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 systemVertebratesMutagenesisMiRNAsMicroRNAsPhenotype
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