Transcription regulation by long non-coding RNAs: mechanisms and disease relevance

J Ferrer, N Dimitrova - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) outnumber protein-coding transcripts, but their functions
remain largely unknown. In this Review, we discuss the emerging roles of lncRNAs in the …

The status of the human gene catalogue

P Amaral, S Carbonell-Sala, FM De La Vega, T Faial… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Scientists have been trying to identify every gene in the human genome since the initial draft
was published in 2001. In the years since, much progress has been made in identifying …

Cellular functions of long noncoding RNAs

RW Yao, Y Wang, LL Chen - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
A diverse catalog of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), which lack protein-coding potential,
are transcribed from the mammalian genome. They are emerging as important regulators in …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as new tools for cancer therapy: first steps from bench to bedside

M Ratti, A Lampis, M Ghidini, M Salati, MB Mirchev… - Targeted …, 2020 - Springer
Non-coding RNAs represent a significant proportion of the human genome. After having
been considered as 'junk'for a long time, non-coding RNAs are now well established as …

Emerging roles of lncRNA in cancer and therapeutic opportunities

MC Jiang, JJ Ni, WY Cui, BY Wang… - American journal of …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer is difficult to cure due to frequent metastasis, and develo** effective therapeutic
approaches to treat cancer is urgently important. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have …

Amplifying gene expression with RNA-targeted therapeutics

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Many diseases are caused by insufficient expression of mutated genes and would benefit
from increased expression of the corresponding protein. However, in drug development, it …

A facile method for the removal of dsRNA contaminant from in vitro-transcribed mRNA

M Baiersdörfer, G Boros, H Muramatsu… - … therapy Nucleic acids, 2019 - cell.com
The increasing importance of in vitro-transcribed (IVT) mRNA for synthesizing the encoded
therapeutic protein in vivo demands the manufacturing of pure mRNA products. The major …

LncRNA-mediated regulation of cell signaling in cancer

WX Peng, P Koirala, YY Mo - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
To date, a large number of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been recently discovered
through functional genomics studies. Importantly, lncRNAs have been shown, in many …

m6A demethylase ALKBH5 maintains tumorigenicity of glioblastoma stem-like cells by sustaining FOXM1 expression and cell proliferation program

S Zhang, BS Zhao, A Zhou, K Lin, S Zheng, Z Lu… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The dynamic and reversible N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A) RNA modification installed and
erased by N 6-methyltransferases and demethylases regulates gene expression and cell …

History, discovery, and classification of lncRNAs

J Jarroux, A Morillon, M Pinskaya - Long non coding RNA biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The RNA World Hypothesis suggests that prebiotic life revolved around RNA
instead of DNA and proteins. Although modern cells have changed significantly in 4 billion …