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 …

Personalized medicine: motivation, challenges, and progress

LH Goetz, NJ Schork - Fertility and sterility, 2018 - Elsevier
There is a great deal of hype surrounding the concept of personalized medicine.
Personalized medicine is rooted in the belief that since individuals possess nuanced and …

The emerging role of the piRNA/piwi complex in cancer

Y Liu, M Dou, X Song, Y Dong, S Liu, H Liu, J Tao, W Li… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Piwi interacting RNAs (piRNAs) constitute novel small non-coding RNA molecules of
approximately 24–31 nucleotides in length that often bind to members of the piwi protein …

The dark matter of the cancer genome: aberrations in regulatory elements, untranslated regions, splice sites, non‐coding RNA and synonymous mutations

S Diederichs, L Bartsch, JC Berkmann… - EMBO molecular …, 2016 - embopress.org
Cancer is a disease of the genome caused by oncogene activation and tumor suppressor
gene inhibition. Deep sequencing studies including large consortia such as TCGA and …

SPRDA: a link prediction approach based on the structural perturbation to infer disease-associated Piwi-interacting RNAs

K Zheng, XL Zhang, L Wang, ZH You… - Briefings in …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract piRNA and PIWI proteins have been confirmed for disease diagnosis and treatment
as novel biomarkers due to its abnormal expression in various cancers. However, the …

PIWI-interacting RNA-36712 restrains breast cancer progression and chemoresistance by interaction with SEPW1 pseudogene SEPW1P RNA

L Tan, D Mai, B Zhang, X Jiang, J Zhang, R Bai, Y Ye… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies and the major cause of
cancer-related death in women. Although the importance of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) …

[HTML][HTML] PIWI-interacting RNA-54265 is oncogenic and a potential therapeutic target in colorectal adenocarcinoma

D Mai, P Ding, L Tan, J Zhang, Z Pan, R Bai, C Li… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Although PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) have recently been linked to human
diseases, their roles and functions in malignancies remain unclear. This study aimed to …

The biogenesis and functions of piRNAs in human diseases

X Wu, Y Pan, Y Fang, J Zhang, M **e, F Yang… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2020 - cell.com
Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a novel type of small noncoding RNAs, which are 26–30
nt in length and bind to Piwi proteins. These short RNAs were originally discovered in …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells endow stem-like qualities to multiple myeloma cells by inducing piRNA-823 expression and DNMT3B activation

L Ai, S Mu, C Sun, F Fan, H Yan, Y Qin, G Cui, Y Wang… - Molecular Cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) and cancer stem cells (CSCs) are
two important cellular components in the tumor microenvironment, which may modify the …

The emergence of piRNAs against transposon invasion to preserve mammalian genome integrity

C Ernst, DT Odom, C Kutter - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Transposable elements (TEs) contribute to the large amount of repetitive sequences in
mammalian genomes and have been linked to species-specific genome innovations by …