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    Genetics is a major determinant of susceptibility to autoimmune disorders. Here, we examined whether genome organization provides resilience or susceptibility to sequence variations, and how this would contribute to the molecular etiology of an autoimmune disease. We generated high-resolution maps of linear and 3D genome organization in thymocytes of NOD mice, a model of type 1 diabetes (T1D), and the diabetes-resistant C57BL/6 mice. Multi-enhancer interactions formed at genomic regions harboring genes with prominent roles in T cell development in both strains. However, diabetes risk-conferring loci coalesced enhancers and promoters in NOD, but not C57BL/6 thymocytes. 3D genome mapping of NODxC57BL/6 F1 thymocytes revealed that genomic misfolding in NOD mice is mediated in cis. Moreover, immune cells infiltrating the pancreas of humans with T1D exhibited increased expression of genes located on misfolded loci in mice. Thus, genetic variation leads to altered 3D chromatin architecture and associated changes in gene expression that may underlie autoimmune pathology. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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    Maria Fasolino, Naomi Goldman, Wenliang Wang, Benjamin Cattau, Yeqiao Zhou, Jelena Petrovic, Verena M Link, Allison Cote, Aditi Chandra, Michael Silverman, Eric F Joyce, Shawn C Little, HPAP Consortium, Klaus H Kaestner, Ali Naji, Arjun Raj, Jorge Henao-Mejia, Robert B Faryabi, Golnaz Vahedi. Genetic Variation in Type 1 Diabetes Reconfigures the 3D Chromatin Organization of T Cells and Alters Gene Expression. Immunity. 2020 Feb 18;52(2):257-274.e11

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    PMID: 32049053

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