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ArticleNature2026

Regulatory grammar in human promoters uncovered by MPRA-based deep learning.

Lucía Barbadilla-Martínez, Noud Klaassen, Vinícius H Franceschini-Santos, Jérémie Breda, Hatice Yücel, Miguel Hernández-Quiles, Tijs van Lieshout, Carlos G Urzua Traslaviña, Minh Chau Luong Boi, Maryam Akbarzadeh and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

21 authors.

Lucía Barbadilla-MartínezOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Noud Klaassen *Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0006-4904-0654
Vinícius H Franceschini-Santos *Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9276-0370
Jérémie BredaOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hatice YücelOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Miguel Hernández-QuilesOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Tijs van LieshoutOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0441-0309
Carlos G Urzua TraslaviñaOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1146-1630
Minh Chau Luong BoiOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Maryam AkbarzadehOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Celia Hermana-Garcia-AgulloOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Sebastian GregoricchioOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9209-5403
Marcel de HaasOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Roy StraverOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8031-1735
Sarah DerksOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Wilbert ZwartOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9823-7289
Emile VoestOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8249-9586
Lude FrankeOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5159-8802
Michiel VermeulenOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jeroen de RidderOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands. J.deRidder-4@umcutrecht.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-0828-3477
Bas van SteenselOncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands. b.v.steensel@nki.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-0284-0404

Funding

Dutch Cancer Society and of the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Promoters are the core regulatory elements of all genes. Their activity ensures the correct transcription level of each individual gene, which is essential for cellular homeostasis and responses to a wide range of signals. One of the major challenges in genomics is to build computational models that accurately predict genome-wide gene expression from the sequences of regulatory elements

Indexed as

Deep LearningModels, GeneticPromoter Regions, GeneticBinding SitesGene Expression RegulationGenes, ReporterGenome, HumanHumansNucleotide MotifsTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

Identifiers

PMID41639451
PMCPMC13017510

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