tRNA modification dynamics from individual organisms to metaepitranscriptomics of microbiomes

W Zhang, M Foo, AM Eren, T Pan - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary tRNA is the most extensively modified RNA in cells. On average, a bacterial tRNA
contains 8 modifications per molecule and a eukaryotic tRNA contains 13 modifications per …

Biosynthesis and function of 7-deazaguanine derivatives in bacteria and phages

V de Crécy-Lagard, G Hutinet… - Microbiology and …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Deazaguanine modifications play multifaceted roles in the molecular biology of DNA and
tRNA, sha** diverse yet essential biological processes, including the nuanced fine-tuning …

tRNA epitranscriptome determines pathogenicity of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

J Krueger, M Preusse, N Oswaldo Gomez… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The success of bacterial pathogens depends on the coordinated expression of virulence
determinants. Regulatory circuits that drive pathogenesis are complex, multilayered, and …

Breast and gut microbiome in health and cancer

J Zhang, Y **a, J Sun - Genes & Diseases, 2021 - Elsevier
The microbiota plays essential roles in health and disease, in both the intestine and the
extra-intestine. Dysbiosis of the gut microbiota causes dysfunction in the intestine, which …

Detection of queuosine and queuosine precursors in tRNAs by direct RNA sequencing

Y Sun, M Piechotta, I Naarmann-de Vries… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Queuosine (Q) is a complex tRNA modification found in bacteria and eukaryotes at position
34 of four tRNAs with a GUN anticodon, and it regulates the translational efficiency and …

[HTML][HTML] Modulating microbiota as a new strategy for breast cancer prevention and treatment

H Wu, S Ganguly, TO Tollefsbol - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women in the United States. There has
been an increasing incidence and decreasing mortality rate of BC cases over the past …

Emerging roles of tRNA in cancer

D Ren, Y Mo, M Yang, D Wang, Y Wang, Q Yan, C Guo… - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) play pivotal roles in the transmission of genetic information, and
abnormality of tRNAs directly leads to translation disorders and causes diseases, including …

Identifying distinctive tissue and fecal microbial signatures and the tumor-promoting effects of deoxycholic acid on breast cancer

N Wang, J Yang, W Han, M Han, X Liu… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction A growing body of evidence indicates that the dysbiosis of both mammary and
intestinal microbiota is associated with the initiation and progression of breast tumors …

Repetitive non-typhoidal Salmonella exposure is an environmental risk factor for colon cancer and tumor growth

DM van Elsland, JW Duijster, J Zhang, V Stévenin… - Cell Reports …, 2022 - cell.com
During infection, Salmonella hijacks essential host signaling pathways. These molecular
manipulations disrupt cellular integrity and may induce oncogenic transformation. Systemic …

Alpha diversity

Y **a, J Sun - Bioinformatic and Statistical Analysis of Microbiome …, 2023 - Springer
Population diversity is one important characteristic of a microbiome community, which is
highly related to its environment. The change of diversity may indicate that an environment …