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Human genetics implicates a BACH2–NRF2 axis in fetal haemoglobin activation


BACH2 restrains activation of the fetal-haemoglobin-encoding γ-globin genes, while loss of BACH2 enhances NRF2 chromatin occupancy and promotes the formation of activation foci at the γ-globin genes.

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