Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations

JS Mattick, PP Amaral, P Carninci… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes specifying long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy a large fraction of the genomes
of complex organisms. The term 'lncRNAs' encompasses RNA polymerase I (Pol I), Pol II …

Cellular origins of dsRNA, their recognition and consequences

YG Chen, S Hur - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) is associated with most viral infections—it either constitutes
the viral genome (in the case of dsRNA viruses) or is generated in host cells during viral …

Exosome transfer from stromal to breast cancer cells regulates therapy resistance pathways

MC Boelens, TJ Wu, BY Nabet, B Xu, Y Qiu, T Yoon… - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Stromal communication with cancer cells can influence treatment response. We show that
stromal and breast cancer (BrCa) cells utilize paracrine and juxtacrine signaling to drive …

Tumor stem-like cell-derived exosomal RNAs prime neutrophils for facilitating tumorigenesis of colon cancer

WL Hwang, HY Lan, WC Cheng, SC Huang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2019 - Springer
Background Cell-cell interactions maintain tissue homeostasis and contribute to dynamic
alteration of the tumor microenvironment (TME). Communication between cancer and host …

RNA polymerase III transcription as a disease factor

M Yeganeh, N Hernandez - Genes & development, 2020 - genesdev.cshlp.org
RNA polymerase (Pol) III is responsible for transcription of different noncoding genes in
eukaryotic cells, whose RNA products have well-defined functions in translation and other …

An old friend with a new face: tRNA-derived small RNAs with big regulatory potential in cancer biology

A Di Fazio, M Gullerova - British Journal of Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) essential for protein
translation. Emerging evidence suggests that tRNAs can also be processed into smaller …

Pre-ribosomal RNA processing in human cells: from mechanisms to congenital diseases

M Aubert, MF O'Donohue, S Lebaron, PE Gleizes - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ribosomal RNAs, the most abundant cellular RNA species, have evolved as the structural
scaffold and the catalytic center of protein synthesis in every living organism. In eukaryotes …

Transcription by RNA polymerase III: insights into mechanism and regulation

TW Turowski, D Tollervey - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2016 - portlandpress.com
The highly abundant, small stable RNAs that are synthesized by RNA polymerase III
(RNAPIII) have key functional roles, particularly in the protein synthesis apparatus. Their …

N6-adenine DNA methylation is associated with the linker DNA of H2A.Z-containing well-positioned nucleosomes in Pol II-transcribed genes in Tetrahymena

Y Wang, X Chen, Y Sheng, Y Liu… - Nucleic acids research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract DNA N6-methyladenine (6mA) is newly rediscovered as a potential epigenetic mark
across a more diverse range of eukaryotes than previously realized. As a unicellular model …

The nuclear and cytoplasmic activities of RNA polymerase III, and an evolving transcriptome for surveillance

AC Kessler, RJ Maraia - Nucleic Acids Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
A 1969 report that described biochemical and activity properties of the three eukaryotic RNA
polymerases revealed Pol III as highly distinguishable, even before its transcripts were …