PolyA-enriched RNA-seq of primary human hepatocyte spheroids treated with small molecule inhibitors targeting TEAD

TEAD1 emerged as an estrogen-sensitive gene that was upregulated in a HFD mouse model and in NAFLD patients. We investigated the roles of TEAD in NAFLD by treating primary human hepatocyte spheroids with two small molecule inhibitors blocking the TEAD/YAP interaction. One small molecule blocks the interaction by inhibiting TEAD autopalmitoylation (TEADap), the second small molecule blocks the interaction by binding to the surface of the TEAD protein (TEADsf).