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ArticleDevelopmental cell2025

Latent epigenetic programs in Müller glia contribute to stress and disease response in the retina.

Jackie L Norrie, Marybeth S Lupo, Danielle R Little, Abbas Shirinifard, Akhilesh Mishra, Qiong Zhang, Natalie Geiger, Daniel Putnam, Nadhir Djekidel, Cody Ramirez and 5 more

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Article in Developmental cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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15 authors.

Jackie L NorrieDepartments of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Marybeth S LupoDepartments of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Danielle R LittleDepartments of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Abbas ShirinifardDepartments of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Akhilesh MishraDepartments of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Qiong ZhangCenter for Applied Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Natalie GeigerDepartments of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Daniel PutnamDepartments of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Nadhir DjekidelCenter for Applied Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Cody RamirezDepartments of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Beisi XuCenter for Applied Bioinformatics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Jacob M DundeeDepartments of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Jiang YuDepartments of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Xiang ChenDepartments of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Michael A DyerDepartments of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. Electronic address: michael.dyer@stjude.org.

Funding

ST JUDE CHILDRENS CANCER CENTER SUPPORT GRANT (CCSG)P30CA021765 · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · 1985 to 2025
$34.0M
The Role of Müller Glia in Acute and Chronic Response to Stress, Injury, and Disease in the RetinaR01EY037117 · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · 2025 to 2025
$606k
Cell-type– and developmental stage–specific regulation of gene expression in the retinaR01EY030180 · NEI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Michael A Dyer · 2022 to 2022
$435k
The Role of Immature Tumor Subpopulations In Pediatric RhabdomyosarcomaR01CA262790 · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · 2025 to 2025
$416k
NCI NIH HHS F32 CA225442NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NCI NIH HHS R01 CA217657NCI NIH HHS R01 CA245508NCI NIH HHS R01 CA262790NEI NIH HHS R01 EY030180NEI NIH HHS R01 EY037117
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Abstract

Previous studies have demonstrated the dynamic changes in chromatin structure during retinal development correlate with changes in gene expression. However, those studies lack cellular resolution. Here, we integrate single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell assay for transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing (scATAC-seq) with bulk data to identify cell-type-specific changes in chromatin structure during human and murine development. Although promoter activity is correlated with chromatin accessibility, we discovered several hundred genes that were transcriptionally silent but had accessible chromatin at their promoters. Most of those silent/accessible gene promoters were in Müller glial cells, which function to maintain retinal homeostasis and respond to stress, injury, or disease. We refer to these as "pliancy genes" because they allow the Müller glia to rapidly change their gene expression and cellular state in response to retinal insults. The Müller glial cell pliancy program is established during development, and we demonstrate that pliancy genes are important for regulating inflammation in the murine retina in vivo.

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Ependymoglial CellsEpigenesis, GeneticRetinaStress, PhysiologicalAnimalsChromatinHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeurogliaPromoter Regions, GeneticChromatinchemokinesepigeneticsinflammationMüller gliapliancyregenerationretinaretinopathyscRNA-seq

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PMID39753128
PMCPMC12014377

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