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ArticleScience advances2025

The gene regulatory landscape driving mouse gonadal supporting cell differentiation.

Isabelle Stévant, Elisheva Abberbock, Meshi Ridnik, Roni Weiss, Linoy Swisa, Christopher R Futtner, Danielle M Maatouk, Robin Lovell-Badge, Valeriya Malysheva, Nitzan Gonen

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Isabelle StévantThe Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-0193-2526
Elisheva AbberbockThe Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.ORCID 0009-0007-1603-8782
Meshi RidnikThe Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.ORCID 0009-0008-8895-2861
Roni WeissThe Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.ORCID 0009-0003-4665-8721
Linoy SwisaThe Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
Christopher R FuttnerDepartment of Endocrinology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Danielle M MaatoukDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Robin Lovell-BadgeThe Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9364-4179
Valeriya MalyshevaVIB Center for Molecular Neurology, VIB, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0919-7845
Nitzan GonenThe Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences and the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-3377-8324

Funding

Wellcome Trust CC2116
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gonadal sex determination relies on tipping a delicate balance involving the activation and repression of several transcription factors and signaling pathways. This is likely mediated by numerous noncoding regulatory elements that shape sex-specific transcriptomic programs. To explore the dynamics of these in detail, we performed paired time series of transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility assays on pre-granulosa and Sertoli cells throughout their development in the embryo, making use of new and existing mouse reporter lines. Regulatory elements were associated with their putative target genes by linkage analysis, and this was complemented and verified experimentally using promoter capture Hi-C. We identified the transcription factor motifs enriched in these regulatory elements along with their occupancy, pinpointing LHX9/EMX2 as potentially critical regulators of ovarian development. Variations in the DNA sequence of these regulatory elements are likely to be responsible for many of the unexplained cases of individuals with differences of sex development.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGonadsAnimalsFemaleMaleMiceSertoli CellsSex Determination ProcessesTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID40712010
PMCPMC12292837

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