The hallmarks of cancer: a long non-coding RNA point of view

T Gutschner, S Diederichs - RNA biology, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
With the advent of next generation sequencing methods and progress in transcriptome
analysis, it became obvious that the human genome contains much more than just protein …

Long noncoding RNAs and the genetics of cancer

SW Cheetham, F Gruhl, JS Mattick… - British journal of cancer, 2013‏ - nature.com
Cancer is a disease of aberrant gene expression. While the genetic causes of cancer have
been intensively studied, it is becoming evident that a large proportion of cancer …

Long non-coding RNAs and cancer: a new frontier of translational research?

R Spizzo, MI Almeida, A Colombatti, GA Calin - Oncogene, 2012‏ - nature.com
Tiling array and novel sequencing technologies have made available the transcription
profile of the entire human genome. However, the extent of transcription and the function of …

Loss of ATRX, genome instability, and an altered DNA damage response are hallmarks of the alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway

CA Lovejoy, W Li, S Reisenweber, S Thongthip… - PLoS …, 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
The Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) pathway is a telomerase-independent
pathway for telomere maintenance that is active in a significant subset of human cancers …

Mammalian telomeric RNA (TERRA) can be translated to produce valine–arginine and glycine–leucine dipeptide repeat proteins

TM Al-Turki, JD Griffith - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023‏ - pnas.org
Mammalian telomeres consist of (TTAGGG) n repeats. Transcription of the C-rich strand
generates a G-rich RNA, termed TERRA, containing G-quadruplex structures. Recent …

Alternative lengthening of telomeres: models, mechanisms and implications

AJ Cesare, RR Reddel - Nature reviews genetics, 2010‏ - nature.com
Unlimited cellular proliferation depends on counteracting the telomere attrition that
accompanies DNA replication. In human cancers this usually occurs through upregulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Telomere-specific regulation of TERRA and its impact on telomere stability

J Rivosecchi, K Jurikova, E Cusanelli - Seminars in Cell & Developmental …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
TERRA is a class of telomeric repeat-containing RNAs that are expressed from telomeres in
multiple organisms. TERRA transcripts play key roles in telomere maintenance and their …

[HTML][HTML] The emerging roles of TERRA in telomere maintenance and genome stability

N Bettin, C Oss Pegorar, E Cusanelli - Cells, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
The finding that transcription occurs at chromosome ends has opened new fields of study on
the roles of telomeric transcripts in chromosome end maintenance and genome stability …

Telomeric RNA-DNA hybrids affect telomere-length dynamics and senescence

B Balk, A Maicher, M Dees, J Klermund… - Nature structural & …, 2013‏ - nature.com
Although telomeres are heterochromatic, they are transcribed into noncoding telomeric
repeat–containing RNA (TERRA). Here we show that RNA-DNA hybrids form at telomeres …

Long noncoding RNAs in development and cancer: potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets

R Fatima, VS Akhade, D Pal, SMR Rao - Molecular and cellular therapies, 2015‏ - Springer
Long noncoding RNAs are emerging as key players in various fundamental biological
processes. We highlight the varied molecular mechanisms by which lncRNAs modulate …