2011
miRNA Regulatory Circuits in ES Cells Differentiation: A Chemical Kinetics Modeling Approach
Luo Z, Xu X, Gu P, Lonard D, Gunaratne PH, Cooney AJ, Azencott R. miRNA Regulatory Circuits in ES Cells Differentiation: A Chemical Kinetics Modeling Approach. PLOS ONE 2011, 6: e23263. PMID: 22039400, PMCID: PMC3198445, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsES cell differentiationMRNA genesRepressive interactionsCell differentiationTarget mRNA genesEmbryonic stem cellsGene regulationRegulatory circuitsTranslation inhibitionMRNA targetsGene MES cellsMiRNAs inhibitorsMicroarray dataGenesMiRNAsStem cellsGene GProtein expressionDirect degradationMRNADifferentiationImportant roleCellsMicroRNAs
2008
Novel MicroRNA Candidates and miRNA-mRNA Pairs in Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells
Gu P, Reid J, Gao X, Shaw C, Creighton C, Tran P, Zhou X, Drabek R, Steffen D, Hoang D, Weiss M, Naghavi A, El-daye J, Khan M, Legge G, Wheeler D, Gibbs R, Miller J, Cooney A, Gunaratne P. Novel MicroRNA Candidates and miRNA-mRNA Pairs in Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells. PLOS ONE 2008, 3: e2548. PMID: 18648548, PMCID: PMC2481296, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002548.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiRNA-mRNA pairsEmbryonic stem cellsES cellsMiRNA candidatesPost-transcriptional gene regulationTranscriptional gene regulationCore regulatory networkLoss of repressionMiRNA target predictionOpposite expression trendsStem cellsES cell differentiationNovel candidatesNovel miRNAsGene regulationSmall RNAsMiRNA maturationGene networksTranscript sequencesRegulatory networksExpression trendsSilico searchMicroRNA candidatesCell differentiationTarget prediction
2005
Orphan Nuclear Receptor GCNF Is Required for the Repression of Pluripotency Genes during Retinoic Acid-Induced Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation
Gu P, LeMenuet D, Chung A, Mancini M, Wheeler DA, Cooney AJ. Orphan Nuclear Receptor GCNF Is Required for the Repression of Pluripotency Genes during Retinoic Acid-Induced Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation. Molecular And Cellular Biology 2005, 25: 8507-8519. PMID: 16166633, PMCID: PMC1265758, DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.19.8507-8519.2005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, NorthernBlotting, WesternCell DifferentiationCell LineCell NucleusChromatin ImmunoprecipitationDNA-Binding ProteinsDown-RegulationEmbryo, MammalianFemaleFibroblast Growth Factor 4GenotypeHomeodomain ProteinsIn Situ HybridizationMaleMiceMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, GeneticNanog Homeobox ProteinNuclear Receptor Subfamily 6, Group A, Member 1Octamer Transcription Factor-3PhenotypePlasmidsProtein BindingReceptors, Cytoplasmic and NuclearResponse ElementsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionSOXB1 Transcription FactorsStem CellsTime FactorsTrans-ActivatorsTransfectionTretinoinConceptsLoss of repressionES cell differentiationPluripotency genesCell differentiationTranscription factorsEmbryonic developmentES cellsEmbryonic stem cell pluripotencyEmbryonic stem cell differentiationEarly mouse embryonic developmentStem cell pluripotencyMouse embryonic developmentPluripotency gene expressionEarly embryonic developmentInitiation of differentiationStem cell differentiationRetinoic acidCell pluripotencyNanog geneGenes Oct4Somatic cellsUndifferentiated stateGene expressionGCNFRepression