Beyond genetics: driving cancer with the tumour microenvironment behind the wheel

S Yuan, J Almagro, E Fuchs - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer has long been viewed as a genetic disease of cumulative mutations. This notion is
fuelled by studies showing that ageing tissues are often riddled with clones of complex …

Nuclear mRNA decay: regulatory networks that control gene expression

X Rambout, LE Maquat - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Proper regulation of mRNA production in the nucleus is critical for the maintenance of
cellular homoeostasis during adaptation to internal and environmental cues. Over the past …

Selection on synonymous sites: The unwanted transcript hypothesis

S Radrizzani, G Kudla, Z Izsvák, LD Hurst - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Although translational selection to favour codons that match the most abundant tRNAs is not
readily observed in humans, there is nonetheless selection in humans on synonymous …

Nuclear RNA homeostasis promotes systems-level coordination of cell fate and senescence

X Han, L **ng, Y Hong, X Zhang, B Hao, JY Lu… - Cell Stem Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Understanding cellular coordination remains a challenge despite knowledge of individual
pathways. The RNA exosome, targeting a wide range of RNA substrates, is often …

Cyclin‐dependent kinases: Masters of the eukaryotic universe

AJ Pluta, C Studniarek, S Murphy… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A family of structurally related cyclin‐dependent protein kinases (CDKs) drives many
aspects of eukaryotic cell function. Much of the literature in this area has considered …

Cyclin-dependent protein kinases and cell cycle regulation in biology and disease

I Pellarin, A Dall'Acqua, A Favero, I Segatto… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2025 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclin Dependent Kinases (CDKs) are closely connected to the regulation of cell
cycle progression, having been first identified as the kinases able to drive cell division. In …

The perinucleolar compartment: structure, function, and utility in anti-cancer drug development

EV Makeyev, S Huang - Nucleus, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The perinucleolar compartment (PNC) was initially identified as a nuclear structure enriched
for the polypyrimidine tract-binding protein. Since then, the PNC has been implicated in …

The MTR4/hnRNPK complex surveils aberrant polyadenylated RNAs with multiple exons

K Taniue, A Sugawara, C Zeng, H Han, X Gao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
RNA surveillance systems degrade aberrant RNAs that result from defective transcriptional
termination, splicing, and polyadenylation. Defective RNAs in the nucleus are recognized by …

Physiological and pathological roles of the transcriptional kinases CDK12 and CDK13 in the central nervous system

C Pitolli, A Marini, C Sette, V Pagliarini - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2024 - nature.com
The cyclin-dependent kinases 12 (CDK12) and 13 (CDK13) govern several steps of gene
expression, including transcription, RNA processing and translation. The main target of …

Prohibitin 2 orchestrates long noncoding RNA and gene transcription to accelerate tumorigenesis

T Ding, H Xu, X Zhang, F Yang, J Zhang, Y Shi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The spatial co-presence of aberrant long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and abnormal coding
genes contributes to malignancy development in various tumors. However, precise …