Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40133415›Full record

ArticleCommunications biology2025

Single-nucleus multiomic analysis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome liver reveals PPARA signaling enrichment and metabolic dysfunction.

Snehal Nirgude, Elisia D Tichy, Zhengfeng Liu, Sanam L Kavari, Rose D Pradieu, Mariah Byrne, Feikun Yang, Luis Gil-de-Gómez, Brandon Mamou, Kathrin M Bernt and 4 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Communications biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Snehal Nirgude *Division of Human Genetics and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8471-1384
Elisia D Tichy *Division of Human Genetics and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2918-8110
Zhengfeng LiuDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1111-740X
Sanam L KavariDivision of Human Genetics and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Rose D PradieuDivision of Human Genetics and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-3856-1331
Mariah ByrneDivision of Human Genetics and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-6115-9808
Feikun YangDepartment of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7295-0553
Luis Gil-de-GómezDepartment of Pediatrics and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Brandon MamouDepartment of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Kathrin M BerntDivision of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0691-356X
Wenli YangDepartment of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Suzanne MacFarlandDivision of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Michael XieDBHI, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jennifer M KalishDivision of Human Genetics and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. kalishj@chop.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1500-9713

Funding

The Mechanism of Tumor Formation in Beckwith-Wiedemann SyndromeK08CA193915 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI KALISH, JENNIFER MELISSA · 2015 to 2019
$703k
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA193915
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is an epigenetic overgrowth syndrome caused by methylation changes in the human 11p15 chromosomal locus. Patients with BWS may exhibit hepatomegaly, as well as an increased risk of hepatoblastoma. To understand the impact of these 11p15 changes in the liver, we performed a multiomic study [single nucleus RNA-sequencing (snRNA-seq) + single nucleus assay for transposable-accessible chromatin-sequencing (snATAC-seq)] of both BWS-liver and nonBWS-liver tumor-adjacent tissue. Our approach uncovers hepatocyte-specific enrichment of processes related to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARA). To confirm our findings, we differentiated a BWS induced pluripotent stem cell model into hepatocytes. Our data demonstrate the dysregulation of lipid metabolism in BWS-liver, which coincides with observed upregulation of PPARA during hepatocyte differentiation. BWS hepatocytes also exhibit decreased neutral lipids and increased fatty acid β-oxidation. We also observe increased reactive oxygen species byproducts in BWS hepatocytes, coinciding with increased oxidative DNA damage. This study proposes a putative mechanism for overgrowth and cancer predisposition in BWS liver due to perturbed metabolism.

Indexed as

Beckwith-Wiedemann SyndromeLiverPPAR alphaSignal TransductionHepatocytesHumansLipid MetabolismSingle-Cell AnalysisPPAR alphaPPARA protein, human

Identifiers

PMID40133415
PMCPMC11937391

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.