Non-coding RNAs in disease: from mechanisms to therapeutics

K Nemeth, R Bayraktar, M Ferracin… - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are a heterogeneous group of transcripts that, by definition, are
not translated into proteins. Since their discovery, ncRNAs have emerged as important …

Targeting and engineering long non-coding RNAs for cancer therapy

M Coan, S Haefliger, S Ounzain, R Johnson - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
RNA therapeutics (RNATx) aim to treat diseases, including cancer, by targeting or
employing RNA molecules for therapeutic purposes. Amongst the most promising targets …

Long noncoding RNAs in cancer metastasis

SJ Liu, HX Dang, DA Lim, FY Feng… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Metastasis is a major contributor to cancer-associated deaths. It is characterized by a
multistep process that occurs through the acquisition of molecular and phenotypic changes …

Long-term perturbation of the peripheral immune system months after SARS-CoV-2 infection

FJ Ryan, CM Hope, MG Masavuli, MA Lynn… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly
infectious respiratory virus which is responsible for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

MALAT1: A key regulator in lung cancer pathogenesis and therapeutic targeting

AA Bhat, O Afzal, M Afzal, G Gupta, R Thapa… - … -Research and Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Lung cancer remains a formidable global health burden, necessitating a comprehensive
understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms driving its progression. Recently …

Epigenetic regulation in human cancer: the potential role of epi-drug in cancer therapy

Y Lu, YT Chan, HY Tan, S Li, N Wang, Y Feng - Molecular cancer, 2020 - Springer
Epigenetics is dynamic and heritable modifications to the genome that occur independently
of DNA sequence. It requires interactions cohesively with various enzymes and other …

[HTML][HTML] Long non-coding RNA in the pathogenesis of cancers

Y Chi, D Wang, J Wang, W Yu, J Yang - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The incidence and mortality rate of cancer has been quickly increasing in the past decades.
At present, cancer has become the leading cause of death worldwide. Most of the cancers …

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as new tools for cancer therapy: first steps from bench to bedside

M Ratti, A Lampis, M Ghidini, M Salati, MB Mirchev… - Targeted …, 2020 - Springer
Non-coding RNAs represent a significant proportion of the human genome. After having
been considered as 'junk'for a long time, non-coding RNAs are now well established as …

The role of non-coding RNAs in oncology

FJ Slack, AM Chinnaiyan - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
For decades, research into cancer biology focused on the involvement of protein-coding
genes. Only recently was it discovered that an entire class of molecules, termed non-coding …

Long non-coding RNA-derived peptides are immunogenic and drive a potent anti-tumour response

W Barczak, SM Carr, G Liu, S Munro, A Nicastri… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Protein arginine methyltransferase (PRMT) 5 is over-expressed in a variety of cancers and
the master transcription regulator E2F1 is an important methylation target. We have explored …