The burgeoning importance of PIWI-interacting RNAs in cancer progression

X Deng, T Liao, J Xie, D Kang, Y He, Y Sun… - Science China Life …, 2024 - Springer
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small noncoding RNA molecules that
specifically bind to piwi protein family members to exert regulatory functions in germ cells …

Nanos2+ cells give rise to germline and somatic lineages in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

A Denner, J Steger, A Ries, E Morozova-Link, J Ritter… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
In all animals, stem cell populations of varying potency facilitate regeneration and tissue
homeostasis. Notably, germline stem cells in both vertebrates and invertebrates express …