MicroRNA-21 expression in single living cells revealed by fluorescence and SERS dual-response microfluidic droplet platform

D Sun, F Cao, X Yi, H Zhu, G Qi, W Xu, S Xu - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Analysis of single-cell microRNA is essential to reveal cell heterogeneity at the genetic level.
It raises a high demand for single-cell analytical methods because single-cell microRNA …

A hominoid-specific endogenous retrovirus may have rewired the gene regulatory network shared between primordial germ cells and naïve pluripotent cells

J Ito, Y Seita, S Kojima, NF Parrish, K Sasaki… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Mammalian germ cells stem from primordial germ cells (PGCs). Although the gene
regulatory network controlling the development of germ cells such as PGCs is critical for …

Hierarchical accumulation of histone variant H2A. Z regulates transcriptional states and histone modifications in early mammalian embryos

X Liu, J Zhang, J Zhou, G Bu, W Zhu, H He… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Early embryos undergo extensive epigenetic reprogramming to achieve gamete‐to‐embryo
transition, which involves the loading and removal of histone variant H2A. Z on chromatin …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptome dynamics uncovers long non-coding RNAs response to salinity stress in Chenopodium quinoa

C Luo, B He, P Shi, J Xi, H Gui, B Pang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chenopodium quinoa is a crop with outstanding tolerance to saline soil, but long non-coding
RNAs (LncRNAs) expression profile driven by salt stress in quinoa has rarely been …

Single-cell sequencing: expansion, integration and translation

X Dai, L Cai, F He - Briefings in Functional Genomics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
With the rapid advancement in sequencing technologies, the concept of omics has
revolutionized our understanding of cellular behaviors. Conventional omics investigation …

[HTML][HTML] Anesthesia and developing brain: what have we learned from recent studies

Y Niu, J Yan, H Jiang - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anesthesia is unavoidable in surgical procedures. However, whether the general
anesthetics are neurotoxic to immature brains remains undefined. Neurodevelopmental …

scDEA: differential expression analysis in single-cell RNA-sequencing data via ensemble learning

HS Li, L Ou-Yang, Y Zhu, H Yan… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The identification of differentially expressed genes between different cell groups is a crucial
step in analyzing single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) data. Even though various …

Long-term storage does not affect the expression profiles of mRNA and long non-coding RNA in vitrified-warmed human embryos

J Li, L Zhu, J Huang, W Liu, W Han, G Huang - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although vitrification has been widely applied in assisted reproductive technology, it is
unknown whether storage time has any impact on the mRNA and lncRNA expression …

KLF17 promotes human naive pluripotency through repressing MAPK3 and ZIC2

SH Wang, J Hao, C Zhang, FF Duan, YT Chiu… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
The pluripotent state of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is regulated by a sophisticated network
of transcription factors. High expression of KLF17 has recently been identified as a hallmark …

[PDF][PDF] Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies a migratory keratinocyte subpopulation expressing THBS1 in epidermal wound healing

R Siriwach, AQ Ngo, M Higuchi, K Arima, S Sakamoto… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Keratinocyte differentiation is an intricate process that is regulated by multiple mediators.
Using cultured human keratinocytes, we found that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) induced the …