Characterization of microRNA-offset RNAs in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)

ABSTRACT: Small RNA molecules, including microRNAs (miRNAs), play critical roles in regulating pluripotency, proliferation and differentiation of embryonic stem cells. miRNA-offset RNAs (moRNAs) are similar in length to miRNAs, align to miRNA precursor (pre-miRNA) loci and are therefore believed to derive from processing of the pre-miRNA hairpin sequence. Recent next generation sequencing (NGS) studies have reported the presence of moRNAs in human neurons and cancer cells and in several tissues in mouse, including pluripotent stem cells. In order to gain additional knowledge about human moRNAs and their putative development-related expression, we applied NGS of small RNAs in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and fibroblasts. We found that certain moRNA isoforms are notably expressed in hESCs from l

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Suvi Asikainen 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-62501 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress