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CELL REPORTS
卷 21, 期 4, 页码 1077-1088出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.001
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- National Institutes of Health
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [5P01HL105339, 5R01HL111759, 5P01HL114501, K25HL133599]
- National Cancer Institute [5P50CA127003, 1R35CA197449, 1U01CA190234, 5P30CA006516, P50CA165962]
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [5R01AI099204]
- Charles A. King Trust Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program
- Sara Elizabeth O'Brien Trust
- Bank of America, N.A.
- NVIDIA Foundation [2014-133322 (3953)]
Although all human tissues carry out common processes, tissues are distinguished by gene expression patterns, implying that distinct regulatory programs control tissue specificity. In this study, we investigate gene expression and regulation across 38 tissues profiled in the Genotype-Tissue Expression project. We find that network edges (transcription factor to target gene connections) have higher tissue specificity than network nodes (genes) and that regulating nodes (transcription factors) are less likely to be expressed in a tissue-specific manner as compared to their targets (genes). Gene set enrichment analysis of network targeting also indicates that the regulation of tissue-specific function is largely independent of transcription factor expression. In addition, tissue-specific genes are not highly targeted in their corresponding tissue network. However, they do assume bottleneck positions due to variability in transcription factor targeting and the influence of non-canonical regulatory interactions. These results suggest that tissue specificity is driven by context-dependent regulatory paths, providing transcriptional control of tissue-specific processes.
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