2014
PIWI Proteins Are Dispensable for Mouse Somatic Development and Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Pluripotent Stem Cells
Cheng EC, Kang D, Wang Z, Lin H. PIWI Proteins Are Dispensable for Mouse Somatic Development and Reprogramming of Fibroblasts into Pluripotent Stem Cells. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e97821. PMID: 25238487, PMCID: PMC4169525, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPIWI proteinsEmbryonic stem cellsInduced pluripotent stem cellsPluripotent stem cellsIPS cellsPiwi genesGermline stem cell maintenanceStem cellsControl iPS cellsDifferentiated somatic cellsStem cell maintenancePIWI protein familyReprogramming of fibroblastsExpression profiling revealsGermline developmentProtein familyKnockout embryosCell maintenanceFemale fertileSomatic cellsEmbryonic fibroblastsDirect reprogrammingProfiling revealsTeratoma assayGerm layers
2013
Piwi Genes Are Dispensable for Normal Hematopoiesis in Mice
Nolde MJ, Cheng EC, Guo S, Lin H. Piwi Genes Are Dispensable for Normal Hematopoiesis in Mice. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e71950. PMID: 24058407, PMCID: PMC3751959, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071950.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPiwi genesHematopoietic stem cellsNormal adult hematopoiesisPIWI protein familyStem cellsStem/progenitor cellsDiverse organismsAdult hematopoiesisProtein familyLong-term hematopoiesisMyeloablative stressCompetitive transplantationTransient expressionHuman leukemia cell linesHSC compartmentLeukemia cell linesGenesProliferative stateNormal hematopoiesisCell typesMIWI2Progenitor cellsLineage reconstitutionHematopoiesisCell proliferation
2003
Screens for piwi Suppressors in Drosophila Identify Dosage-Dependent Regulators of Germline Stem Cell Division
Smulders-Srinivasan TK, Lin H. Screens for piwi Suppressors in Drosophila Identify Dosage-Dependent Regulators of Germline Stem Cell Division. Genetics 2003, 165: 1971-1991. PMID: 14704180, PMCID: PMC1462913, DOI: 10.1093/genetics/165.4.1971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedArgonaute ProteinsCell DivisionChromosomesDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsFemaleGene DosageGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGenes, LethalGerm CellsInfertility, MaleMaleProteinsRNA-Induced Silencing ComplexStem CellsSuppression, GeneticTranscription, GeneticZygoteConceptsStem cell divisionGermline stem cell divisionGenes/sequencesCell divisionFemale-specific lethalityDosage-dependent regulatorGermline stem cellsStem cell maintenanceDrosophila third chromosomeFamily of genesDosage-sensitive mannerPiwi mutantsZygotic functionMutant backgroundPiwi genesThird chromosomeMale germlineMale sterilitySuppressor mutationsSuch genesCell maintenanceGenetic regulationPlant kingdomTranscription factorsTranscriptional level
2002
miwi, a Murine Homolog of piwi, Encodes a Cytoplasmic Protein Essential for Spermatogenesis
Deng W, Lin H. miwi, a Murine Homolog of piwi, Encodes a Cytoplasmic Protein Essential for Spermatogenesis. Developmental Cell 2002, 2: 819-830. PMID: 12062093, DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00165-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsChromosome MappingCloning, MolecularCyclic AMP Response Element ModulatorCytoplasmDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Expression RegulationInfertility, MaleLIM Domain ProteinsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMolecular Sequence DataProtein IsoformsProteinsRepressor ProteinsRNA, MessengerSpermatogenesisTestisTranscription FactorsConceptsTarget genesPiwi family genesCytoplasmic protein essentialRound spermatid stageDiverse organismsPiwi genesTranslational regulationFamily genesProtein essentialCytoplasmic proteinsMaster regulatorMurine homologMIWIGenesSpermatid stageStem cellsMRNASpermiogenesisCREMSpermatogenesisSpermatogenic arrestPiwiHomologEncodesCloning