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ArticleCell reports2017

Changes in the Coding and Non-coding Transcriptome and DNA Methylome that Define the Schwann Cell Repair Phenotype after Nerve Injury.

Peter J Arthur-Farraj, Claire C Morgan, Martyna Adamowicz, Jose A Gomez-Sanchez, Shaline V Fazal, Anthony Beucher, Bonnie Razzaghi, Rhona Mirsky, Kristjan R Jessen, Timothy J Aitman

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Article in Cell reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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123 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 211 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Peter J Arthur-FarrajDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London W12 0NN, UK; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Electronic address: p.arthurfarraj@gmail.com.
Claire C MorganDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College, London W12 0NN, UK.
Martyna AdamowiczCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 2XU, UK.
Jose A Gomez-SanchezDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Shaline V FazalDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Anthony BeucherDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College, London W12 0NN, UK.
Bonnie RazzaghiDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College, London W12 0NN, UK.
Rhona MirskyDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Kristjan R JessenDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.
Timothy J AitmanDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College, London W12 0NN, UK; Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 2XU, UK. Electronic address: tim.aitman@ed.ac.uk.
Imperial College London · GBUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 091119Wellcome Trust 206634/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Repair Schwann cells play a critical role in orchestrating nerve repair after injury, but the cellular and molecular processes that generate them are poorly understood. Here, we perform a combined whole-genome, coding and non-coding RNA and CpG methylation study following nerve injury. We show that genes involved in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition are enriched in repair cells, and we identify several long non-coding RNAs in Schwann cells. We demonstrate that the AP-1 transcription factor C-JUN regulates the expression of certain micro RNAs in repair Schwann cells, in particular miR-21 and miR-34. Surprisingly, unlike during development, changes in CpG methylation are limited in injury, restricted to specific locations, such as enhancer regions of Schwann cell-specific genes (e.g., Nedd4l), and close to local enrichment of AP-1 motifs. These genetic and epigenomic changes broaden our mechanistic understanding of the formation of repair Schwann cell during peripheral nervous system tissue repair.

Indexed as

AnimalsCpG IslandsDNA MethylationEnhancer Elements, GeneticEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression RegulationMiceMicroRNAsNerve RegenerationPeripheral Nerve InjuriesPhenotypeRNA, Long NoncodingSchwann CellsSequence Analysis, RNATranscription Factor AP-1TranscriptomeMicroRNAsRNA, Long NoncodingTranscription Factor AP-1c-JunDNA methylationepigeneticslong non-coding RNAmicroRNAnerve injurynerve regenerationrepair Schwann cellSchwann cell

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