Genetic variation in microRNA networks: the implications for cancer research

BM Ryan, AI Robles, CC Harris - Nature reviews cancer, 2010 - nature.com
Many studies have highlighted the role that microRNAs have in physiological processes and
how their deregulation can lead to cancer. More recently, it has been proposed that the …

The let-7 family of microRNAs

S Roush, FJ Slack - Trends in cell biology, 2008 - cell.com
The first two known microRNAs (miRNAs), lin-4 and let-7, were originally discovered in the
nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and control the timing of stem-cell division and …

Comprehensive analysis of RNA-Seq data reveals extensive RNA editing in a human transcriptome

Z Peng, Y Cheng, BCM Tan, L Kang, Z Tian… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
RNA editing is a post-transcriptional event that recodes hereditary information. Here we
describe a comprehensive profile of the RNA editome of a male Han Chinese individual …

Applications of new sequencing technologies for transcriptome analysis

O Morozova, M Hirst, MA Marra - Annual review of genomics …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Transcriptome analysis has been a key area of biological inquiry for decades. Over the
years, research in the field has progressed from candidate gene-based detection of RNAs …

MicroRNAs and their isomiRs function cooperatively to target common biological pathways

N Cloonan, S Wani, Q Xu, J Gu, K Lea, S Heater… - Genome biology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background Variants of microRNAs (miRNAs), called isomiRs, are commonly
reported in deep-sequencing studies; however, the functional significance of these variants …

The deep evolution of metazoan microRNAs

BM Wheeler, AM Heimberg, VN Moy… - Evolution & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY microRNAs (miRNAs) are approximately 22‐nucleotide noncoding RNA
regulatory genes that are key players in cellular differentiation and homeostasis. They might …

Accurate identification of A-to-I RNA editing in human by transcriptome sequencing

JH Bahn, JH Lee, G Li, C Greer, G Peng… - Genome …, 2012 - genome.cshlp.org
RNA editing enhances the diversity of gene products at the post-transcriptional level.
Approaches for genome-wide identification of RNA editing face two main challenges …

A myriad of miRNA variants in control and Huntington's disease brain regions detected by massively parallel sequencing

E Martí, L Pantano, M Banez-Coronel… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that predominantly affects
neurons of the forebrain. We have applied the Illumina massively parallel sequencing to …

The repertoire and features of human platelet microRNAs

H Plé, P Landry, A Benham, C Coarfa, PH Gunaratne… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Playing a central role in the maintenance of hemostasis as well as in thrombotic disorders,
platelets contain a relatively diverse messenger RNA (mRNA) transcriptome as well as …

An antagomir to microRNA Let7f promotes neuroprotection in an ischemic stroke model

A Selvamani, P Sathyan, RC Miranda, F Sohrabji - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
We previously showed that middle-aged female rats sustain a larger infarct following
experimental stroke as compared to younger female rats, and paradoxically, estrogen …