RNA modifications in physiology and disease: towards clinical applications

S Delaunay, M Helm, M Frye - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The ability of chemical modifications of single nucleotides to alter the electrostatic charge,
hydrophobic surface and base pairing of RNA molecules is exploited for the clinical use of …

The expanding world of tRNA modifications and their disease relevance

T Suzuki - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Transfer RNA (tRNA) is an adapter molecule that links a specific codon in mRNA with its
corresponding amino acid during protein synthesis. tRNAs are enzymatically modified post …

Quantitative analysis of tRNA abundance and modifications by nanopore RNA sequencing

MC Lucas, LP Pryszcz, R Medina, I Milenkovic… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) play a central role in protein translation. Studying them has been
difficult in part because a simple method to simultaneously quantify their abundance and …

The epitranscriptome beyond m6A

D Wiener, S Schwartz - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Following its transcription, RNA can be modified by> 170 chemically distinct types of
modifications—the epitranscriptome. In recent years, there have been substantial efforts to …

Detection technologies for RNA modifications

Y Zhang, L Lu, X Li - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2022 - nature.com
To date, more than 170 chemical modifications have been characterized in RNA, providing a
new layer of gene expression regulation termed the 'epitranscriptome'. RNA modification …

N7-Methylguanosine tRNA modification enhances oncogenic mRNA translation and promotes intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma progression

Z Dai, H Liu, J Liao, C Huang, X Ren, W Zhu, S Zhu… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cancer cells selectively promote translation of specific oncogenic transcripts to facilitate
cancer survival and progression, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood …

tRNA renovatio: rebirth through fragmentation

B Kuhle, Q Chen, P Schimmel - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary tRNA function is based on unique structures that enable mRNA decoding using
anticodon trinucleotides. These structures interact with specific aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases …

Exploring the expanding universe of small RNAs

J Shi, T Zhou, Q Chen - Nature cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
The world of small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) is ever-expanding, from small interfering
RNA, microRNA and Piwi-interacting RNA to the recently emerging non-canonical sncRNAs …

tRNAscan-SE 2.0: improved detection and functional classification of transfer RNA genes

PP Chan, BY Lin, AJ Mak, TM Lowe - Nucleic acids research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract tRNAscan-SE has been widely used for transfer RNA (tRNA) gene prediction for
over twenty years, developed just as the first genomes were decoded. With the massive …

METTL1-Mediated m7G tRNA Modification Promotes Lenvatinib Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

M Huang, J Long, Z Yao, Y Zhao, Y Zhao, J Liao… - Cancer …, 2023 - aacrjournals.org
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor lenvatinib is a first-line drug for treating patients with advanced
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, its efficacy is severely hampered by drug …