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 …

The emerging role of the piRNA/piwi complex in cancer

Y Liu, M Dou, X Song, Y Dong, S Liu, H Liu, J Tao, W Li… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Piwi interacting RNAs (piRNAs) constitute novel small non-coding RNA molecules of
approximately 24–31 nucleotides in length that often bind to members of the piwi protein …

One loop to rule them all: the ping-pong cycle and piRNA-guided silencing

B Czech, GJ Hannon - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
The PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is a conserved defense mechanism that protects
the genetic information of animal germ cells from the deleterious effects of molecular …

[HTML][HTML] The regulatory function of piRNA/PIWI complex in cancer and other human diseases: The role of DNA methylation

DD Jia, H Jiang, YF Zhang, Y Zhang… - … journal of biological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of short chain noncoding RNAs that are
constituted by 26-30 nucleotides (nt) and can couple with PIWI protein family. piRNAs were …

PIWI-interacting RNA-36712 restrains breast cancer progression and chemoresistance by interaction with SEPW1 pseudogene SEPW1P RNA

L Tan, D Mai, B Zhang, X Jiang, J Zhang, R Bai, Y Ye… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies and the major cause of
cancer-related death in women. Although the importance of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) …

Piwi-interacting RNAs in cancer: emerging functions and clinical utility

KW Ng, C Anderson, EA Marshall, BC Minatel… - Molecular cancer, 2016 - Springer
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are emerging players in cancer genomics. Originally
described in the germline, there are over 20,000 piRNA genes in the human genome. In …

Panoramix enforces piRNA-dependent cotranscriptional silencing

Y Yu, J Gu, Y Jin, Y Luo, JB Preall, J Ma, B Czech… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is a small RNA–based innate immune system
that defends germ cell genomes against transposons. In Drosophila ovaries, the nuclear …

Silencio/CG9754 connects the Piwi–piRNA complex to the cellular heterochromatin machinery

G Sienski, J Batki, KA Senti, D Dönertas… - Genes & …, 2015 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The repression of transposable elements in eukaryotes often involves their transcriptional
silencing via targeted chromatin modifications. In animal gonads, nuclear Argonaute …

The evolutionarily conserved piRNA-producing locus pi6 is required for male mouse fertility

PH Wu, Y Fu, K Cecchini, DM Özata, A Arif, T Yu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Pachytene PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), which comprise> 80% of small RNAs
in the adult mouse testis, have been proposed to bind and regulate target RNAs like …

Genomic signatures associated with maintenance of genome stability and venom turnover in two parasitoid wasps

X Ye, Y Yang, C Zhao, S Xiao, YH Sun, C He… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Parasitoid wasps are rapidly developing as a model for evolutionary biology. Here we
present chromosomal genomes of two Anastatus wasps, A. japonicus and A. fulloi, and …