2019
MKL1-actin pathway restricts chromatin accessibility and prevents mature pluripotency activation
Hu X, Liu ZZ, Chen X, Schulz VP, Kumar A, Hartman AA, Weinstein J, Johnston JF, Rodriguez EC, Eastman AE, Cheng J, Min L, Zhong M, Carroll C, Gallagher PG, Lu J, Schwartz M, King MC, Krause DS, Guo S. MKL1-actin pathway restricts chromatin accessibility and prevents mature pluripotency activation. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 1695. PMID: 30979898, PMCID: PMC6461646, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09636-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell fate reprogrammingChromatin accessibilityActin cytoskeletonSomatic cell reprogrammingPluripotency transcription factorsGlobal chromatin accessibilityGenomic accessibilityCytoskeleton (LINC) complexCell reprogrammingCytoskeletal genesTranscription factorsReprogrammingPluripotencyChromatinCytoskeletonMKL1Unappreciated aspectPathwayNuclear volumeNucleoskeletonSUN2CellsActivationGenesExpression
2013
The IGF2 intronic miR-483 selectively enhances transcription from IGF2 fetal promoters and enhances tumorigenesis
Liu M, Roth A, Yu M, Morris R, Bersani F, Rivera MN, Lu J, Shioda T, Vasudevan S, Ramaswamy S, Maheswaran S, Diederichs S, Haber DA. The IGF2 intronic miR-483 selectively enhances transcription from IGF2 fetal promoters and enhances tumorigenesis. Genes & Development 2013, 27: 2543-2548. PMID: 24298054, PMCID: PMC3861668, DOI: 10.1101/gad.224170.113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInsulin-like growth factor 2Loss of imprintingUntranslated regionFunctional positive feedback loopRNA helicase DHX9IGF2 mRNAAdditional regulatory mechanismsIntronic miRNANuclear poolHost genesEctopic expressionMicroRNA screenPositive feedback loopIGF2 transcriptionPrimary Wilms tumorsFetal promotersIGF2 transcriptsPromoter contributesRegulatory mechanismsIGF2 geneGrowth factor 2IGF2 expressionTranscriptionGenesMiR-483