The role of microRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases: a review

S Li, Z Lei, T Sun - Cell biology and toxicology, 2023 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs which are essential post-transcriptional gene
regulators in various neuronal degenerative diseases and playact a key role in these …

The emerging field of epigenetics in neurodegeneration and neuroprotection

JY Hwang, KA Aromolaran, RS Zukin - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Epigenetic mechanisms—including DNA methylation, histone post-translational
modifications and changes in nucleosome positioning—regulate gene expression, cellular …

The relation of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor with microRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases and ischemic stroke

C Eyileten, L Sharif, Z Wicik, D Jakubik… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the neurotrophin family of growth
factors that plays a crucial role in the development of the nervous system while supporting …

An evolutionarily conserved long noncoding RNA TUNA controls pluripotency and neural lineage commitment

N Lin, KY Chang, Z Li, K Gates, ZA Rana, J Dang… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Here, we generated a genome-scale shRNA library targeting long intergenic noncoding
RNAs (lincRNAs) in the mouse. We performed an unbiased loss-of-function study in mouse …

Role of prenatal hypoxia in brain development, cognitive functions, and neurodegeneration

NN Nalivaeva, AJ Turner, IA Zhuravin - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
This review focuses on the role of prenatal hypoxia in the development of brain functions in
the postnatal period and subsequent increased risk of neurodegenerative disorders in later …

Exosomal miRNAs: biological properties and therapeutic potential

G Hu, KM Drescher, XM Chen - Frontiers in genetics, 2012 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding regulatory RNAs that regulate gene expression at
the post-transcriptional level, are master regulators of a wide array of cellular processes …

miR-9: a versatile regulator of neurogenesis

M Coolen, S Katz, L Bally-Cuif - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Soon after its discovery, microRNA-9 (miR-9) attracted the attention of neurobiologists, since
it is one of the most highly expressed microRNAs in the develo** and adult vertebrate …

Developmental alterations in Huntington's disease neural cells and pharmacological rescue in cells and mice

Nature neuroscience, 2017 - nature.com
Neural cultures derived from Huntington's disease (HD) patient-derived induced pluripotent
stem cells were used for'omics' analyses to identify mechanisms underlying …

[KNJIGA][B] Impressionable biologies: From the archaeology of plasticity to the sociology of epigenetics

M Meloni - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
During the twentieth century, genes were considered the controlling force of life processes,
and the transfer of DNA the definitive explanation for biological heredity. Such views shaped …

Chronic pain: emerging evidence for the involvement of epigenetics

F Denk, SB McMahon - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
Epigenetic processes, such as histone modifications and DNA methylation, have been
associated with many neural functions including synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory …