2021
Polycomb complexes redundantly maintain epidermal stem cell identity during development
Cohen I, Bar C, Liu H, Valdes VJ, Zhao D, Galbo PM, Silva JM, Koseki H, Zheng D, Ezhkova E. Polycomb complexes redundantly maintain epidermal stem cell identity during development. Genes & Development 2021, 35: 354-366. PMID: 33602871, PMCID: PMC7919412, DOI: 10.1101/gad.345363.120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional redundancyTranscription factorsRepressive chromatin domainsStem cell identityEpidermal stem cellsStrong derepressionEpidermal identityPolycomb complexesChromatin domainsDevelopmental regulatorsIdentity genesPRC2 functionGene repressionGenomic bindingCell identityMolecular dissectionEpidermal progenitorsLineage identityPRC2PRC1Ectopic expressionSevere defectsEpidermal stratificationPhysiological significanceStem cells
2016
Divergence and rewiring of regulatory networks for neural development between human and other species
Wang P, Zhao D, Rockowitz S, Zheng D. Divergence and rewiring of regulatory networks for neural development between human and other species. Neurogenesis 2016, 3: e1231495. PMID: 27900343, PMCID: PMC5111580, DOI: 10.1080/23262133.2016.1231495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRegulatory networksTranscription factorsNeural developmentMouse embryonic stem cellsREST-binding sitesGene regulatory networksCritical transcriptional regulatorREST/NRSFEmbryonic stem cellsTranscriptional regulatorsEpigenetic regulationGenomic regionsGenetic controlMammalian speciesFunctional implicationsGenesStem cellsRest regulationsSpeciesBinding eventsFunctional featuresCritical roleRegulationBrain developmentRecent analysis
2015
MicroRNA Profiling of Neurons Generated Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Patients with Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder, and 22q11.2 Del
Zhao D, Lin M, Chen J, Pedrosa E, Hrabovsky A, Fourcade HM, Zheng D, Lachman HM. MicroRNA Profiling of Neurons Generated Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived from Patients with Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder, and 22q11.2 Del. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0132387. PMID: 26173148, PMCID: PMC4501820, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide significanceUnderlying genetic basisInduced pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technologyMiRNA expression profilingPluripotent stem cellsMiRNA expression patternsMicroRNA biogenesisMRNA targetsRegulated miRNAsGenetic basisExpression profilingStem cell technologyExpression patternsAutopsy samplesMiRNAsNeuropsychiatric disordersMicroRNA profilingStem cellsNominal significanceGenesPeripheral cellsPeripheral bloodWider significanceGenetic factors