2022
Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus
Duy PQ, Weise SC, Marini C, Li XJ, Liang D, Dahl PJ, Ma S, Spajic A, Dong W, Juusola J, Kiziltug E, Kundishora AJ, Koundal S, Pedram MZ, Torres-Fernández LA, Händler K, De Domenico E, Becker M, Ulas T, Juranek SA, Cuevas E, Hao LT, Jux B, Sousa AMM, Liu F, Kim SK, Li M, Yang Y, Takeo Y, Duque A, Nelson-Williams C, Ha Y, Selvaganesan K, Robert SM, Singh AK, Allington G, Furey CG, Timberlake AT, Reeves BC, Smith H, Dunbar A, DeSpenza T, Goto J, Marlier A, Moreno-De-Luca A, Yu X, Butler WE, Carter BS, Lake EMR, Constable RT, Rakic P, Lin H, Deniz E, Benveniste H, Malvankar NS, Estrada-Veras JI, Walsh CA, Alper SL, Schultze JL, Paeschke K, Doetzlhofer A, Wulczyn FG, Jin SC, Lifton RP, Sestan N, Kolanus W, Kahle KT. Impaired neurogenesis alters brain biomechanics in a neuroprogenitor-based genetic subtype of congenital hydrocephalus. Nature Neuroscience 2022, 25: 458-473. PMID: 35379995, PMCID: PMC9664907, DOI: 10.1038/s41593-022-01043-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital hydrocephalusCerebral ventricular dilatationPrimary defectNeuroepithelial cell differentiationRisk genesCerebrospinal fluid homeostasisWhole-exome sequencingNeuroepithelial stem cellsCortical hypoplasiaReduced neurogenesisVentricular dilatationVentricular enlargementCH mutationsPrenatal hydrocephalusDisease heterogeneityBrain surgeryCSF circulationHydrocephalusGenetic subtypesFluid homeostasisNeuroepithelial cellsNovo mutationsBrain transcriptomicsStem cellsCell differentiation
2017
Post-transcriptional regulation of mouse neurogenesis by Pumilio proteins
Zhang M, Chen D, Xia J, Han W, Cui X, Neuenkirchen N, Hermes G, Sestan N, Lin H. Post-transcriptional regulation of mouse neurogenesis by Pumilio proteins. Genes & Development 2017, 31: 1354-1369. PMID: 28794184, PMCID: PMC5580656, DOI: 10.1101/gad.298752.117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCytoplasmDentate GyrusFemaleFragile X Mental Retardation ProteinGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockout TechniquesGene SilencingLearning DisabilitiesMaleMemory DisordersMiceNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisNeuronsRNA, MessengerRNA-Binding ProteinsStem CellsConceptsPost-transcriptional regulationPost-transcriptional regulatorsNeural stem cellsTarget mRNAsMost target mRNAsRNA-dependent interactionCross-linking immunoprecipitationThousands of mRNAsMental retardation proteinPUM proteinsPumilio proteinsPumilio 1Mouse neurogenesisMammalian neurogenesisPerinatal apoptosisPUM1PUM2Stem cellsProteinCommon targetMRNARegulatorNeurogenesisCell compositionRegulation
2015
Embryonic Stem Cells License a High Level of Dormant Origins to Protect the Genome against Replication Stress
Ge XQ, Han J, Cheng EC, Yamaguchi S, Shima N, Thomas JL, Lin H. Embryonic Stem Cells License a High Level of Dormant Origins to Protect the Genome against Replication Stress. Stem Cell Reports 2015, 5: 185-194. PMID: 26190528, PMCID: PMC4618655, DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.06.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmbryonic stem cellsStem/progenitor cellsNeural stem/progenitor cellsStem cellsProgenitor cellsTissue stem/progenitor cellsMCM2-7 complexDNA replication originsTissue-specific stem/progenitor cellsStem cell typesGenome integrityGenomic integrityReplication stressDormant originsReplication forksReplicative stressDNA replicationReplication originsNeural lineagesDNA damageS phaseCell typesAbnormal neurogenesisCellsGenome