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ArticleNature communications2024

An atlas of small non-coding RNAs in human preimplantation development.

Stewart J Russell, Cheng Zhao, Savana Biondic, Karen Menezes, Michael Hagemann-Jensen, Clifford L Librach, Sophie Petropoulos

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Current approaches and advances in placental toxicology.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2026
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  11. Non-coding RNA profiling in BRAFScientific data · 2025
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7 authors.

Stewart J Russell *CReATe Fertility Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Cheng Zhao *Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-0518-5924
Savana BiondicFaculty of Medicine, Molecular Biology Program, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.
Karen MenezesCReATe Fertility Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Michael Hagemann-JensenDepartment of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6423-8216
Clifford L LibrachCReATe Fertility Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sophie PetropoulosDepartment of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. sophie.petropoulos@umontreal.ca.ORCID 0000-0003-2293-8238

Funding

Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) 950-233204Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PJT-178082Svenska Sällskapet för Medicinsk Forskning (Swedish Society for Medical Research) S16-0039Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) 2016-01919
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the molecular circuitries that govern early embryogenesis is important, yet our knowledge of these in human preimplantation development remains limited. Small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) can regulate gene expression and thus impact blastocyst formation, however, the expression of specific biotypes and their dynamics during preimplantation development remains unknown. Here we identify the abundance of and kinetics of piRNA, rRNA, snoRNA, tRNA, and miRNA from embryonic day (E)3-7 and isolate specific miRNAs and snoRNAs of particular importance in blastocyst formation and pluripotency. These sncRNAs correspond to specific genomic hotspots: an enrichment of the chromosome 19 miRNA cluster (C19MC) in the trophectoderm (TE), and the chromosome 14 miRNA cluster (C14MC) and MEG8-related snoRNAs in the inner cell mass (ICM), which may serve as 'master regulators' of potency and lineage. Additionally, we observe a developmental transition with 21 isomiRs and in tRNA fragment (tRF) codon usage and identify two novel miRNAs. Our analysis provides a comprehensive measure of sncRNA biotypes and their corresponding dynamics throughout human preimplantation development, providing an extensive resource. Better understanding the sncRNA regulatory programmes in human embryogenesis will inform strategies to improve embryo development and outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies. We anticipate broad usage of our data as a resource for studies aimed at understanding embryogenesis, optimising stem cell-based models, assisted reproductive technology, and stem cell biology.

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BlastocystEmbryonic DevelopmentGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalMicroRNAsRNA, Small UntranslatedRNA, TransferChromosomes, Human, Pair 19FemaleHumansRNA, Small InterferingRNA, Small NucleolarMicroRNAsRNA, Small InterferingRNA, Small NucleolarRNA, Small UntranslatedRNA, Transfer

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PMCPMC11452719

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