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ArticleHepatology (Baltimore, Md.)2010

MicroRNAs control hepatocyte proliferation during liver regeneration.

Guisheng Song, Amar Deep Sharma, Garrett R Roll, Raymond Ng, Andrew Y Lee, Robert H Blelloch, Niels M Frandsen, Holger Willenbring

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Article in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 109 papers.

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109citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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109 citing papers in PubMed, 207 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Guisheng SongEli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Amar Deep Sharma
Garrett R Roll
Raymond Ng
Andrew Y Lee
Robert H Blelloch
Niels M Frandsen
Holger Willenbring
Broad Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Small RNAs in Stem Cell Differentiation and Neural DevelopmentR01NS057221 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BLELLOCH, ROBERT · 2007 to 2010
$1.4M
Determinants of Neural &Embryonic Stem Cell PotencyK08NS048118 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI BLELLOCH, ROBERT · 2005 to 2009
$876k
NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS048118NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS057221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledMicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a new class of regulators of gene expression. Among other actions, miRNAs have been shown to control cell proliferation in development and cancer. However, whether miRNAs regulate hepatocyte proliferation during liver regeneration is unknown. We addressed this question by performing 2/3 partial hepatectomy (2/3 PH) on mice with hepatocyte-specific inactivation of DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8 (DGCR8), an essential component of the miRNA processing pathway. Hepatocytes of these mice were miRNA-deficient and exhibited a delay in cell cycle progression involving the G(1) to S phase transition. Examination of livers of wildtype mice after 2/3 PH revealed differential expression of a subset of miRNAs, notably an induction of miR-21 and repression of miR-378. We further discovered that miR-21 directly inhibits Btg2, a cell cycle inhibitor that prevents activation of forkhead box M1 (FoxM1), which is essential for DNA synthesis in hepatocytes after 2/3 PH. In addition, we found that miR-378 directly inhibits ornithine decarboxylase (Odc1), which is known to promote DNA synthesis in hepatocytes after 2/3 PH.

conclusionOur results show that miRNAs are critical regulators of hepatocyte proliferation during liver regeneration. Because these miRNAs and target gene interactions are conserved, our findings may also be relevant to human liver regeneration.

Indexed as

AnimalsCell ProliferationHepatectomyHepatocytesImmediate-Early ProteinsLiver RegenerationMaleMiceMicroRNAsOrnithine Decarboxylase InhibitorsTumor Suppressor ProteinsBtg2 protein, mouseImmediate-Early ProteinsMicroRNAsMIRN21 microRNA, mouseMIRN378 microRNA, mouseOrnithine Decarboxylase InhibitorsTumor Suppressor Proteins

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PMID20432256
PMCPMC3108060
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