2021
The Essential Function of SETDB1 in Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis during Meiosis
Cheng EC, Hsieh CL, Liu N, Wang J, Zhong M, Chen T, Li E, Lin H. The Essential Function of SETDB1 in Homologous Chromosome Pairing and Synapsis during Meiosis. Cell Reports 2021, 34: 108575. PMID: 33406415, PMCID: PMC8513770, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108575.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly meiosisEarly meiotic prophase IFunction of SETDB1Homologous chromosome pairingMeiotic prophase IHistone-lysine N-methyltransferaseMeiotic silencingSurvival of spermatocytesGermline developmentBouquet formationHomologous chromosomesLineage genesChromosome pairingBivalent formationPericentromeric regionProphase IApoptosis of spermatocytesSETDB1Essential functionsHomologous bivalentsH3K9me3Meiotic arrestMeiosisSpermatocytesN-methyltransferase
2016
Piwi maintains germline stem cells and oogenesis in Drosophila through negative regulation of Polycomb group proteins
Peng JC, Valouev A, Liu N, Lin H. Piwi maintains germline stem cells and oogenesis in Drosophila through negative regulation of Polycomb group proteins. Nature Genetics 2016, 48: 283-291. PMID: 26780607, PMCID: PMC4767590, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3486.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Beyond transposons: the epigenetic and somatic functions of the Piwi-piRNA mechanism
Peng JC, Lin H. Beyond transposons: the epigenetic and somatic functions of the Piwi-piRNA mechanism. Current Opinion In Cell Biology 2013, 25: 190-194. PMID: 23465540, PMCID: PMC3651849, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.01.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPIWI-interacting RNAsPIWI-piRNA pathwayBiogenesis of piRNAsSmall non-coding RNAsPost-transcriptional regulationNon-coding RNAsPIWI proteinsGene regulationSomatic cellsPiwi familyGene expressionGeneral mechanismSomatic functionsTransposonPathwayRNARegulationNovel classRecent studiesBiogenesisNew findingsProteinMechanismExpressionFunction
2012
Essential Roles of the Chromatin Remodeling Factor Brg1 in Spermatogenesis in Mice1
Wang J, Gu H, Lin H, Chi T. Essential Roles of the Chromatin Remodeling Factor Brg1 in Spermatogenesis in Mice1. Biology Of Reproduction 2012, 86: 186, 1-10. PMID: 22495890, PMCID: PMC3386149, DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.097097.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeiotic recombinationSomatic cellsDNA repairMeiotic sex chromosome inactivationChromatin Remodeling Factor BRG1Sex chromosome inactivationChromatin-remodeling complexBAF chromatin-remodeling complexImpaired homologous recombinationEssential roleRole of BRG1Chromatin regulationChromatin structureFactor BRG1Male germlineMammalian spermatogenesisSpatiotemporal regulationChromosome inactivationCatalytic subunitHomologous recombinationMidpachytene stageBRG1Expression patternsGene expressionGerm cells
2011
A High-Resolution Whole-Genome Map of Key Chromatin Modifications in the Adult Drosophila melanogaster
Yin H, Sweeney S, Raha D, Snyder M, Lin H. A High-Resolution Whole-Genome Map of Key Chromatin Modifications in the Adult Drosophila melanogaster. PLOS Genetics 2011, 7: e1002380. PMID: 22194694, PMCID: PMC3240582, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002380.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyChromatin ImmunoprecipitationChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneChromosome MappingDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticEuchromatinGenome, InsectHeterochromatinHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHistonesRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRetroelementsRNA Polymerase IITranscription Initiation SiteConceptsHeterochromatin protein 1aChromatin modificationsStart siteChromatin modification landscapeKey chromatin modificationKey histone marksCell typesDrosophila cell typesRNA polymerase IIAdult Drosophila melanogasterTranscriptional start siteDiverse cell typesTranscription start siteFunctionality of genesHigh-Resolution WholeEuchromatic marksHistone codeHistone marksModification landscapeDrosophila melanogasterPolymerase IIGenome mapChromatin immunoprecipitationRegulatory sequencesSplicing junctions