2013
Engineering a Blood-Retinal Barrier With Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Transcriptome and Functional Analysis
Peng S, Gan G, Qiu C, Zhong M, An H, Adelman RA, Rizzolo LJ. Engineering a Blood-Retinal Barrier With Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium: Transcriptome and Functional Analysis. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2013, 2: 534-544. PMID: 23734062, PMCID: PMC3697821, DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2012-0134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinal pigment epitheliumBlood-retinal barrierHuman retinal pigment epitheliumPigment epitheliumHuman fetal retinal pigment epitheliumOuter blood-retinal barrierTight junctionsFetal retinal pigment epitheliumEmbryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epitheliumAdult retinal pigment epitheliumQuantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reactionMaturation of hESCReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionTranscription-polymerase chain reactionHuman embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epitheliumStem cell-derived retinal pigment epitheliumRPE replacement therapyPanel of genesReplacement therapyAnimal modelsHuman embryonic stem cellsRetinal degenerationRPE functionSerum-free mediumHuman retina
2010
Dynamic transcriptomes during neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells revealed by short, long, and paired-end sequencing
Wu JQ, Habegger L, Noisa P, Szekely A, Qiu C, Hutchison S, Raha D, Egholm M, Lin H, Weissman S, Cui W, Gerstein M, Snyder M. Dynamic transcriptomes during neural differentiation of human embryonic stem cells revealed by short, long, and paired-end sequencing. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2010, 107: 5254-5259. PMID: 20194744, PMCID: PMC2841935, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914114107.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural differentiationUndifferentiated hESCsNeural fate specificationCell identity maintenanceStage-specific regulationHuman embryonic stem cellsTypes of genesPaired-end sequencingDifferentiation of hESCsEmbryonic stem cellsPaired-end readsNeural cell differentiationSplicing dynamicsFate specificationDynamic transcriptomeIsoform diversityTranscriptome changesUnannotated transcriptsGene transcriptionRNA sequencingStages of differentiationNeural lineagesCell differentiationDifferential expressionGliogenic potential
2009
Lin28-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of Oct4 expression in human embryonic stem cells
Qiu C, Ma Y, Wang J, Peng S, Huang Y. Lin28-mediated post-transcriptional regulation of Oct4 expression in human embryonic stem cells. Nucleic Acids Research 2009, 38: 1240-1248. PMID: 19966271, PMCID: PMC2831306, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1071.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA helicase APost-transcriptional regulationHuman embryonic stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsLin28-dependent stimulationOct4 expressionPost-transcriptional regulatory factorsPluripotency factor OCT4Subset of mRNAsPost-transcriptional levelStem cellsTarget mRNA expressionMicroRNA processingFactors OCT4Observed regulationReporter systemRegulatory factorsEfficient translationLin28Novel mechanismMRNARegulationFirst evidenceExpressionMRNA expression