A guide to membraneless organelles and their various roles in gene regulation

T Hirose, K Ninomiya, S Nakagawa… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Membraneless organelles (MLOs) are detected in cells as dots of mesoscopic size. By
undergoing phase separation into a liquid-like or gel-like phase, MLOs contribute to …

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 …

Long noncoding RNA NEAT1 promotes ferroptosis by modulating the miR-362-3p/MIOX axis as a ceRNA

Y Zhang, M Luo, X Cui, D O'Connell… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Ferroptosis, a novel form of regulated cell death induced by iron-dependent lipid
peroxidation, plays an essential role in the development and drug resistance of tumors …

Regulation of gene expression by cis-acting long non-coding RNAs

N Gil, I Ulitsky - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are diverse transcription products emanating from
thousands of loci in mammalian genomes. Cis-acting lncRNAs, which constitute a …

Small and long non-coding RNAs: Past, present, and future

LL Chen, VN Kim - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Since the introduction of the central dogma of molecular biology in 1958, various RNA
species have been discovered. Messenger RNAs transmit genetic instructions from DNA to …

[HTML][HTML] NEAT1 is essential for metabolic changes that promote breast cancer growth and metastasis

MK Park, L Zhang, KW Min, JH Cho, CC Yeh, H Moon… - Cell metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Accelerated glycolysis is the main metabolic change observed in cancer, but the underlying
molecular mechanisms and their role in cancer progression remain poorly understood …

Functional domains of NEAT1 architectural lncRNA induce paraspeckle assembly through phase separation

T Yamazaki, S Souquere, T Chujo, S Kobelke… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
A class of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) has architectural functions in nuclear body
construction; however, specific RNA domains dictating their architectural functions remain …

RNA: the unsuspected conductor in the orchestra of macromolecular crowding

E Zacco, L Broglia, M Kurihara, M Monti… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This comprehensive Review delves into the chemical principles governing RNA-mediated
crowding events, commonly referred to as granules or biological condensates. We explore …

The multidimensional mechanisms of long noncoding RNA function

FP Marchese, I Raimondi, M Huarte - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
A major shift in our understanding of genome regulation has emerged recently. It is now
apparent that the majority of cellular transcripts do not code for proteins, and many of them …

Alternative polyadenylation of mRNA precursors

B Tian, JL Manley - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is an RNA-processing mechanism that generates distinct
3′ termini on mRNAs and other RNA polymerase II transcripts. It is widespread across all …