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ArticleScience advances2025

An ancient and essential miRNA family controls cellular interaction pathways in

Emilio M Santillan, Eric D Cormack, Jingkui Wang, Micaela Rodriguez-Steube, Luisa Cochella

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Emilio M SantillanSchool of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9113-5407
Eric D CormackSchool of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jingkui WangResearch Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0127-501X
Micaela Rodriguez-SteubeSchool of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Luisa CochellaSchool of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4018-7722

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
Roles of microRNAs in animal developmentR35GM156243 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Luisa Cochella · 2025 to 2026
$776k
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM156243NIH HHS P40 OD010440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transition from unicellular to multicellular life required the acquisition of coordinated and regulated cellular behaviors, including adhesion and migration. In metazoans, this involves adhesion proteins, signaling systems, and an elaborate extracellular matrix (ECM) that contributes to adhesion and signaling interactions. Innovations that enabled complex multicellularity occurred through new genes in these pathways, novel functions for existing genes, and regulatory changes. Gene regulation by microRNAs (miRNAs) expanded with multicellularity. A single miRNA, miR-100, arose in the last common eumetazoan ancestor and is widely conserved across animals. We reveal the molecular function of its

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Caenorhabditis elegansCell CommunicationMicroRNAsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsEvolution, MolecularExtracellular MatrixGene Expression RegulationSignal TransductionCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsMicroRNAs

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PMID40901950
PMCPMC12407057

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