Transposable elements as essential elements in the control of gene expression

A Gebrie - Mobile DNA, 2023 - Springer
Interspersed repetitions called transposable elements (TEs), commonly referred to as mobile
elements, make up a significant portion of the genomes of higher animals. TEs contribute in …

Interferon-γ and infectious diseases: Lessons and prospects

JL Casanova, JD MacMicking, CF Nathan - Science, 2024 - science.org
Infectious diseases continue to claim many lives. Prevention of morbidity and mortality from
these diseases would benefit not just from new medicines and vaccines but also from a …

Regulation of human interferon signaling by transposon exonization

GIM Pasquesi, H Allen, A Ivancevic… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Innate immune signaling is essential for clearing pathogens and damaged cells and must be
tightly regulated to avoid excessive inflammation or autoimmunity. Here, we found that the …

TEENA: an integrated web server for transposable element enrichment analysis in various model and non-model organisms

Y Li, R Lyu, S Chen, Y Wang, M Sun - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are abundant in the genomes of various eukaryote organisms.
Increasing evidence suggests that TEs can play crucial regulatory roles—usually by creating …

Retrotransposon SINEs in Age-Related Diseases: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications

S Shah, S Yu, C Zhang, I Ali, X Wang, Y Qian… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Retrotransposons are self-replicating genomic elements that move from one genomic
location to another using a “copy-and-paste” method involving RNA intermediaries. One …

Mouse retrotransposons: sequence structure, evolutionary age, genomic distribution and function

M Kawase, K Ichiyanagi - Genes & Genetic Systems, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Retrotransposons are transposable elements that are transposed via transcription and
reverse transcription. Their copies have accumulated in the genome of mammals, occupying …

An endogenous retrovirus regulates tumor-specific expression of the immune transcriptional regulator SP140

AK Dziulko, H Allen, EB Chuong - Human Molecular Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Speckled Protein 140 (SP140) is a chromatin reader with critical roles regulating
immune cell transcriptional programs, and SP140 splice variants are associated with …

Navigating the brain and aging: exploring the impact of transposable elements from health to disease

A Le Breton, MP Bettencourt… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements that constitute on average 45%
of mammalian genomes. Their presence and activity in genomes represent a major source …

Derepression of transposable elements enhances interferon beta signaling and stem/progenitor cell activity after proton irradiation.

D Cinat, R van der Wal, M Baanstra, AAS Gamez… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The release and subsequent detection of nucleic acids into the cytoplasm constitute a
hallmark of the radiation-induced DNA damage response. However, different radiation …

Unraveling transposable element-mediated regulatory landscape in diverse human immune cells

C Du, H Fan, J Jiang, J Yang, S Chen, NE Vorobyeva… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are key contributors to genetic novelty. Despite increasing
evidence of their importance, their roles in shaping the regulatory landscape of diverse …