Publications

• Chatterjee K.*, Uyehara, C.M.*, Kasliwal, K., Madhuranath, S., Scourzic, L., Polyzos, A., Apostolou, E., Stadtfeld, M. (2025). Coordinated repression of totipotency-associated gene loci by histone methyltransferase EHMT2 via LINE1 regulatory elements. Embo Reports.
  *Equal Contributions
• Ee LS., Medina-Cano M., Goetzler E.M., Uyehara C.M., Schwarz C., Salataj E., Madhuranath S., Evans T., Hadjantonakis A.K., Apostolou E., Polyzos A., Vierbuchen T., Stadtfeld, M. (2025). Enhancer remodeling by OTX2 directs specification and patterning of mammalian definitive endoderm. Developmental Cell.
  
• Murphy, D., Salataj, E., Di Giammartino, D.C., Rodriguez-Hernaez, J., Kloetgen, A., Garg, V., Char, E., Uyehara, C.M., Ee, L., Lee, U., Stadtfeld, M., Hadjantonakis, A., Tsirigos, A., Polyzos, A., Apostolou, E. (2024). 3D Enhancer-promoter networks provide predictive features for gene expression and coregulation in early embryonic lineages. Nature structural & molecular biology.
  
• Uyehara, C.M., Apostolou, E. (2023). 3D enhancer-promoter interactions and multi-connected hubs: Organizational principles and functional roles. Cell reports.
  
• Buchert, E.M., Fogarty, E.A., Uyehara, C., McKay, D.J., Buttitta, L.A. (2023). A tissue dissociation method optimized for ATAC-seq and CUT&RUN in Drosophila pupal tissues. Fly.
  
• Uyehara, C.M., Leatham-Jensen, M., McKay, D.J. (2022). Opportunistic binding of EcR to open chromatin drives tissue-specific developmental responses. PNAS.
  
• Price, K.L., Presler, M., Uyehara, C.M., Shakes, D.C. (2021). The intrinsically disordered protein SPE-18 promotes localized assembly of MSP in Caenorhabditis elegans spermatocytes.. Development.
  
• Morrison, K.N., Uyehara, C.M., Ragle, J.M., Ward, J.D., Shakes, D.C. (2021). MFP1/MSD-1 and MFP2/NSPH-2 co-localize with MSP during C. elegans spermatogenesis. microPublication biology.
  
• Uyehara, C.M., McKay, D.J. (2019). Direct and widespread role for the nuclear receptor EcR in mediating the response to ecdysone in Drosophila. PNAS.
  
• Leatham-Jensen, M., Uyehara, C.M., Strahl, B.D., Matera, A.G., Duronio, R.J., McKay, D.J. (2019). Lysine 27 of replication-independent histone H3.3 is required for Polycomb target gene silencing but not for gene activation. PLoS genetics.
  
• Uyehara, C.M.*, Nystrom, S.L.*, Niederhuber, M.J., Leatham-Jensen, M., Ma, Y., Buttitta, L.A., McKay, D.J. (2017). Hormone-dependent control of developmental timing through regulation of chromatin accessibility. Genes & Development.
  *Equal Contributions