Regulation of ribosomal RNA gene copy number, transcription and nucleolus organization in eukaryotes

Y Hori, C Engel, T Kobayashi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2023 - nature.com
One of the first biological machineries to be created seems to have been the ribosome.
Since then, organisms have dedicated great efforts to optimize this apparatus. The …

tRNA dysregulation and disease

EA Orellana, E Siegal, RI Gregory - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract tRNAs are key adaptor molecules that decipher the genetic code during translation
of mRNAs in protein synthesis. In contrast to the traditional view of tRNAs as ubiquitously …

Vaccination in patients with kidney failure: lessons from COVID-19

N Babel, C Hugo, TH Westhoff - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2022 - nature.com
Infection is the second leading cause of death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Adequate humoral (antibody) and cellular (T cell-driven) immunity are required to minimize …

Nuclear long noncoding RNAs: key regulators of gene expression

Q Sun, Q Hao, KV Prasanth - Trends in Genetics, 2018 - cell.com
A significant portion of the human genome encodes genes that transcribe long nonprotein-
coding RNAs (lncRNAs). A large number of lncRNAs localize in the nucleus, either enriched …

Boosting CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing capability with the endogenous tRNA-processing system

K **e, B Minkenberg, Y Yang - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2015 - pnas.org
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated
protein 9 nuclease (Cas9) system is being harnessed as a powerful tool for genome …

[HTML][HTML] The functions and unique features of LncRNAs in cancer development and tumorigenesis

K Taniue, N Akimitsu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the past decades, research on cancer biology has focused on the involvement of
protein-coding genes in cancer development. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), which are …

Structure and function of long noncoding RNAs in epigenetic regulation

TR Mercer, JS Mattick - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2013 - nature.com
Genomes of complex organisms encode an abundance and diversity of long noncoding
RNAs (lncRNAs) that are expressed throughout the cell and fulfill a wide variety of regulatory …

Pervasive transcription of the human genome produces thousands of previously unidentified long intergenic noncoding RNAs

MJ Hangauer, IW Vaughn, MT McManus - PLoS genetics, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Known protein coding gene exons compose less than 3% of the human genome. The
remaining 97% is largely uncharted territory, with only a small fraction characterized. The …

Circular RNAs as emerging players in cervical cancer tumorigenesis; a review to roles and biomarker potentials

S Najafi - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
Cervical cancer is the most lethal gynecological cancer among women worldwide. Most of
the patients are diagnosed at the advanced stages due to late diagnosis and lack of …

The functional role of long non-coding RNA in human carcinomas

EA Gibb, CJ Brown, WL Lam - Molecular cancer, 2011 - Springer
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as new players in the cancer paradigm
demonstrating potential roles in both oncogenic and tumor suppressive pathways. These …