In Vivo Functional Analysis of Nonconserved Human lncRNAs Using a Humanized Mouse Model

LncRNAs (long noncoding RNAs) are transcripts that are at least 200 nucleotides long and lack any predicted coding potential. Whereas significant progress has been made in deciphering the function of mouse lncRNAs, critical gaps remain in understanding how human lncRNAs exercise their function in a physiological context. As most human lncRNAs are currently considered nonconserved and often do not have homologs in mouse, the technical bottleneck is the lack of a suitable model to study the physiological function. Chimeric mice with repopulated human hepatocytes have emerged as promising tools to study human-specific, liver enriched lncRNAs. Among all liver-specific humanized mouse models, TK-NOG is relatively easy to prepare and holds a higher repopulation rate for a prolonged period of time. In this chapter, we will illustrate how to establish humanized TK-NOG mice for in vivo analysis of human lncRNAs in detail.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2254

Enthalten in:

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 2254(2021) vom: 16., Seite 339-347

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Yonghe [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Cheng-Fei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ping [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Haiming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Humanized mice
Journal Article
Liver
LncRNA
Nonconserved
RNA, Long Noncoding
Repopulation
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
TK-NOG

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Date Completed 29.03.2021

Date Revised 14.10.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/978-1-0716-1158-6_21

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318911787