ReviewMobile DNA2023
Themes and variations on piRNA-guided transposon control.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Expanding Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Biomarkers to Therapeutic Targets.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Leveraging Foundation Models for the Characterization of Small-RNA Properties.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Emerging roles of PIWI-interacting RNAs in cancer molecular diagnostics and therapeutics: a molecular biosciences perspective.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Review
- Probing direct interactions between nuclear proteins in cells with nxReLo.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Endogenous Ribonucleases: Therapeutic Targeting of the Transcriptome Through Oligonucleotide-Triggered RNA Inactivation.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Phenotypic continuum and poor intracytoplasmic sperm injection intracytoplasmic sperm injection prognosis in patients harboring HENMT1 variants.Andrology · 2025Article
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- Interferon and TLR genes, but not endogenous bornavirus-like elements, limit BoDV1 replication after intracerebral infection.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Functions and mechanisms of eukaryotic RNA-guided programmed DNA elimination.Biochemical Society transactions · 2025Review
- SomaticiScience · 2025Article
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- Regulatory roles of PIWI-interacting RNAs in cardiovascular disease.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025Review
- Epigenetic Alterations in Ovarian Function and Their Impact on Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Small RNA-mediated suppression of sex chromosome meiotic conflicts during Drosophila male gametogenesis.Biochemical Society transactions · 2025Review
- Dynamic co-evolution of transposable elements and the piRNA pathway in African cichlid fishes.Genome biology · 2025Article
- Activity of the mammalian DNA transposon piggyBat from Myotis lucifugus is restricted by its own transposon ends.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Unraveling the noncoding RNA landscape in glioblastoma: from pathogenesis to precision therapeutics.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are responsible for preventing the movement of transposable elements in germ cells and protect the integrity of germline genomes. In this review, we examine the common elements of piRNA-guided silencing as well as the differences observed between species. We have categorized the mechanisms of piRNA biogenesis and function into modules. Individual PIWI proteins combine these modules in various ways to produce unique PIWI-piRNA pathways, which nevertheless possess the ability to perform conserved functions. This modular model incorporates conserved core mechanisms and accommodates variable co-factors. Adaptability is a hallmark of this RNA-based immune system. We believe that considering the differences in germ cell biology and resident transposons in different organisms is essential for placing the variations observed in piRNA biology into context, while still highlighting the conserved themes that underpin this process.
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