MEG3 noncoding RNA: a tumor suppressor

Y Zhou, X Zhang, A Klibanski - Journal of molecular …, 2012 - jme.bioscientifica.com
Maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) is an imprinted gene belonging to the imprinted DLK1–
MEG3 locus located at chromosome 14q32. 3 in humans. Its mouse ortholog, Meg3, also …

Genomic imprinting at the mammalian Dlk1-Dio3 domain

ST da Rocha, CA Edwards, M Ito, T Ogata… - Trends in Genetics, 2008 - cell.com
Genomic imprinting causes genes to be expressed or repressed depending on their
parental origin. The majority of imprinted genes identified to date map in clusters and much …

Aberrant silencing of imprinted genes on chromosome 12qF1 in mouse induced pluripotent stem cells

M Stadtfeld, E Apostolou, H Akutsu, A Fukuda, P Follett… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have been generated by enforced expression of
defined sets of transcription factors in somatic cells. It remains controversial whether iPSCs …

Genomic and epigenetic alterations deregulate microRNA expression in human epithelial ovarian cancer

L Zhang, S Volinia, T Bonome… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of small noncoding RNAs that function as
negative gene regulators. miRNA deregulation is involved in the initiation and progression …

Mechanisms regulating imprinted genes in clusters

CA Edwards, AC Ferguson-Smith - Current opinion in cell biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Clustered imprinted genes are regulated by differentially methylated imprinting control
regions (ICRs) that affect gene activity and repression in cis over a large region. Although a …

Deletions and epimutations affecting the human 14q32. 2 imprinted region in individuals with paternal and maternal upd (14)-like phenotypes

M Kagami, Y Sekita, G Nishimura, M Irie, F Kato… - Nature …, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract Human chromosome 14q32. 2 carries a cluster of imprinted genes including
paternally expressed genes (PEGs) such as DLK1 and RTL1 and maternally expressed …

Epigenetic control of fetal gene expression

TM Nafee, WE Farrell, WD Carroll… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Each differentiated cell type has its own epigenetic signature, which reflects its genotype,
developmental history, and environmental influences, and is ultimately reflected in the …

Convergent evolution of genomic imprinting in plants and mammals

R Feil, F Berger - Trends in Genetics, 2007 - cell.com
Parental genomic imprinting is characterized by the expression of a selected panel of genes
from one of the two parental alleles. Recent evidence shows that DNA methylation and …

The IG-DMR and the MEG3-DMR at Human Chromosome 14q32.2: Hierarchical Interaction and Distinct Functional Properties as Imprinting Control Centers

M Kagami, MJ O'Sullivan, AJ Green, Y Watabe… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Human chromosome 14q32. 2 harbors the germline-derived primary DLK1-MEG3 intergenic
differentially methylated region (IG-DMR) and the postfertilization-derived secondary MEG3 …

The Dlk1-Gtl2 locus preserves LT-HSC function by inhibiting the PI3K-mTOR pathway to restrict mitochondrial metabolism

P Qian, XC He, A Paulson, Z Li, F Tao, JM Perry, F Guo… - Cell stem cell, 2016 - cell.com
Summary The mammalian imprinted Dlk1-Gtl2 locus produces multiple non-coding RNAs
(ncRNAs) from the maternally inherited allele, including the largest miRNA cluster in the …