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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Sexual fate of murine external genitalia development: Conserved transcriptional competency for male-biased genes in both sexes.

Daiki Kajioka, Kentaro Suzuki, Shoko Matsushita, Shinjiro Hino, Tetsuya Sato, Shuji Takada, Kyoichi Isono, Toru Takeo, Mizuki Kajimoto, Naomi Nakagata and 5 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Streamlined identification of clinically and functionally relevant genetic regulators of lower-tract urogenital development.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  5. Androgen-regulatediScience · 2022
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  7. Congenital Micropenis: Etiology And Management.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Daiki KajiokaDepartment of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 641-8509 Wakayama, Japan.
Kentaro SuzukiDepartment of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 641-8509 Wakayama, Japan; k-suzuki@wakayama-med.ac.jp genyama778899@gmail.com.
Shoko MatsushitaDepartment of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 641-8509 Wakayama, Japan.
Shinjiro HinoDepartment of Medical Cell Biology, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, 860-0811 Kumamoto, Japan.
Tetsuya SatoDivision of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 812-8582 Fukuoka, Japan.
Shuji TakadaDepartment of Systems BioMedicine, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, 157-8535 Tokyo, Japan.
Kyoichi IsonoLaboratory Animal Center, Wakayama Medical University, 641-8509 Wakayama, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4609-8985
Toru TakeoDivision of Reproductive Engineering, Center for Animal Resources and Development, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, 860-0811 Kumamoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8103-651X
Mizuki KajimotoDepartment of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 641-8509 Wakayama, Japan.
Naomi NakagataDivision of Reproductive Biotechnology and Innovation, Institute of Resource Development and Analysis, Kumamoto University, 860-0811 Kumamoto, Japan.
Mitsuyoshi NakaoDepartment of Medical Cell Biology, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, 860-0811 Kumamoto, Japan.
Mikita SuyamaDivision of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 812-8582 Fukuoka, Japan.
Tony DeFalcoDivision of Reproductive Sciences, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229.ORCID 0000-0003-4133-7040
Shinichi MiyagawaDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1360-6215
Gen YamadaDepartment of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 641-8509 Wakayama, Japan; k-suzuki@wakayama-med.ac.jp genyama778899@gmail.com.
Wakayama Medical University · JPKumamoto University · JPKyushu University · JPCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USNational Center For Child Health and Development · JPTokyo University of Science · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Testicular androgen is a master endocrine factor in the establishment of external genital sex differences. The degree of androgenic exposure during development is well known to determine the fate of external genitalia on a spectrum of female- to male-specific phenotypes. However, the mechanisms of androgenic regulation underlying sex differentiation are poorly defined. Here, we show that the genomic environment for the expression of male-biased genes is conserved to acquire androgen responsiveness in both sexes. Histone H3 at lysine 27 acetylation (H3K27ac) and H3K4 monomethylation (H3K4me1) are enriched at the enhancer of male-biased genes in an androgen-independent manner. Specificity protein 1 (Sp1), acting as a collaborative transcription factor of androgen receptor, regulates H3K27ac enrichment to establish conserved transcriptional competency for male-biased genes in both sexes. Genetic manipulation of

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Sex DifferentiationAcetylationAndrogensAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsFemaleGene Expression RegulationGenitalia, MaleHistonesMafB Transcription FactorMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred ICRMice, KnockoutReceptors, AndrogenAndrogensHistonesMafb protein, mouseMafB Transcription FactorReceptors, AndrogenTranscription Factorsandrogen responsivenessexternal genitaliahistone modificationssex differentiationSp1

Identifiers

PMID34074765
PMCPMC8201828
OpenAlexW3165437064

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