2023
Experimental and phylogenetic evidence for correlated gene expression evolution in endometrial and skin fibroblasts
Dighe A, Maziarz J, Ibrahim-Hashim A, Gatenby R, Kshitiz, Levchenko A, Wagner G. Experimental and phylogenetic evidence for correlated gene expression evolution in endometrial and skin fibroblasts. IScience 2023, 27: 108593. PMID: 38174318, PMCID: PMC10762354, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGene expression changesGene expression evolutionEndometrial stromal fibroblastsExpression evolutionExpression changesCell typesGene expressionSimilar gene expression changesSubstantial gene expression changesGene expression profilesSkin fibroblastsMultiple cell typesEvolutionary correlationPhylogenetic evidenceEvolutionary changeDermal skin fibroblastsMammalian speciesExpression profilesPlacental invasivenessComparative datasetCancer growthCultured skin fibroblastsStromal fibroblastsFibroblastsMouse strains
2022
The hierarchical basis of serial homology and evolutionary novelty
DiFrisco J, Love A, Wagner G. The hierarchical basis of serial homology and evolutionary novelty. Journal Of Morphology 2022, 284: e21531. PMID: 36317664, DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerial homologyWing serial homologsTree of lifeExtent of homologyParalogous genesEvolutionary noveltyPhylogenetic historyPhylogenetic conceptsGene sequencesSerial homologsEvolutionary precursorPhylogenetic interpretationMost biologistsHomologyCell typesBiological phenomenaGenetic contributionEpidermal appendagesWidespread overlapGenesNew charactersHomologLineagesAppendagesFecundity
2021
Devo-Evo of Cell Types
Wagner G. Devo-Evo of Cell Types. 2021, 511-528. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32979-6_153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary developmental biologyCell typesDevelopmental biologyCore gene regulatory networkAncestral cell typeCell type identityTranscription factor proteinsGene regulatory networksGene treesGene duplicationEvolutionary descentRegulatory complexRegulatory networksPopulation of cellsMolecular mechanismsFactor proteinOrganisms increasesEvolutionary perspectiveLineagesBiologyType identityMajor current challengeSpecific setTreesGenes
2020
Transcriptomic responses to hypoxia in endometrial and decidual stromal cells
Rytkönen KT, Heinosalo T, Mahmoudian M, Ma X, Perheentupa A, Elo LL, Poutanen M, Wagner G. Transcriptomic responses to hypoxia in endometrial and decidual stromal cells. Reproduction 2020, 160: 39-51. PMID: 32272449, DOI: 10.1530/rep-19-0615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDecidual stromal cellsEndometrial stromal fibroblastsEndometriotic stromal cellsStromal cellsInflammatory transcription factorsEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionExpression of JunDCEBP transcription factorsCell typesHealthy endometriumEndometriosis lesionsProgesterone receptorDecidualization processUterine endometriumStromal fibroblastsMesenchymal transitionProgesterone signalingEndometriumHypoxiaHypoxia pathwayTranscription factorsHuman reproductive successDistinct transcriptional statesExpression of genesJun/Fos
2019
Devo-Evo of Cell Types
Wagner G. Devo-Evo of Cell Types. 2019, 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33038-9_153-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolutionary developmental biologyCell typesDevelopmental biologyCore gene regulatory networkAncestral cell typeCell type identityTranscription factor proteinsGene regulatory networksGene treesGene duplicationEvolutionary descentRegulatory complexRegulatory networksPopulation of cellsMolecular mechanismsFactor proteinOrganisms increasesEvolutionary perspectiveLineagesBiologyType identityMajor current challengeSpecific setTreesGenes
2015
Evolutionary innovations and novelties: Let us get down to business!
Wagner G. Evolutionary innovations and novelties: Let us get down to business! Zoologischer Anzeiger 2015, 256: 75-81. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2015.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCore gene regulatory networkGene regulatory networksRegulatory networksNovel body partsEvolutionary innovationEvolutionary developmental biologyCore regulatory networkBody part identityEvolutionary noveltyEvolutionary biologistsEvolutionary biologyDevelopmental biologyEvolutionary changeBiological processesCell typesImportant unanswered questionsBiologyCritical insightsGenomicsRecent advancesMechanistic aspectsGenesBiologistsUnanswered questionsBody partsThe statistical geometry of transcriptome divergence in cell-type evolution and cancer
Liang C, Forrest A, Wagner G. The statistical geometry of transcriptome divergence in cell-type evolution and cancer. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 6066. PMID: 25585899, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7066.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell typesCell type modelCell type evolutionAncestral cell typeSister cell typesNovel cell typesGene expression profilesTranscriptome divergenceOrganismal complexityTranscriptomic dataExpression profilesCancer cell linesTranscriptomeCancer cellsCell linesNormal cellsKey predictionsStatistical geometryFANTOM5Statistical modelCellsEncodesTree structureLittle understandingDivergence
2012
Origin of the Endometrial Gene Regulatory Network of Placental Mammals.
Wagner G, Lynch V, Nnamani M. Origin of the Endometrial Gene Regulatory Network of Placental Mammals. Biology Of Reproduction 2012, 87: 33-33. DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/87.s1.33.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGene regulatory networksTransposable elementsPlacental mammalsRegulatory networksComparative transcriptome sequencingSpecific transposable elementsRegulatory network changesCis-regulatory elementsGene expression patternsDecidual cell typesChromatin marksGene regulationStem lineageTranscriptome sequencingChromatin immunoprecipitationRegulatory elementsInvasive placentationExpression patternsDerived characterAryl hydrocarbon receptorGenesCell typesMammalsRegulatory activityStromal cells