ArticleHuman genetics2018
RNA sequencing-based transcriptomic profiles of embryonic lens development for cataract gene discovery.
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- A large multiethnic GWAS meta-analysis of cataract identifies new risk loci and sex-specific effects.Nature communications · 2021Pooled it
- Emerging Trends and Research Foci in Cataract Genes: A Bibliometric and Visualized Study.Frontiers in genetics · 2021Pooled it
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- Integrative transcriptomic profiling of ncRNAs and mRNAs in developing mouse lens.Frontiers in genetics · 2024Article
- Multi-tissue transcriptome-wide association study identifies novel candidate susceptibility genes for cataract.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2024Article
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- Deficiency of the bZIP transcription factors Mafg and Mafk causes misexpression of genes in distinct pathways and results in lens embryonic developmental defects.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Article
- RNA-binding proteins and post-transcriptional regulation in lens biology and cataract: Mediating spatiotemporal expression of key factors that control the cell cycle, transcription, cytoskeleton and transparency.Experimental eye research · 2022Review
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Abstract
Isolated or syndromic congenital cataracts are heterogeneous developmental defects, making the identification of the associated genes challenging. In the past, mouse lens expression microarrays have been successfully applied in bioinformatics tools (e.g., iSyTE) to facilitate human cataract-associated gene discovery. To develop a new resource for geneticists, we report high-throughput RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) profiles of mouse lens at key embryonic stages (E)10.5 (lens pit), E12.5 (primary fiber cell differentiation), E14.5 and E16.5 (secondary fiber cell differentiation). These stages capture important events as the lens develops from an invaginating placode into a transparent tissue. Previously, in silico whole-embryo body (WB)-subtraction-based "lens-enriched" expression has been effective in prioritizing cataract-linked genes. To apply an analogous approach, we generated new mouse WB RNA-seq datasets and show that in silico WB subtraction of lens RNA-seq datasets successfully identifies key genes based on lens-enriched expression. At ≥2 counts-per-million expression, ≥1.5 log
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