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 …

Long non-coding RNA PVT1 interacts with MYC and its downstream molecules to synergistically promote tumorigenesis

K **, S Wang, Y Zhang, M **a, Y Mo, X Li, G Li… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Numerous studies have shown that non-coding RNAs play crucial roles in the development
and progression of various tumor cells. Plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 (PVT1) mainly …

c-Myc inactivation of p53 through the pan-cancer lncRNA MILIP drives cancer pathogenesis

YC Feng, XY Liu, L Teng, Q Ji, Y Wu, JM Li… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The functions of the proto-oncoprotein c-Myc and the tumor suppressor p53 in controlling
cell survival and proliferation are inextricably linked as “Yin and Yang” partners in normal …

p53 activates the long noncoding RNA Pvt1b to inhibit Myc and suppress tumorigenesis

CE Olivero, E Martínez-Terroba, J Zimmer, C Liao… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
The tumor suppressor p53 transcriptionally activates target genes to suppress cellular
proliferation during stress. p53 has also been implicated in the repression of the proto …

LncMAP: Pan-cancer atlas of long noncoding RNA-mediated transcriptional network perturbations

Y Li, L Li, Z Wang, T Pan, N Sahni, X **… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Gene regulatory network perturbations contribute to the development and progression of
cancer, however, molecular determinants that mediate transcriptional perturbations remain a …

Diagnostic and prognostic implications of ribosomal protein transcript expression patterns in human cancers

JM Dolezal, AP Dash, EV Prochownik - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Ribosomes, the organelles responsible for the translation of mRNA, are
comprised of four rRNAs and~ 80 ribosomal proteins (RPs). Although canonically assumed …

A rare variant of African ancestry activates 8q24 lncRNA hub by modulating cancer associated enhancer

K Walavalkar, B Saravanan, AK Singh… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genetic variation at the 8q24 locus is linked with the greater susceptibility to prostate cancer
in men of African ancestry. One such African ancestry specific rare variant, rs72725854 (A> …

Natural antisense transcripts: molecular mechanisms and implications in breast cancers

G Latgé, C Poulet, V Bours, C Josse… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Natural antisense transcripts are RNA sequences that can be transcribed from both DNA
strands at the same locus but in the opposite direction from the gene transcript. Because …

SETD2 Haploinsufficiency Enhances Germinal Center–Associated AICDA Somatic Hypermutation to Drive B-cell Lymphomagenesis

W Leung, M Teater, C Durmaz, C Meydan, AG Chivu… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
SETD2 is the sole histone methyltransferase responsible for H3K36me3, with roles in
splicing, transcription initiation, and DNA damage response. Homozygous disruption of …

Genome-wide screen for differentially methylated long noncoding RNAs identifies Esrp2 and lncRNA Esrp2-as regulated by enhancer DNA methylation with …

K Heilmann, R Toth, C Bossmann, K Klimo, C Plass… - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
The majority of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) is still poorly characterized with respect to
function, interactions with protein-coding genes, and mechanisms that regulate their …