MicroRNAs and Hematopoietic Differentiation
Author(s) -
Alessandro Fatica,
Alessandro Rosa,
Francesco Fazi,
Monica Ballarino,
Mariangela Morlando,
Fernanda Gabriella De Angelis,
Elisa Caffarelli,
Clara Nervi,
Irene Bozzoni
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
cold spring harbor symposia on quantitative biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.615
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1943-4456
pISSN - 0091-7451
DOI - 10.1101/sqb.2006.71.014
Subject(s) - microrna , haematopoiesis , biology , lineage (genetic) , cellular differentiation , computational biology , mechanism (biology) , regulation of gene expression , gene , gene expression , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , stem cell , philosophy , epistemology
The discovery of microRNAS (miRNAs) and of their mechanism of action has provided some very new clues on how gene expression is regulated. These studies established new concepts on how posttranscriptional control can fine-tune gene expression during differentiation and allowed the identification of new regulatory circuitries as well as factors involved therein. Because of the wealth of information available about the transcriptional and cellular networks involved in hematopoietic differentiation, the hematopoietic system is ideal for studying cell lineage specification. An interesting interplay between miRNAs and lineage-specific transcriptional factors has been found, and this can help us to understand how terminal differentiation is accomplished.
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