Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: NELFA-mediated promoter-proximal pausing restrains YAP-driven transcription and shapes context-dependent outcomes in breast cancer
doi: 10.64898/2025.12.29.696819
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) for MSigDB Oncogenic Signatures (C6) collection of significantly altered genes (p < 0.05) after NELFA knockdown compared to control knockdown. The Normalized Enrichment Score (NES) is plotted on the x-axis, with dot size corresponding to the number of genes overlapping with the ranked list, and color indicating statistical significance (−log₁₀ p -value), with red denoting higher significance. (B) GSEA Enrichment analysis for MSigDB HALLMARK Pathways. (C) Transcription Factor (TF) enrichment results from user-defined gene sets using a combination of perturbation and binding datasets. Y-axis lists the enrichment terms from Enrichr. Each term represents either a TF perturbation experiment (e.g., RNAi, overexpression) from public datasets (like GEO) or a TF binding profile from ENCODE ChIP-seq data (2015). Dot Size reflects the significance of enrichment with the z-score. Dot colour encodes the −log₁₀(p-value) from Fisher’s exact test, with red indicating higher significance. (D) Venn diagram showing the overlap of significantly differentially expressed genes (p < 0.05) across siNELFA, siYAP, and siNELFA-siYAP knockdowns compared to siControl. (E) Upset Plot showing the distribution of genes across four regulatory categories. Genes were classified based on log2FC≥ 1 thresholds from siNELFA, siYAP, and double knockdown comparisons. Each bar represents the number of genes exclusively assigned to one of the four categories. (F) Heatmap of genes grouped into four categories based on log2 fold change
Article Snippet: To optimize immunohistochemistry (IHC) conditions for NELFA (Santa Cruz, #sc-365004) and NELFB (Abcam, ab167401) antibodies, we tested epitope retrieval at pH levels of 6, 8, and 9 on high-tumor-content tissues using a 1:50 dilution of the antibody.
Techniques: Knockdown, Control, Binding Assay, Over Expression, ChIP-sequencing