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 …

Paraspeckles: where long noncoding RNA meets phase separation

AH Fox, S Nakagawa, T Hirose, CS Bond - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2018 - cell.com
Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) molecules are some of the newest and least understood
players in gene regulation. Hence, we need good model systems with well-defined RNA and …

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 …

Shell protein composition specified by the lncRNA NEAT1 domains dictates the formation of paraspeckles as distinct membraneless organelles

H Takakuwa, T Yamazaki, S Souquere, S Adachi… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Many membraneless organelles (MLOs) formed through phase separation play crucial roles
in various cellular processes. Although these MLOs co-exist in cells, how they maintain their …

Whole-genome mutational landscape and characterization of noncoding and structural mutations in liver cancer

A Fujimoto, M Furuta, Y Totoki, T Tsunoda, M Kato… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Liver cancer, which is most often associated with virus infection, is prevalent worldwide, and
its underlying etiology and genomic structure are heterogeneous. Here we provide a whole …

Prion-like domains in RNA binding proteins are essential for building subnuclear paraspeckles

S Hennig, G Kong, T Mannen, A Sadowska… - Journal of Cell …, 2015 - rupress.org
Low complexity regions containing biased amino acid composition are abundant in the
proteome, particularly in regulatory molecules, yet the utility and molecular mechanism of …

Genomic analysis of oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma identifies alcohol drinking-related mutation signature and genomic alterations

J Chang, W Tan, Z Ling, R **, M Shao, M Chen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Approximately half of the world's 500,000 new oesophageal squamous-cell carcinoma
(ESCC) cases each year occur in China. Here, we show whole-genome sequencing of DNA …

Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors—current concepts, advances in biology, and potential future therapies

MC Frühwald, JA Biegel, F Bourdeaut… - Neuro …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is the most common malignant CNS tumor of
children below 6 months of age. The majority of AT/RTs demonstrate genomic alterations in …

LincRNA-Cox2 promotes late inflammatory gene transcription in macrophages through modulating SWI/SNF-mediated chromatin remodeling

G Hu, AY Gong, Y Wang, S Ma, X Chen… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.aai.org
Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) are long noncoding transcripts (> 200 nt) from
the intergenic regions of annotated protein-coding genes. One of the most highly induced …

Targeting RIPK1 kinase for modulating inflammation in human diseases

W Li, J Yuan - Frontiers in immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Receptor-Interacting Serine/Threonine-Protein Kinase 1 (RIPK1) is a master regulator of
TNFR1 signaling in controlling cell death and survival. While the scaffold of RIPK1 …