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MicroRNA-responsive 'sensor' transgenes uncover Hox-like and other developmentally regulated patterns of vertebrate microRNA expression 总被引:18,自引:0,他引:18
Mansfield JH Harfe BD Nissen R Obenauer J Srineel J Chaudhuri A Farzan-Kashani R Zuker M Pasquinelli AE Ruvkun G Sharp PA Tabin CJ McManus MT 《Nature genetics》2004,36(10):1079-1083
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short ( approximately 22-nt) noncoding RNA molecules that downregulate expression of their mRNA targets. Since their discovery as regulators of developmental timing in Caenorhabditis elegans, hundreds of miRNAs have been identified in both animals and plants. Here, we report a technique for visualizing detailed miRNA expression patterns in mouse embryos. We elucidate the tissue-specific expression of several miRNAs during embryogenesis, including two encoded by genes embedded in homeobox (Hox) clusters, miR-10a and miR-196a. These two miRNAs are expressed in patterns that are markedly reminiscent of those of Hox genes. Furthermore, miR-196a negatively regulates Hoxb8, indicating that its restricted expression pattern probably reflects a role in the patterning function of the Hox complex. 相似文献
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Hornstein E Mansfield JH Yekta S Hu JK Harfe BD McManus MT Baskerville S Bartel DP Tabin CJ 《Nature》2005,438(7068):671-674
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Tsuji K Bandyopadhyay A Harfe BD Cox K Kakar S Gerstenfeld L Einhorn T Tabin CJ Rosen V 《Nature genetics》2006,38(12):1424-1429
Adult bones have a notable regenerative capacity. Over 40 years ago, an intrinsic activity capable of initiating this reparative response was found to reside within bone itself, and the term bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) was coined to describe the molecules responsible for it. A family of BMP proteins was subsequently identified, but no individual BMP has been shown to be the initiator of the endogenous bone repair response. Here we demonstrate that BMP2 is a necessary component of the signaling cascade that governs fracture repair. Mice lacking the ability to produce BMP2 in their limb bones have spontaneous fractures that do not resolve with time. In fact, in bones lacking BMP2, the earliest steps of fracture healing seem to be blocked. Although other osteogenic stimuli are still present in the limb skeleton of BMP2-deficient mice, they cannot compensate for the absence of BMP2. Collectively, our results identify BMP2 as an endogenous mediator necessary for fracture repair. 相似文献
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