Biogenesis and regulation of the let-7 miRNAs and their functional implications

H Lee, S Han, CS Kwon, D Lee - Protein & cell, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The let-7 miRNA was one of the first miRNAs discovered in the nematode, Caenorhabditis
elegans, and its biological functions show a high level of evolutionary conservation from the …

Oncomirs—microRNAs with a role in cancer

A Esquela-Kerscher, FJ Slack - Nature reviews cancer, 2006 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an abundant class of small non-protein-coding RNAs that function
as negative gene regulators. They regulate diverse biological processes, and bioinformatic …

Pairing beyond the seed supports microRNA targeting specificity

JP Broughton, MT Lovci, JL Huang, GW Yeo… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
To identify endogenous miRNA-target sites, we isolated AGO-bound RNAs from
Caenorhabditis elegans by individual-nucleotide resolution crosslinking …

Evidence for cardiomyocyte renewal in humans

O Bergmann, RD Bhardwaj, S Bernard, S Zdunek… - Science, 2009 - science.org
It has been difficult to establish whether we are limited to the heart muscle cells we are born
with or if cardiomyocytes are generated also later in life. We have taken advantage of the …

microRNA functions

N Bushati, SM Cohen - Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol., 2007 - annualreviews.org
microRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that play important roles in
posttranscriptional gene regulation. In animal cells, miRNAs regulate their targets by …

RAS is regulated by the let-7 microRNA family

SM Johnson, H Grosshans, J Shingara, M Byrom… - Cell, 2005 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are regulatory RNAs found in multicellular eukaryotes, including
humans, where they are implicated in cancer. The let-7 miRNA times seam cell terminal …

Non‐coding RNAs: regulators of disease

RJ Taft, KC Pang, TR Mercer, M Dinger… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
For 50 years the term 'gene'has been synonymous with regions of the genome encoding
mRNAs that are translated into protein. However, recent genome‐wide studies have shown …

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 …

miRecords: an integrated resource for microRNA–target interactions

F **ao, Z Zuo, G Cai, S Kang, X Gao… - Nucleic acids research, 2009 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are an important class of small noncoding RNAs capable of regulating
other genes' expression. Much progress has been made in computational target prediction …

The diverse functions of microRNAs in animal development and disease

WP Kloosterman, RHA Plasterk - Developmental cell, 2006 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) control gene expression by translational inhibition and destabilization
of mRNAs. While hundreds of miRNAs have been found, only a few have been studied in …