potential. npj Regenerative Medicine, 7 (1) 31, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41536-022-00226-7 |
2022 Journal Article Temporal perturbation of histone deacetylase activity reveals a requirement for HDAC1–3 in mesendoderm cell differentiationSinniah, Enakshi, Wu, Zhixuan, Shen, Sophie, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Chen, Xiaoli, Lim, Junxian, Helfer, Abbigail, Iyer, Abishek, Tng, Jiahui, Lucke, Andrew J., Reid, Robert C., Redd, Meredith A., Nefzger, Christian M., Fairlie, David P. and Palpant, Nathan J. (2022). Temporal perturbation of histone deacetylase activity reveals a requirement for HDAC1–3 in mesendoderm cell differentiation. Cell Reports, 39 (7) 110818, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110818 |
2022 Journal Article BAF complex-mediated chromatin relaxation is required for establishment of X chromosome inactivationKeniry, Andrew, Jansz, Natasha, Gearing, Linden J., Wanigasuriya, Iromi, Chen, Joseph, Nefzger, Christian M., Hickey, Peter F., Gouil, Quentin, Liu, Joy, Breslin, Kelsey A., Iminitoff, Megan, Beck, Tamara, Tapia del Fierro, Andres, Whitehead, Lachlan, Jarratt, Andrew, Kinkel, Sarah A., Taberlay, Phillippa C., Willson, Tracy, Pakusch, Miha, Ritchie, Matthew E., Hilton, Douglas J., Polo, Jose M. and Blewitt, Marnie E. (2022). BAF complex-mediated chromatin relaxation is required for establishment of X chromosome inactivation. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 1658, 1658. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-29333-1 |
2022 Journal Article Breaking constraint of mammalian axial formulaeHauswirth, Gabriel M., Garside, Victoria C., Wong, Lisa S. F., Bildsoe, Heidi, Manent, Jan, Chang, Yi-Cheng, Nefzger, Christian M., Firas, Jaber, Chen, Joseph, Rossello, Fernando J., Polo, Jose M. and McGlinn, Edwina (2022). Breaking constraint of mammalian axial formulae. Nature Communications, 13 (1) 243, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27335-z |
2021 Journal Article Interplay between the EMT transcription factors ZEB1 and ZEB2 regulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell differentiation and hematopoietic lineage fidelityWang, Jueqiong, Farkas, Carlos, Benyoucef, Aissa, Carmichael, Catherine, Haigh, Katharina, Wong, Nick, Huylebroeck, Danny, Stemmler, Marc P., Brabletz, Simone, Brabletz, Thomas, Nefzger, Christian M., Goossens, Steven, Berx, Geert, Polo, Jose M. and Haigh, Jody J. (2021). Interplay between the EMT transcription factors ZEB1 and ZEB2 regulates hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell differentiation and hematopoietic lineage fidelity. PLoS Biology, 19 (9) e3001394, 1-33. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001394 |
2021 Journal Article Bone marrow regulatory T cells are a unique population, supported by niche-specific cytokines and plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and required for chronic graft-versus-host disease controlNicholls, Jemma, Cao, Benjamin, Le Texier, Laetitia, Xiong, Laura Yan, Hunter, Christopher R., Llanes, Genesis, Aguliar, Ethan G., Schroder, Wayne A., Phipps, Simon, Lynch, Jason P., Cao, Huimin, Heazlewood, Shen Y., Williams, Brenda, Clouston, Andrew D., Nefzger, Christian M., Polo, Jose M., Nilsson, Susan K., Blazar, Bruce R. and MacDonald, Kelli P. A. (2021). Bone marrow regulatory T cells are a unique population, supported by niche-specific cytokines and plasmacytoid dendritic cells, and required for chronic graft-versus-host disease control. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 9 737880, 737880. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.737880 |
