Justin Ainscough

This study shows CIZ1 modulates sex-specific lymphoid lineage differentiation by affecting X-chromosome inactivation and autosomal gene expression in males and females.

This paper shows that AURKB drives the dissolution of CIZ1-RNA assemblies from the inactive X chromosome during mitosis by phosphorylating CIZ1's C-terminal extensions, disrupting its RNA interactions.

The paper shows that elevated CIZ1 C-terminal anchor domain in early-stage breast cancers disrupts nuclear RNA assemblies, leading to chromatin deprotection and gene expression changes.

This study identifies that elevated CIZ1 anchor domain fragments in early stage cancers disrupt SMACs, leading to epigenetic instability by destabilizing PRC1-dependent histone modifications.