snoRNAs: functions and mechanisms in biological processes, and roles in tumor pathophysiology

Z Huang, Y Du, J Wen, B Lu, Y Zhao - Cell Death Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), a type of non-coding RNA, are widely present in the
nucleoli of eukaryotic cells and play an important role in rRNA modification. With the recent …

Small nucleolar RNAs: insight into their function in cancer

J Liang, J Wen, Z Huang, X Chen, B Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Small nucleolar RNAs (SnoRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs divided into two classes:
C/D box snoRNAs and H/ACA box snoRNAs. The canonical function of C/D box and H/ACA …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging functions for snoRNAs and snoRNA-derived fragments

M Wajahat, CP Bracken, A Orang - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The widespread implementation of mass sequencing has revealed a diverse landscape of
small RNAs derived from larger precursors. Whilst many of these are likely to be byproducts …

Impaired ribosome biogenesis: mechanisms and relevance to cancer and aging

Z Turi, M Lacey, M Mistrik, P Moudry - Aging (Albany NY), 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biosynthesis of ribosomes is a complex process that requires the coordinated action of
many factors and a huge energy investment from the cell. Ribosomes are essential for …

Ribosome biogenesis: An emerging druggable pathway for cancer therapeutics

F Catez, N Dalla Venezia, V Marcel, C Zorbas… - Biochemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ribosomes are nanomachines essential for protein production in all living cells. Ribosome
synthesis increases in cancer cells to cope with a rise in protein synthesis and sustain …

Senescence-associated ribosome biogenesis defects contributes to cell cycle arrest through the Rb pathway

F Lessard, S Igelmann, C Trahan, G Huot… - Nature cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Cellular senescence is a tumour suppressor programme characterized by a stable cell cycle
arrest. Here we report that cellular senescence triggered by a variety of stimuli leads to …

[HTML][HTML] snoRNPs: functions in ribosome biogenesis

S Ojha, S Malla, SM Lyons - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ribosomes are perhaps the most critical macromolecular machine as they are tasked with
carrying out protein synthesis in cells. They are incredibly complex structures composed of …

Human NOP2/NSUN1 regulates ribosome biogenesis through non-catalytic complex formation with box C/D snoRNPs

H Liao, A Gaur, H McConie, A Shekar… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Methylcytosine (m5C) is a base modification broadly found on various RNAs in the human
transcriptome. In eukaryotes, m5C is catalyzed by enzymes of the NSUN family composed of …

Probing small ribosomal subunit RNA helix 45 acetylation across eukaryotic evolution

ML Bortolin-Cavaillé, A Quillien… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
NAT10 is an essential enzyme that catalyzes N 4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) in eukaryotic transfer
RNA and 18S ribosomal RNA. Recent studies suggested that rRNA acetylation is dependent …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging role of snoRNAs in human disease

X Zhang, C Wang, S **a, F **ao, J Peng, Y Gao, F Yu… - Genes & diseases, 2023 - Elsevier
Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) play critical roles in various biological processes. The
aberrant expression or depletion of snoRNAs is related to various diseases. In previous …