2021 Journal Article Nicotinamide riboside attenuates age-associated metabolic and functional changes in hematopoietic stem cellsSun, Xuan, Cao, Benjamin, Naval-Sanchez, Marina, Pham, Tony, Sun, Yu Bo Yang, Williams, Brenda, Heazlewood, Shen Y, Deshpande, Nikita, Li, Jinhua, Kraus, Felix, Rae, James, Nguyen, Quan, Yari, Hamed, Schröder, Jan, Heazlewood, Chad K, Fulton, Madeline, Hatwell-Humble, Jessica, Das Gupta, Kaustav, Kapetanovic, Ronan, Chen, Xiaoli, Sweet, Matthew J, Parton, Robert G, Ryan, Michael T, Polo, Jose M, Nefzger, Christian M and Nilsson, Susan K (2021). Nicotinamide riboside attenuates age-associated metabolic and functional changes in hematopoietic stem cells. Nature Communications, 12 (1) 2665, 1-17. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-22863-0 |
2020 Journal Article TINC- A Method to Dissect Regulatory Complexes at Single-Locus Resolution- Reveals an Extensive Protein Complex at the Nanog PromoterKnaupp, Anja S, Mohenska, Monika, Larcombe, Michael R, Ford, Ethan, Lim, Sue Mei, Wong, Kayla, Chen, Joseph, Firas, Jaber, Huang, Cheng, Liu, Xiaodong, Nguyen, Trung, Sun, Yu B Y, Holmes, Melissa L, Tripathi, Pratibha, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Rossello, Fernando J, Schröder, Jan, Davidson, Kathryn C, Nefzger, Christian M, Das, Partha P, Haigh, Jody J, Lister, Ryan, Schittenhelm, Ralf B and Polo, Jose M (2020). TINC- A Method to Dissect Regulatory Complexes at Single-Locus Resolution- Reveals an Extensive Protein Complex at the Nanog Promoter. Stem Cell Reports, 15 (6), 1246-1259. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.11.005 |
2020 Journal Article Mesenchymal Niche-Derived Neuregulin-1 Drives Intestinal Stem Cell Proliferation and Regeneration of Damaged EpitheliumJardé, Thierry, Chan, Wing Hei, Rossello, Fernando J., Kaur Kahlon, Tanvir, Theocharous, Mandy, Kurian Arackal, Teni, Flores, Tracey, Giraud, Mégane, Richards, Elizabeth, Chan, Eva, Kerr, Genevieve, Engel, Rebekah M., Prasko, Mirsada, Donoghue, Jacqueline F., Abe, Shin-ichi, Phesse, Toby J., Nefzger, Christian M., McMurrick, Paul J., Powell, David R., Daly, Roger J., Polo, Jose M. and Abud, Helen E. (2020). Mesenchymal Niche-Derived Neuregulin-1 Drives Intestinal Stem Cell Proliferation and Regeneration of Damaged Epithelium. Cell Stem Cell, 27 (4), 646-662.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2020.06.021 |
2020 Journal Article Reprogramming roadmap reveals route to human induced trophoblast stem cellsLiu, Xiaodong, Ouyang, John F., Rossello, Fernando J., Tan, Jia Ping, Davidson, Kathryn C., Valdes, Daniela S., Schröder, Jan, Sun, Yu B. Y., Chen, Joseph, Knaupp, Anja S., Sun, Guizhi, Chy, Hun S., Huang, Ziyi, Pflueger, Jahnvi, Firas, Jaber, Tano, Vincent, Buckberry, Sam, Paynter, Jacob M., Larcombe, Michael R., Poppe, Daniel, Choo, Xin Yi, O’Brien, Carmel M., Pastor, William A., Chen, Di, Leichter, Anna L., Naeem, Haroon, Tripathi, Pratibha, Das, Partha P., Grubman, Alexandra ... Polo, Jose M. (2020). Reprogramming roadmap reveals route to human induced trophoblast stem cells. Nature, 586 (7827), 101-107. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2734-6 |
2019 Journal Article Class-switch recombination occurs infrequently in germinal centersRoco, Jonathan A., Mesin, Luka, Binder, Sebastian C., Nefzger, Christian, Gonzalez-Figueroa, Paula, Canete, Pablo F., Ellyard, Julia, Shen, Qian, Robert, Philippe A., Cappello, Jean, Vohra, Harpreet, Zhang, Yang, Nowosad, Carla R., Schiepers, Arien, Corcoran, Lynn M., Toellner, Kai-Michael, Polo, Jose M., Meyer-Hermann, Michael, Victora, Gabriel D. and Vinuesa, Carola G. (2019). Class-switch recombination occurs infrequently in germinal centers. Immunity, 51 (2), 337-350.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2019.07.001 |