Membraneless organelles in health and disease: exploring the molecular basis, physiological roles and pathological implications

Y Li, Y Liu, XY Yu, Y Xu, X Pan, Y Sun… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Once considered unconventional cellular structures, membraneless organelles (MLOs),
cellular substructures involved in biological processes or pathways under physiological …

The Emerging Roles of Multimolecular G-Quadruplexes in Transcriptional Regulation and Chromatin Organization

NF Antariksa, M Di Antonio - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The ability of genomic DNA to adopt non-canonical secondary structures known
as G-quadruplexes (G4s) under physiological conditions has been recognized for its …

Cellular Visualization of G-Quadruplex RNA via Fluorescence-Lifetime Imaging Microscopy

J Robinson, SG Stenspil, K Maleckaite… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, appreciation of the roles of G-quadruplex (G4) structures in cellular
regulation and maintenance has rapidly grown, making the establishment of robust methods …

CRISPR/Cas13d targeting suppresses repeat-associated non-AUG translation of C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat RNA

H Liu, XF Zhao, YN Lu, LR Hayes, J Wang - The Journal of clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
A hexanucleotide GGGGCC repeat expansion in the non-coding region of the C9orf72 gene
is the most common genetic mutation identified in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

RNA structure promotes liquid-to-solid phase transition of short RNAs in neuronal dysfunction

S Wang, Y Xu - Communications Biology, 2024 - nature.com
In nucleotide expansion disorders, RNA foci are reportedly associated with
neurodegenerative disease pathogeneses. Characteristically, these RNAs exhibit long poly …

[HTML][HTML] Restoring Homeostasis: Treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Resolving Dynamic Regulatory Instability

AJB Lee, S Bi, E Ridgeway, I Al-Hussaini… - International Journal of …, 2025 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has an interactive, multifactorial etiology that makes
treatment success elusive. This study evaluates how regulatory dynamics impact disease …

The effect of dipeptide repeat proteins on FUS/TDP43-RNA condensation in C9orf72 ALS/FTD

MD Driver, J Postema, PR Onck - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Condensation of RNA binding proteins (RBPs) with RNA is essential for cellular function.
The most common familial cause of the diseases ALS and FTD is C9orf72 repeat expansion …

Interaction-Dependent Secondary Structure of Peptides in Biomolecular Condensates

KA Lorenz-Ochoa, M Cho, SH Parekh… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensates provide a mechanism for compartmentalization of biomolecules
in eukaryotic cells. These liquid-like condensates are formed via liquid–liquid phase …

Crystal structure of a tetrameric RNA G-quadruplex formed by hexanucleotide repeat expansions of C9orf72 in ALS/FTD

Y Geng, C Liu, N Xu, MC Suen, H Miao… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The abnormal GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansions (HREs) in C9orf72 cause the
fatal neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal …

Small CAG Repeat RNA Forms a Duplex Structure with Sticky Ends That Promote RNA Condensation

L Wan, C Zhang, Y Liu, J Zhang, L He… - Journal of the …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Biomolecular condensation lays the foundation of forming biologically important
membraneless organelles, but abnormal condensation processes are often associated with …