Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Angiogenin mediates paternal inflammation-induced metabolic disorders in offspring through sperm tsRNAs

  • Yanwen Zhang,
  • Li Ren,
  • Xiaoxiao Sun,
  • Zhilong Zhang,
  • Jie Liu,
  • Yining Xin,
  • Jianmin Yu,
  • Yimin Jia,
  • Jinghao Sheng,
  • Guo-fu Hu,
  • Ruqian Zhao,
  • Bin He

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26909-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Paternal environmental inputs can influence various phenotypes in offspring, with important implications for basic biology and public health. Here the authors show that Ang-mediated biogenesis of 5′-tsRNAs in sperm contributes to paternal inflammation-induced metabolic disorders in offspring.