Deciphering Gene Regulatory Programs in Mouse Embryonic Skin Through Single-Cell Multiomics Analysis

July 2025 in “ Genome biology ”

Qiuting Deng, Pengfei Cai, Yingjie Luo, Zhongjin Zhang, Wen Ma, Zijie Huang, Xiaoya Chen, Shijie Hao, Weiguang Ma, Jiangshan Xu, Chunqing Wang, Mengnan Cheng, Xiumei Lin, Ru Zhou, Shanshan Duan, Junjie Chen, Ronghai Li, Xuyang Shi, Chang Liu, Liang Wu, Peng Gao, Jianting Li, Xiao Yang, Xiangdong Wang, Jun Xie, Longqi Liu, Yue Yuan, Chuanyu Liu

gene regulatory mechanisms mouse embryonic skin fibroblast differentiation hair follicle development transcription factors RUNX2 ALX4 regulatory elements differentially expressed genes

Studysummary This study highlighted the effectiveness of HT-scCAT-seq as a tool for understanding gene regulation in single cells, offering insights into embryonic skin development and proposing a framework for exploring regulatory mechanisms in various biological and disease contexts.

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