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The transcriptional regulator CBX2 and ovarian function: A whole genome and whole transcriptome approach

Bouazzi, Leila ; Sproll, Patrick ; Eid, Wassim ; Biason-Lauber, Anna

In: Scientific Reports, 2019, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 1–18

The chromobox homolog 2 (CBX2) was found to be important for human testis development, but its role in the human ovary remains elusive. We conducted a genome-wide analysis based on DNA adenine methyltransferase identification (DamID) and RNA sequencing strategies to investigate CBX2 in the human granulosa cells. Functional analysis revealed that CBX2 was upstream of genes contributing to ...

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CBX2-dependent transcriptional landscape: implications for human sex development and its defects

Sproll, Patrick ; Eid, Wassim ; Biason-Lauber, Anna

In: Scientific Reports, 2019, vol. 9, no. 1, p. 1–14

Sex development, a complex and indispensable process in all vertebrates, has still not been completely elucidated, although new genes involved in sex development are constantly being discovered and characterized. Chromobox Homolog 2 (CBX2) is one of these new additions and has been identified through a 46,XY girl with double heterozygous variants on CBX2.1, causing Differences of Sex...

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A human gonadal cell model from induced pluripotent stem cells

Gutiérrez, Daniel Rodríguez ; Eid, Wassim ; Biason-Lauber, Anna

In: Frontiers in Genetics, 2018, vol. 9, p. -

Sertoli cells are main players in the male gonads development and their study may shed light on 46,XY disorders of sex development (DSD). Mature primary Sertoli cells are incapable of proliferating in prolonged in vitro cultures and the available Sertoli cell models have several limitations since they derive from mouse or human cancer tissues. We differentiated human fibroblasts (HFs)-derived...

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Assembling the jigsaw puzzle: CBX2 isoform 2 and its targets in disorders/differences of sex development

Sproll, Patrick ; Eid, Wassim ; Gomes, Camila R. ; Mendonca, Berenice B. ; Gomes, Nathalia L. ; Costa, Elaine M.-F. ; Biason-Lauber, Anna

In: Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2018, vol. 6, no. 5, p. 785–795

Background One of the defining moments of human life occurs early during embryonic development, when individuals sexually differentiate into either male or female. Perturbation of this process can lead to disorders/differences of sex development (DSD). Chromobox protein homolog 2 (CBX2) has two distinct isoforms, CBX2.1 and CBX2.2: the role of CBX2.1 in DSD has been previously established,...

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Vitamin C promotes pluripotency of human induced pluripotent stem cells via the histone demethylase JARID1A

Eid, Wassim ; Abdel-Rehim, Wafaa

In: Biological Chemistry, 2016, vol. 397, no. 11, p. 1205-1213

Somatic cells can be reprogramed into induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells by defined factors, which provide a powerful basis for personalized stem-cell based therapies. However, cellular reprograming is an inefficient and metabolically demanding process commonly associated with obstacles that hamper further use of this technology. Spontaneous differentiation of iPS cells cultures represents...

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Genome-wide identification of CBX2 targets: insights in the human sex development network

Eid, Wassim ; Opitz, Lennart ; Biason-Lauber, Anna

In: Molecular Endocrinology, 2015, p. -

CBX2 (Chromobox homolog 2) is a chromatin modifier that plays an important role in sexual development and its disorders (disorders of sex development, DSD), yet the exact rank and function of human CBX2 in this pathway remains unclear. Here, we performed large-scale mapping and analysis of in vivo target loci of the protein CBX2 in Sertoli-like NT-2D1cells, using the DNA adenine methyltransferase...