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BRD2 bridging TFIID and histone acetylation in transcriptional initiation [ChIP-Seq]

GSE287728 Homo sapiens (human) ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin) 50 samples Submitted 2026/01/06 Platform GPL30173Platform GPL24676
At a glance

ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin) · human · 50 samples

What it is
ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin)Where proteins bind the genome, or which regions are open and active.
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
Samples
50 samples: 50 samples, each with a distinct title — no replicated groupsGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Paper
BRD2 bridges TFIID and MOF-H4K16ac-containing nucleosomes to promote transcriptional initiationMolecular cell · 2026
Summary (written by the submitters)
Members of the bromodomain and extraterminal domain (BET) transcription factor family play a central role in the regulation of gene expression. BET domain factors have also been proposed as major targets for multiple diseases, with inhibitors designed to block the binding of BET bromodomains to acetylated histones. However, recent studies demonstrated that the BETdomain of BRD4 is not involved in its transcriptional function and the specific mechanisms by which other individual BET-domain containing proteins distinctly regulate transcription remain poorly understood.
Read the full summary ↓
Here, we demonstrate that BRD2 promotes transcriptional initiation by RNA Polymerase II (Pol II) at gene promoters and enhancers, predominantly in a bromodomaindependent manner. Our biochemical studies demonstrated that histone H4K16 acetylated histone-bound BET domain of BRD2 facilitates the recruitment of the transcription preinitiation complex TBP/TFIID to chromatin. Loss or inhibition of BRD2 bromodomains prompts the formation of BRD2-specific nuclear foci that sequester TFIID away from chromatin, leading to a genome-wide defect in transcriptional initiation. Our molecular studies demonstrated that the BET domains of BRD2 and BRD4 are not functionally exchangeable, highlighting distinct but cooperative roles for BET-domain family members in transcriptional initiation and elongation control to promote proper regulation of gene expression
Published in
BRD2 bridges TFIID and MOF-H4K16ac-containing nucleosomes to promote transcriptional initiation
Zheng B, Qiu R, Gold S et al. · Molecular cell 2026 · PMID 41478281 · doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2025.12.010
This dataset
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Direct links to NCBI and ENA, no account and no request form. Pick by what you want to do: take the small processed table to look, the supplementary files to re-analyse, or the original raw data to start over.

1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

2 · Re-analyse it

Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE287728_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

What the files usually look like: Look for peak files (.bed, .narrowPeak) and signal tracks (.bigWig) among the supplementary files; the raw reads are on ENA.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1214346 and SRA study SRP559212. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
50 samples, each with a distinct title — no replicated groups

Any grouping that defines a comparison lives in the sample characteristics, which GEO records separately from the titles.

How we read this: Read from 50 sample titles: 50 distinct titles with little repetition. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

Samples in this study

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