Regulatory activities of transposable elements: from conflicts to benefits

EB Chuong, NC Elde, C Feschotte - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are a prolific source of tightly regulated, biochemically active
non-coding elements, such as transcription factor-binding sites and non-coding RNAs. Many …

Measuring and interpreting transposable element expression

S Lanciano, G Cristofari - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) are insertional mutagens that contribute greatly to the
plasticity of eukaryotic genomes, influencing the evolution and adaptation of species as well …

A single-cell RNA expression map of human coronavirus entry factors

M Singh, V Bansal, C Feschotte - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
To predict the tropism of human coronaviruses, we profile 28 SARS-CoV-2 and coronavirus-
associated receptors and factors (SCARFs) using single-cell transcriptomics across various …

Host–transposon interactions: conflict, cooperation, and cooption

RL Cosby, NC Chang, C Feschotte - Genes & development, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile DNA sequences that colonize genomes and
threaten genome integrity. As a result, several mechanisms appear to have emerged during …

Transposable element expression in tumors is associated with immune infiltration and increased antigenicity

Y Kong, CM Rose, AA Cass, AG Williams… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Profound global loss of DNA methylation is a hallmark of many cancers. One potential
consequence of this is the reactivation of transposable elements (TEs) which could stimulate …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into early human development: lessons for stem cell derivation and differentiation

J Rossant, PPL Tam - Cell stem cell, 2017 - cell.com
Pathways underlying mouse embryonic development have always informed efforts to derive,
maintain, and drive differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells. However, direct …

Isoform-resolved transcriptome of the human preimplantation embryo

D Torre, NJ Francoeur, Y Kalma, I Gross Carmel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Human preimplantation development involves extensive remodeling of RNA expression and
splicing. However, its transcriptome has been compiled using short-read sequencing data …

Endogenous retroviral promoter exaptation in human cancer

A Babaian, DL Mager - Mobile DNA, 2016 - Springer
Cancer arises from a series of genetic and epigenetic changes, which result in abnormal
expression or mutational activation of oncogenes, as well as suppression/inactivation of …

Open questions in the study of de novo genes: what, how and why

A McLysaght, LD Hurst - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
The study of de novo protein-coding genes is maturing from the ad hoc reporting of
individual cases to the systematic analysis of extensive genomic data from several species …

Co-option of endogenous viral sequences for host cell function

JA Frank, C Feschotte - Current opinion in virology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Endogenous viral elements (EVEs) account for a substantial fraction (∼ 10%) of
mammalian genomes.•EVEs represent an abundant source of coding and noncoding …