| Literature DB >> 22052544 |
Yukio Nakamura1, Xinjun He, Hiroyuki Kato, Shigeyuki Wakitani, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Sumiko Watanabe, Atsumi Iida, Hideaki Tahara, Matthew L Warman, Ramida Watanapokasin, John H Postlethwait.
Abstract
MicroRNA-140 (miR-140) is specifically expressed in developing cartilage tissues. We have previously reported that miR-140 plays an important role during palatal cartilage development by modulating platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (pdgfra) in zebrafish. However, the regulatory mechanism of miR-140 in cartilage is still unknown. Using developing zebrafish, sox9a mutant (sox9a-/-) and sox9b mutant (sox9b-/-) zebrafish and SOX9 small interfering RNA in human chondrocytes, T/C-28 cells, we found that miR-140 is regulated by the cartilage master transcription regulator Sox9 in zebrafish and mammalian cells.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22052544 PMCID: PMC3774128 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-011-9404-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Biochem Biotechnol ISSN: 0273-2289 Impact factor: 2.926