Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20227517›Full record

ReviewThe international journal of biochemistry & cell biology2010

Small RNAs in the animal gonad: guarding genomes and guiding development.

Nelson C Lau

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Review in The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Piwi Proteins and piRNAs step onto the systems biology stage.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2014
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  13. Untangling the web: the diverse functions of the PIWI/piRNA pathway.Molecular reproduction and development · 2013
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  16. Aphids: a model for polyphenism and epigenetics.Genetics research international · 2012
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  18. Deciphering arginine methylation: Tudor tells the tale.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2011
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  20. Blanks, a nuclear siRNA/dsRNA-binding complex component, is required for Drosophila spermiogenesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nelson C LauDepartment of Biology, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454, USA. nlau@brandeis.edu
Brandeis University · US

Funding

The Function of piRNAs and the piRNA ComplexR00HD057298 · NICHD · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI LAU, NELSON C · 2009 to 2011
$706k
The Function of piRNAs and the piRNA ComplexK99HD057298 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI LAU, NELSON C · 2008 to 2009
$171k
NICHD NIH HHS HD057298NICHD NIH HHS K99 HD057298NICHD NIH HHS R00 HD057298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Germ cells must safeguard, apportion, package, and deliver their genomes with exquisite precision to ensure proper reproduction and embryonic development. Classical genetic approaches have identified many genes controlling animal germ cell development, but only recently have some of these genes been linked to the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway, a gene silencing mechanism centered on small regulatory RNAs. Germ cells contain microRNAs (miRNAs), endogenous siRNAs (endo-siRNAs), and Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs); these are bound by members of the Piwi/Argonaute protein family. piwi genes were known to specify germ cell development, but we now understand that mutations disrupting germline development can also affect small RNA accumulation. Small RNA studies in germ cells have revealed a surprising diversity of regulatory mechanisms and a unifying function for germline genes in controlling the spread of transposable elements. Future challenges will be to understand the production of germline small RNAs and to identify the full breadth of gene regulation by these RNAs. Progress in this area will likely impact biomedical goals of manipulating stem cells and preventing diseases caused by the transposition of mobile DNA elements.

Indexed as

AnimalsEmbryonic DevelopmentGenomeGonadsMicroRNAsRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingMicroRNAsRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID20227517
PMCPMC2902580
OpenAlexW2166308115

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Registered trials

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