Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29719254›Full record

ArticleCell reports2018

let-7 MicroRNA-Mediated Regulation of Shh Signaling and the Gene Regulatory Network Is Essential for Retina Regeneration.

Simran Kaur, Shivangi Gupta, Mansi Chaudhary, Mohammad Anwar Khursheed, Soumitra Mitra, Akshai Janardhana Kurup, Rajesh Ramachandran

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Regulation of the lncRNANAR molecular medicine · 2025
    Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Retinal glia in myopia: current understanding and future directions.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Review
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Retina regeneration: lessons from vertebrates.Oxford open neuroscience · 2022
    Review
  19. Article
  20. Gene alteration in zebrafish exposed to a mixture of substances of abuse.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2021
    Article
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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simran KaurDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, Knowledge City, SAS Nagar, Sector 81, Manauli PO, 140306 Mohali, Punjab, India.
Shivangi GuptaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, Knowledge City, SAS Nagar, Sector 81, Manauli PO, 140306 Mohali, Punjab, India.
Mansi ChaudharyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, Knowledge City, SAS Nagar, Sector 81, Manauli PO, 140306 Mohali, Punjab, India.
Mohammad Anwar KhursheedDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, Knowledge City, SAS Nagar, Sector 81, Manauli PO, 140306 Mohali, Punjab, India.
Soumitra MitraDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, Knowledge City, SAS Nagar, Sector 81, Manauli PO, 140306 Mohali, Punjab, India.
Akshai Janardhana KurupDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, Knowledge City, SAS Nagar, Sector 81, Manauli PO, 140306 Mohali, Punjab, India.
Rajesh RamachandranDepartment of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, Knowledge City, SAS Nagar, Sector 81, Manauli PO, 140306 Mohali, Punjab, India. Electronic address: rajeshra@iisermohali.ac.in.
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali · IN

Funding

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance IA/I/12/2/500630Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upon injury, Müller glia cells of the zebrafish retina reprogram themselves to progenitor cells with stem cell characteristics. This necessity for retina regeneration is often compromised in mammals. We explored the significance of developmentally inevitable Sonic hedgehog signaling and found its necessity in MG reprogramming during retina regeneration. We report on stringent translational regulation of sonic hedgehog, smoothened, and patched1 by let-7 microRNA, which is regulated by Lin28a, in Müller glia (MG)-derived progenitor cells (MGPCs). We also show Shh-signaling-mediated induction of Ascl1 in mouse and zebrafish retina. Moreover, Shh-signaling-dependent regulation of matrix metalloproteinase9, in turn, regulates Shha levels and genes essential for retina regeneration, such as lin28a, zic2b, and foxn4. These observations were further confirmed through whole-retina RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) analysis. This mechanistic gene expression network could lead to a better understanding of retina regeneration and, consequently, aid in designing strategies for therapeutic intervention in human retinal diseases.

Indexed as

RetinaAnimalsEpendymoglial CellsGene Regulatory NetworksHedgehog ProteinsHumansMicroRNAsRegenerationSignal TransductionStem CellsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsHedgehog ProteinsMicroRNAsShha protein, zebrafishZebrafish ProteinsAscl1aFoxn4let-7Lin28Mmp9regenerationretinaShhzebrafishZic2b

Identifiers

PMID29719254
PMCPMC5946716
OpenAlexW2802387381

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.