2020
PIWIL1 promotes gastric cancer via a piRNA-independent mechanism
Shi S, Yang ZZ, Liu S, Yang F, Lin H. PIWIL1 promotes gastric cancer via a piRNA-independent mechanism. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 22390-22401. PMID: 32848063, PMCID: PMC7486755, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008724117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPIWI-interacting RNAsPIWI proteinsGastric cancer cellsNonsense-mediated mRNA decay mechanismPiRNA-independent mechanismDomain protein familyMRNA decay mechanismMammalian somatic tissuesRNA deep sequencingGastric cancer cell line SNU-1Cancer cellsGastric cancer cell proliferationRNA pathwaysPPD proteinsProtein familyPiwil1 geneSomatic tissuesSomatic cancersCancer cell proliferationDeep sequencingRegulatory mechanismsOncogenic functionPIWIL1Gastric cancer tissuesDetectable function
2016
An Important Role of Pumilio 1 in Regulating the Development of the Mammalian Female Germline1
Mak W, Fang C, Holden T, Dratver MB, Lin H. An Important Role of Pumilio 1 in Regulating the Development of the Mammalian Female Germline1. Biology Of Reproduction 2016, 94: 134, 1-11. PMID: 27170441, PMCID: PMC4946805, DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.137497.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPumilio 1PUF proteinsLate meiotic prophase IPumilio/FBF (PUF) proteinReproductive competencyPrimordial follicle poolFemale germ cell developmentMammalian germ cellsPrimordial folliculogenesisFemale reproductive competenceMeiotic prophase IGerm cell developmentFBF proteinsGermline establishmentTranslational regulatorTranslational regulationProphase IDiplotene stageCell developmentGerm cellsFollicle poolImportant roleDetectable functionMammalsReproductive competence