2024
Transcription elongation defects link oncogenic SF3B1 mutations to targetable alterations in chromatin landscape
Boddu P, Gupta A, Roy R, De La Peña Avalos B, Olazabal-Herrero A, Neuenkirchen N, Zimmer J, Chandhok N, King D, Nannya Y, Ogawa S, Lin H, Simon M, Dray E, Kupfer G, Verma A, Neugebauer K, Pillai M. Transcription elongation defects link oncogenic SF3B1 mutations to targetable alterations in chromatin landscape. Molecular Cell 2024, 84: 1475-1495.e18. PMID: 38521065, PMCID: PMC11061666, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.02.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRate of RNA polymerase IIChromatin landscapeElongation defectsElongation rate of RNA polymerase IIImpaired protein-protein interactionsSplicing of pre-messenger RNATranscription elongation defectsRNA polymerase IIProtein-protein interactionsPre-messenger RNACancer-associated mutationsIsogenic cell linesSin3/HDAC complexGene bodiesPolymerase IIChromatin accessibilityH3K4me3 markChromatin changesMutant SF3B1ChromatinMutant mouse modelsEpigenetic disordersEpigenetic factorsHuman diseasesMutant state
2018
The Role of Maternal HP1a in Early Drosophila Embryogenesis via Regulation of Maternal Transcript Production
Park AR, Liu N, Neuenkirchen N, Guo Q, Lin H. The Role of Maternal HP1a in Early Drosophila Embryogenesis via Regulation of Maternal Transcript Production. Genetics 2018, 211: 201-217. PMID: 30442760, PMCID: PMC6325692, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.118.301704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeterochromatin protein 1aMaternal transcriptsEarly Drosophila embryogenesisGermline developmentDrosophila embryogenesisMRNA splicingCell divisionTranscript productionProtein 1AEpigenetic factorsDownregulates genesEmbryogenesisGenesTranscriptsSplicingOogenesisTranscriptionOrganogenesisRegulationRoleProductionNeurogenesisDivisionDevelopmentTranslation
2013
A Major Epigenetic Programming Mechanism Guided by piRNAs
Huang XA, Yin H, Sweeney S, Raha D, Snyder M, Lin H. A Major Epigenetic Programming Mechanism Guided by piRNAs. Developmental Cell 2013, 24: 502-516. PMID: 23434410, PMCID: PMC3600162, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.01.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedArgonaute ProteinsChromatinChromatin ImmunoprecipitationChromobox Protein Homolog 5Chromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEpigenomicsGenomeGenomicsMethyltransferasesMutationReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA Polymerase IIRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingConceptsSpecific genomic sitesEpigenetic factorsGenomic sitesRNA polymerase II associationPiwi-piRNA complexDrosophila genomeEpigenetic stateEpigenetic landscapeComplex associatesPiwiGenomePiRNAsCentral enigmaMajor mechanismEctopic sitesSequenceHP1aDrosophilaPiRNASitesEpigeneticsMechanismProgramming mechanismAssociatesRecruitmentFunction of Piwi, a nuclear Piwi/Argonaute protein, is independent of its slicer activity
Darricarrère N, Liu N, Watanabe T, Lin H. Function of Piwi, a nuclear Piwi/Argonaute protein, is independent of its slicer activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2013, 110: 1297-1302. PMID: 23297219, PMCID: PMC3557079, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1213283110.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPIWI proteinsPiRNA biogenesisSlicer activityPIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) biogenesisEndonuclease activityFunction of PiwiNuclear Piwi proteinSecondary piRNA biogenesisGerm line developmentPiwi functionPiwi membersArgonaute proteinsRNA biogenesisArgonaute 3Transgenic fliesPiwiSomatic cellsCatalytic triadEpigenetic factorsRegulatory functionsBiogenesisOnly memberProteinTransposonRecent evidence
2011
The microRNA regulation of stem cells
Huang XA, Lin H. The microRNA regulation of stem cells. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Membrane Transport And Signalling 2011, 1: 83-95. PMID: 23024929, PMCID: PMC3459065, DOI: 10.1002/wdev.5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStem cellsMore mRNA targetsAdult tissue stem cellsDistinct expression profilesEmbryonic stem cellsTissue stem cellsMiRNA pathwayNegative feedback loopGene regulationMicroRNA regulationMRNA targetsTranscription factorsGene expressionRegulatory mechanismsEpigenetic factorsExpression profilesBiological processesDifferent miRNAsConcerted controlRegulatory roleIPS cellsMiRNAsSuch regulationRegulationCells