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ArticleStem cell investigation2016

Identification of neural stem cell differentiation repressor complex Pnky-PTBP1.

Ioannis Grammatikakis, Myriam Gorospe

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Article in Stem cell investigation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. PTBP1 as a potential regulator of disease.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ioannis GrammatikakisLaboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Myriam GorospeLaboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

RNA-binding Factors Implicated in Neurogenesis, Alzheimer's Disease, and other Neurodegenerative PathologiesZIAAG000518 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GOROSPE, MYRIAM · 2009 to 2025
$11.6M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Splicing increases immensely the complexity of gene products expressed in the cell. The precise regulation of splicing is critical for the development, homeostasis, and function of all tissues in the body, including those comprising the neural system. Ramos et al. recently identified Pnky as a long noncoding RNA expressed selectively in neural tissues that was implicated in the transition of neural stem cells (NSCs) to mature neurons. Pnky actions appeared to be mediated by its interaction with the splicing factor and RNA-binding protein (RBP) polypyrimidine tract-binding protein (PTBP1), as silencing either Pnky or PTBP1 modulated in similar ways the patterns of spliced and expressed mRNAs in the cell. Strikingly, lowering the expression levels of Pnky or PTBP1 in NSCs actually enhanced neurogenesis, suggesting that the Pnky-PTBP1 complex elicited a splicing program of suppression of neurogenesis. With rapid progress in the design and delivery of RNA-based therapies, interventions to reduce Pnky levels may prove beneficial towards enhancing neurogenesis in disease states characterized by aberrant neuronal loss.

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long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)Neural stem cells (NSCs)PnkyPTBP1ribonucleoprotein complexsplicing

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PMID27358902
PMCPMC4923653
OpenAlexW2322386128

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