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. 2020 Nov 5;11(5):211–216. doi: 10.1080/21541264.2020.1843958

Table 1.

Rewired cRE-promoter interactions in pathogenic gene expression control

Disease Type of enhancer usage Variant type Cause Result Reference
Limb malformation Enhancer-hijacking Inversion, duplication,
deletion
TAD fusion by variants at CTCF-associated boundary domain Overexpression of WNT or 6IHH or PAX3 47
T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia Enhancer-hijacking Deletion TAD fusion by variants at CTCF-associated boundary domain Activation of LMO2 proto-oncogene 50
Medulloblastoma Enhancer-hijacking Tandem duplication, deletion, inversion, complex rearrangement Relocating oncogene proximal to super-enhancer Activation of GFI1 and GFI1B proto-oncogenes, and overexpression of PRDM6 52, 51
Oncogene activation Enhancer-hijacking Tandem duplication neo-TAD appearance Overexpression of IGF2 55
Neuroblastoma Enhancer-hijacking Copy number alterations Relocating oncogene proximal to super-enhancer Overexpression of TERT 53, 54
Branchiooculofacial syndrome Enhancer disconnection Inversion TAD shuffling Monoallelic and reduced TFAP2A expression 56
Acute myeloid leukemia Enhancer-hijacking Inversion TAD shuffling Activation of EVI1 proto-oncogene 49