Emerging roles and functional mechanisms of PIWI-interacting RNAs

X Wang, A Ramat, M Simonelig, MF Liu - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that associate with
proteins of the PIWI clade of the Argonaute family. First identified in animal germ line cells …

piRNA-guided genome defense: from biogenesis to silencing

B Czech, M Munafò, F Ciabrelli… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) and their associated PIWI clade Argonaute proteins
constitute the core of the piRNA pathway. In gonadal cells, this conserved pathway is crucial …

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 …

mRNP granules: assembly, function, and connections with disease

JR Buchan - RNA biology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) granules are dynamic, self-assembling structures that
harbor non-translating mRNAs bound by various proteins that regulate mRNA translation …

[HTML][HTML] Discrete small RNA-generating loci as master regulators of transposon activity in Drosophila

J Brennecke, AA Aravin, A Stark, M Dus, M Kellis… - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Drosophila Piwi-family proteins have been implicated in transposon control. Here, we
examine piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) associated with each Drosophila Piwi protein and …

Posttranscriptional upregulation by microRNAs

S Vasudevan - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs are small non‐coding RNA guide molecules that regulate gene expression via
association with effector complexes and sequence‐specific recognition of target sites on …

The rhino-deadlock-cutoff complex licenses noncanonical transcription of dual-strand piRNA clusters in Drosophila

F Mohn, G Sienski, D Handler, J Brennecke - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Argonaute proteins of the PIWI clade are central to transposon silencing in animal gonads.
Their target specificity is defined by 23–30 nt PIWI interacting RNAs (piRNAs), which mostly …

Recurrent Somatic DICER1 Mutations in Nonepithelial Ovarian Cancers

A Heravi-Moussavi, MS Anglesio… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Germline truncating mutations in DICER1, an endoribonuclease in the RNase
III family that is essential for processing microRNAs, have been observed in families with the …

An epigenetic role for maternally inherited piRNAs in transposon silencing

J Brennecke, CD Malone, AA Aravin… - Science, 2008 - science.org
In plants and mammals, small RNAs indirectly mediate epigenetic inheritance by specifying
cytosine methylation. We found that small RNAs themselves serve as vectors for epigenetic …

MicroRNAs: key regulators of stem cells

VK Gangaraju, H Lin - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
The hallmark of a stem cell is its ability to self-renew and to produce numerous differentiated
cells. This unique property is controlled by dynamic interplays between extrinsic signalling …