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Antonaci, Marco and Wheeler, Grant N. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-8577
(2022)
MicroRNAs in neural crest development and neurocristopathies.
Biochemical Society Transactions, 50 (2).
pp. 965-974.
ISSN 0300-5127
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Abstract
The neural crest (NC) is a vertebrate-specific migratory population of multipotent stem cells that originate during late gastrulation in the region between the neural and non-neural ectoderm. This population of cells give rise to a range of derivatives, such as melanocytes, neurons, chondrocytes, chromaffin cells, and osteoblasts. Because of this, failure of NC development can cause a variety of pathologies, often syndromic, that are globally called neurocristopathies. Many genes are known to be involved in NC development, but not all of them have been identified. In recent years, attention has moved from protein-coding genes to non-coding genes, such as microRNAs (miRNA). There is increasing evidence that these non-coding RNAs are playing roles during embryogenesis by regulating the expression of protein-coding genes. In this review, we give an introduction to miRNAs in general and then focus on some miRNAs that may be involved in NC development and neurocristopathies. This new direction of research will give geneticists, clinicians, and molecular biologists more tools to help patients affected by neurocristopathies, as well as broadening our understanding of NC biology.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Amy Kerr and Andrea Munsterberg for useful discussions and comments. M.A. is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Marie Sklodowska-Curie (grant agreement No 860635, ITN NEUcrest). G.N.W. is funded by BBSRC grant number BB/T00715X/1. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | microrna,neural crest cells,neurocristopathies,biochemistry ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300/1303 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Wheeler Group Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cells and Tissues |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2022 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2023 01:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/84779 |
| DOI: | 10.1042/BST20210828 |
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