[PDF][PDF] Human brain organogenesis: Toward a cellular understanding of development and disease

KW Kelley, SP Pașca - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The construction of the human nervous system is a distinctly complex although highly
regulated process. Human tissue inaccessibility has impeded a molecular understanding of …

History, discovery, and classification of lncRNAs

J Jarroux, A Morillon, M Pinskaya - Long non coding RNA biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The RNA World Hypothesis suggests that prebiotic life revolved around RNA
instead of DNA and proteins. Although modern cells have changed significantly in 4 billion …

[PDF][PDF] Establishing cerebral organoids as models of human-specific brain evolution

AA Pollen, A Bhaduri, MG Andrews, TJ Nowakowski… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Direct comparisons of human and non-human primate brains can reveal molecular
pathways underlying remarkable specializations of the human brain. However, chimpanzee …

[PDF][PDF] Human-specific NOTCH2NL genes expand cortical neurogenesis through delta/notch regulation

IK Suzuki, D Gacquer, R Van Heurck, D Kumar… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The cerebral cortex underwent rapid expansion and increased complexity during recent
hominid evolution. Gene duplications constitute a major evolutionary force, but their impact …

[HTML][HTML] Human-specific genetics: new tools to explore the molecular and cellular basis of human evolution

AA Pollen, U Kilik, CB Lowe, JG Camp - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Our ancestors acquired morphological, cognitive and metabolic modifications that enabled
humans to colonize diverse habitats, develop extraordinary technologies and reshape the …

[PDF][PDF] Evolution of the human nervous system function, structure, and development

AMM Sousa, KA Meyer, G Santpere, FO Gulden… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
The nervous system—in particular, the brain and its cognitive abilities—is among humans'
most distinctive and impressive attributes. How the nervous system has changed in the …

[PDF][PDF] The cellular and molecular landscapes of the developing human central nervous system

JC Silbereis, S Pochareddy, Y Zhu, M Li, N Sestan - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
The human CNS follows a pattern of development typical of all mammals, but certain
neurodevelopmental features are highly derived. Building the human CNS requires the …

Long non-coding RNAs: new players in cell differentiation and development

A Fatica, I Bozzoni - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Genomes of multicellular organisms are characterized by the pervasive expression of
different types of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). Long ncRNAs (lncRNAs) belong to a novel …

Association of OPRM1 functional coding variant with opioid use disorder: a genome-wide association study

H Zhou, CT Rentsch, Z Cheng, RL Kember… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance With the current opioid crisis, it is important to improve understanding of the
biological mechanisms of opioid use disorder (OUD). Objectives To detect genetic risk …

[PDF][PDF] Enhancer evolution across 20 mammalian species

D Villar, C Berthelot, S Aldridge, TF Rayner, M Lukk… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
The mammalian radiation has corresponded with rapid changes in noncoding regions of the
genome, but we lack a comprehensive understanding of regulatory evolution in mammals …