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Leveraging chromatin accessibility for transcriptional regulatory network inference in T Helper 17 Cells [RNA-seq]

Organism Icon Mus musculus
Sample Icon 134 Downloadable Samples
Technology Badge IconIllumina HiSeq 2000, Illumina Genome Analyzer IIx, Illumina HiSeq 2500

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Transcriptional regulatory networks (TRNs) provide insight into cellular behavior by describing interactions between transcription factors (TFs) and their gene targets. The Assay for Transposase Accessible Chromatin (ATAC)-seq, coupled with transcription-factor motif analysis, provides indirect evidence of chromatin binding for hundreds of TFs genome-wide. Here, we propose methods for TRN inference in a mammalian setting, using ATAC-seq data to influence gene expression modeling.   We rigorously test our methods in the context of T Helper Cell Type  17 (Th17) differentiation, generating new ATAC-seq data to complement existing Th17 genomic resources (plentiful gene expression data, TF knock-outs and ChIP-seq experiments).  In this resource-rich mammalian setting our extensive benchmarking provides quantitative, genome-scale evaluation of TRN inference combining ATAC-seq and RNA-seq data. We refine and extend our previous Th17 TRN, using our new TRN inference methods to integrate all Th17 data (gene expression, ATAC-seq, TF KO, ChIP-seq). We highlight new roles for individual TFs and groups of TFs (“TF-TF modules”) in Th17 gene regulation.  Given the popularity of ATAC-seq (a widely adapted protocol with high resolution and low sample input requirements),  we anticipate that application of our methods will improve TRN inference in new mammalian systems and be of particular use for rare, uncharacterized cell types. Overall design: Gene expression (RNA-seq) of naive and Th17- and Th0-polarized CD4 T Cells
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