Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25280102›Full record

ReviewMolecular cell2014

Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression by Piwi proteins and piRNAs.

Toshiaki Watanabe, Haifan Lin

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Review in Molecular cell, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers.

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95citing papers in PubMed
20.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. piRNAs safeguard splicing and RNA fidelity during heat shock.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  10. Regulatory roles of PIWI-interacting RNAs in cardiovascular disease.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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  14. piRNA associates with immune diseases.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
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  20. Immune network · 2022
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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Toshiaki WatanabeYale Stem Cell Center and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Electronic address: toshwatatoshiakiwatanabe@gmail.com.
Haifan LinYale Stem Cell Center and Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Electronic address: haifan.lin@yale.edu.
Yale University · US

Funding

Stem Cell Mechanism in the Murine GermlineR01HD042012 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI QI, HONGYING · 2002 to 2022
$4.2M
Function of PIW1/Argonuate Proteins in SpermatogenesisR37HD042012 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LIN, HAIFAN · 2013 to 2019
$2.8M
Toward a Central Question in Epigenetics: A Major Epigenetic Programming MechanisDP1CA174418 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI LIN, HAIFAN · 2012 to 2014
$2.4M
NCI NIH HHS DP1 CA174418NCI NIH HHS DP1CA174418NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD042012NICHD NIH HHS R01HD42012NICHD NIH HHS R37 HD042012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Piwi proteins and Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are essential for gametogenesis, embryogenesis, and stem cell maintenance in animals. Piwi proteins act on transposon RNAs by cleaving the RNAs and by interacting with factors involved in RNA regulation. Additionally, piRNAs generated from transposons and psuedogenes can be used by Piwi proteins to regulate mRNAs at the posttranscriptional level. Here we discuss piRNA biogenesis, recent findings on posttranscriptional regulation of mRNAs by the piRNA pathway, and the potential importance of this posttranscriptional regulation for a variety of biological processes such as gametogenesis, developmental transitions, and sex determination.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationModels, GeneticRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalArgonaute ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingRNA StabilitySex Determination ProcessesArgonaute ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID25280102
PMCPMC4185416
OpenAlexW2074636681

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