2017
MicroRNAs Establish Uniform Traits during the Architecture of Vertebrate Embryos
Kasper DM, Moro A, Ristori E, Narayanan A, Hill-Teran G, Fleming E, Moreno-Mateos M, Vejnar CE, Zhang J, Lee D, Gu M, Gerstein M, Giraldez A, Nicoli S. MicroRNAs Establish Uniform Traits during the Architecture of Vertebrate Embryos. Developmental Cell 2017, 40: 552-565.e5. PMID: 28350988, PMCID: PMC5404386, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.02.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDevelopment of vertebratesEmbryonic blood vesselsVertebrate miRNAsMutant embryosVertebrate embryosHigher organismsMiRNAs functionVascular traitsTrait varianceUniform traitTissue developmentEnvironmental perturbationsSignaling pathwaysPhenotypic variabilityEmbryosPhenotypic heterogeneityOrganismsTraitsProper functioningVascular systemVertebratesMutagenesisMiRNAsMicroRNAsPhenotypeChapter 15 Comparative Functions of miRNAs in Embryonic Neurogenesis and Neuronal Network Formation
Ristori E, Nicoli S. Chapter 15 Comparative Functions of miRNAs in Embryonic Neurogenesis and Neuronal Network Formation. 2017, 265-282. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-804402-5.00015-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTarget mRNA degradationCell fate determinationGene regulatory pathwaysDynamic spatiotemporal expressionImportance of miRNAsSmall noncoding RNAsStem cell proliferationMulticellular organismsFate determinationMost miRNAsNeuronal network formationTranslational repressionModel organismsNeural stem cell proliferationMRNA degradationPosttranscriptional regulatorsNoncoding RNAsRegulatory pathwaysDevelopmental processesEmbryonic neurogenesisGene expressionSpatiotemporal expressionNovel roleNeuronal differentiationMiRNAs
2016
In vivo mutagenesis of miRNA gene families using a scalable multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease system
Narayanan A, Hill-Teran G, Moro A, Ristori E, Kasper DM, A. Roden C, Lu J, Nicoli S. In vivo mutagenesis of miRNA gene families using a scalable multiplexed CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease system. Scientific Reports 2016, 6: 32386. PMID: 27572667, PMCID: PMC5004112, DOI: 10.1038/srep32386.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiRNA familiesSingle guide RNAsMiRNA gene familiesHigher multicellular organismsMultiplexed CRISPR/Entire miRNA familiesMulticellular organismsMiRNA genesGene familySame physiological functionChromosomal locationPhylogenetic ancestorsGenomic sequencesCas9 nucleaseGuide RNACRISPR/Mutagenesis strategyNuclease systemPrimary sequenceVivo mutagenesisPhysiological functionsSecondary structureModel systemMiRNAsMutations
2015
A Dicer-miR-107 Interaction Regulates Biogenesis of Specific miRNAs Crucial for Neurogenesis
Ristori E, Lopez-Ramirez MA, Narayanan A, Hill-Teran G, Moro A, Calvo CF, Thomas JL, Nicoli S. A Dicer-miR-107 Interaction Regulates Biogenesis of Specific miRNAs Crucial for Neurogenesis. Developmental Cell 2015, 32: 546-560. PMID: 25662174, PMCID: PMC8950125, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.12.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBlotting, WesternCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationImmunoenzyme TechniquesIn Situ HybridizationMicroRNAsNeurogenesisNeuronsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRhombencephalonRibonuclease IIIRNA, MessengerTumor Cells, CulturedZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsConceptsSpecific miRNAsDicer levelsBiogenesis of microRNAsNeuronal cellsDicer expression levelsExpression levelsDicer resultsMiRNA biogenesisMiR-107 functionsBiogenesisEctopic accumulationSubstrate selectivityPostmitotic neuronsMiR-107MiR-9MiRNAsHomeostatic levelsPrecise accumulationNeurogenesisDicerCellsAccumulationMicroRNAsRecent reportsProgenitors
2014
miRNAs Expression Profile in Zebrafish Developing Vessels
Ristori E, Nicoli S. miRNAs Expression Profile in Zebrafish Developing Vessels. Methods In Molecular Biology 2014, 1214: 129-150. PMID: 25468601, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1462-3_7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpression profilesZebrafish embryonic developmentSmall RNA librariesSmall noncoding RNAsDeep sequencing strategyQuantification of miRNAsPrimary endothelial cellsMiRNAs expression profilesRNA librariesNovel miRNAEmbryonic developmentNoncoding RNAsEndothelial cellsRNA strategySequence variantsSequencing strategyMiRNAsRNACellsMiRNAEarly stagesFACSAngiogenesisVariants