2012
High‐Efficiency Transfection and siRNA‐Mediated Gene Knockdown in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Ma Y, Lin H, Qiu C. High‐Efficiency Transfection and siRNA‐Mediated Gene Knockdown in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Current Protocols In Stem Cell Biology 2012, 21: 5c.2.1-5c.2.9. PMID: 22605647, DOI: 10.1002/9780470151808.sc05c02s21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh transfection efficiencyPluripotent stem cellsTransfection efficiencyTransfection reagent Lipofectamine 2000Human embryonic stem cellsStem cellsHuman pluripotent stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsPluripotent cell linesLipofectamine 2000SiRNA-mediated gene knockdownPluripotent cellsExpensive equipmentPluripotent genesGene knockdownProtocolEfficiencyPrimary cellsGenesCell linesCarriersCellsApplicationsTransfection
2011
Genome‐Wide Studies Reveal That Lin28 Enhances the Translation of Genes Important for Growth and Survival of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
Peng S, Chen L, Lei X, Yang L, Lin H, Carmichael GG, Huang Y. Genome‐Wide Studies Reveal That Lin28 Enhances the Translation of Genes Important for Growth and Survival of Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Stem Cells 2011, 29: 496-504. PMID: 21425412, DOI: 10.1002/stem.591.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA helicase AHuman embryonic stem cellsEmbryonic stem cellsLin28-dependent stimulationTranslation of genesStem cellsLet-7 microRNADominant negative inhibitorPolysome profilingGenes ImportantRibosomal proteinsCellular mRNAsTarget genesDeep sequencingReporter analysisMetabolic enzymesLin28Cell growthExpression levelsGenesTranslationCellsGrowthImmunoprecipitationMicroRNAs
2010
High-efficiency siRNA-based gene knockdown in human embryonic stem cells
Ma Y, Jin J, Dong C, Cheng EC, Lin H, Huang Y, Qiu C. High-efficiency siRNA-based gene knockdown in human embryonic stem cells. RNA 2010, 16: 2564-2569. PMID: 20978109, PMCID: PMC2995416, DOI: 10.1261/rna.2350710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDynamic 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
2007
Precancerous Stem Cells Have the Potential for both Benign and Malignant Differentiation
Chen L, Shen R, Ye Y, Pu XA, Liu X, Duan W, Wen J, Zimmerer J, Wang Y, Liu Y, Lasky LC, Heerema NA, Perrotti D, Ozato K, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Nakano T, Yates AJ, Carson WE, Lin H, Barsky SH, Gao JX. Precancerous Stem Cells Have the Potential for both Benign and Malignant Differentiation. PLOS ONE 2007, 2: e293. PMID: 17356702, PMCID: PMC1808425, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000293.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer stem cellsMalignant differentiationPrecancerous stem cellsStem cellsImmunocompetent miceImmunodeficient miceSolid cancersSolid tumorsTherapy of cancerC-kitNovel targetCancerEarly detectionCancer cellsSca-1Lineage markersTissue cellsMicePCSCsCellsSingle cloneDifferentiationTherapyTumorsPrevention