Echo characterizes the desynchronization of gene expression and chromatin accessibility during cell-state transitions (opens in new tab)

Cell-state transitions during differentiation and disease involve coordinated changes across gene expression and chromatin accessibility, but these modalities do not change in lockstep. For example, regulatory elements can be primed before their target genes are expressed or remain accessible after expression ceases. This desynchronization between changes in gene expression and chromatin accessibility can manifest at the level of cell states. Understanding the drivers of this desynchronizatio...