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ArticleCell death & disease2017

Dicer and microRNAs protect adult dopamine neurons.

Piotr Chmielarz, Julia Konovalova, Syeda Sadia Najam, Heike Alter, Timo Petteri Piepponen, Holger Erfle, Kai C Sonntag, Günther Schütz, Ilya A Vinnikov, Andrii Domanskyi

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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54 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Piotr ChmielarzInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Julia KonovalovaInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Syeda Sadia NajamLaboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Heike AlterMolecular Biology of the Cell I Division, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Timo Petteri PiepponenDivision of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Holger ErfleViroQuant-CellNetworks RNAi Screening Facility, BioQuant, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Kai C SonntagDepartment of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, USA.
Günther SchützMolecular Biology of the Cell I Division, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
Ilya A VinnikovLaboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Sheng Yushou Center of Cell Biology and Immunology, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Andrii DomanskyiInstitute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Heidelberg University · DEUniversity of Helsinki · FIGerman Cancer Research Center · DEHarvard University · USShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

miRNAs as regulators of gene expression in Parkinson DiseaseR21NS067335 · NINDS · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI SONNTAG, KAI CHRISTIAN · 2009 to 2010
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NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS067335
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRs) are important post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression implicated in neuronal development, differentiation, aging and neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Several miRs have been linked to PD-associated genes, apoptosis and stress response pathways, suggesting that deregulation of miRs may contribute to the development of the neurodegenerative phenotype. Here, we investigate the cell-autonomous role of miR processing RNAse Dicer in the functional maintenance of adult dopamine (DA) neurons. We demonstrate a reduction of Dicer in the ventral midbrain and altered miR expression profiles in laser-microdissected DA neurons of aged mice. Using a mouse line expressing tamoxifen-inducible CreERT2 recombinase under control of the DA transporter promoter, we show that a tissue-specific conditional ablation of Dicer in DA neurons of adult mice led to decreased levels of striatal DA and its metabolites without a reduction in neuronal body numbers in hemizygous mice (Dicer

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NeuroprotectionAgingAllelesAnimalsCells, CulturedCell SurvivalCellular SenescenceDopaminergic NeuronsDown-RegulationEndoplasmic Reticulum StressGene DeletionMesencephalonMice, KnockoutMicroRNAsMotor ActivityNerve DegenerationMicroRNAsRibonuclease IIIRNA, MessengerThapsigargin

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PMID28542144
PMCPMC5520729
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