PIWI-interacting RNA: its biogenesis and functions

YW Iwasaki, MC Siomi, H Siomi - Annual review of biochemistry, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small RNAs that are 24–31 nucleotides in
length. They associate with PIWI proteins, which constitute a germline-specific subclade of …

PIWI proteins and PIWI-interacting RNAs in the soma

RJ Ross, MM Weiner, H Lin - Nature, 2014‏ - nature.com
The discovery of millions of PIWI-interacting RNAs revealed a fascinating and unanticipated
dimension of biology. The PIWI–piRNA pathway has been commonly perceived as germline …

Small RNAs are trafficked from the epididymis to develo** mammalian sperm

U Sharma, F Sun, CC Conine, B Reichholf, S Kukreja… - Developmental cell, 2018‏ - cell.com
The biogenesis of the RNA payload of mature sperm is of great interest, because RNAs
delivered to the zygote at fertilization can affect early development. Here, we tested the …

Non-model model organisms

JJ Russell, JA Theriot, P Sood, WF Marshall… - BMC biology, 2017‏ - Springer
Abstract Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient
systems to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of …

PIWI-interacting RNAs: from generation to transgenerational epigenetics

MJ Luteijn, RF Ketting - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013‏ - nature.com
Small-RNA-guided gene regulation is a recurring theme in biology. Animal germ cells are
characterized by an intriguing small-RNA-mediated gene-silencing mechanism known as …

The expanding implications of polyploidy

KP Schoenfelder, DT Fox - The Journal of cell biology, 2015‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Polyploid cells, which contain more than two genome copies, occur throughout nature.
Beyond well-established roles in increasing cell size/metabolic output, polyploidy can also …

Soma-to-germline RNA communication

CC Conine, OJ Rando - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022‏ - nature.com
More than a century ago, August Weissman defined a distinction between the germline
(responsible for propagating heritable information from generation to generation) and the …

Principles of transgenerational small RNA inheritance in Caenorhabditis elegans

O Rechavi, I Lev - Current Biology, 2017‏ - cell.com
Examples of transgenerational inheritance of environmental responses are rapidly
accumulating. In Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes, such heritable information transmits …

PIWI proteins and PIWI-interacting RNA: emerging roles in cancer

YN Han, Y Li, SQ **a, YY Zhang, JH Zheng… - Cellular Physiology and …, 2018‏ - karger.com
P-Element induced wimpy testis (PIWI)-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a type of noncoding
RNAs (ncRNAs) and interact with PIWI proteins. piRNAs were primarily described in the …

Delete and survive: strategies of programmed genetic material elimination in eukaryotes

D Dedukh, A Krasikova - Biological Reviews, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Genome stability is a crucial feature of eukaryotic organisms because its alteration
drastically affects the normal development and survival of cells and the organism as a …