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 roles and implications of RNA m6A modification in cancer

X Deng, Y Qing, D Horne, H Huang… - Nature Reviews Clinical …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-Methyladenosine (m6A), the most prevalent internal modification in eukaryotic
mRNA, has been extensively and increasingly studied over the past decade. Dysregulation …

Epigenetic regulation in the tumor microenvironment: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets

J Yang, J Xu, W Wang, B Zhang, X Yu… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Over decades, researchers have focused on the epigenetic control of DNA-templated
processes. Histone modification, DNA methylation, chromatin remodeling, RNA modification …

Lactylation of METTL16 promotes cuproptosis via m6A-modification on FDX1 mRNA in gastric cancer

L Sun, Y Zhang, B Yang, S Sun, P Zhang, Z Luo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cuproptosis, caused by excessively high copper concentrations, is urgently exploited as a
potential cancer therapeutic. However, the mechanisms underlying the initiation …

RM2Target: a comprehensive database for targets of writers, erasers and readers of RNA modifications

X Bao, Y Zhang, H Li, Y Teng, L Ma… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
RNA modification is a dynamic and reversible process regulated by a series of writers,
erasers and readers (WERs). Abnormal changes of WERs will disrupt the RNA modification …

Methyltransferase-like proteins in cancer biology and potential therapeutic targeting

YN Qi, Z Liu, LL Hong, P Li, ZQ Ling - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2023 - Springer
RNA modification has recently become a significant process of gene regulation, and the
methyltransferase-like (METTL) family of proteins plays a critical role in RNA modification …

Wild-type IDH1 maintains NSCLC stemness and chemoresistance through activation of the serine biosynthetic pathway

C Zhang, J Yu, C Yang, Z Yuan, H Zeng… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Tumor-initiating cells (TICs) reprogram their metabolic features to meet their bioenergetic,
biosynthetic, and redox demands. Our previous study established a role for wild-type …

N6‐methyladenosine‐modified FAM111A‐DT promotes hepatocellular carcinoma growth via epigenetically activating FAM111A

J Pu, Z Xu, Y Huang, J Nian, M Yang, Q Fang… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As an epitranscriptomic modulation manner, N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) modification plays
important roles in various diseases, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). m6A …

METTL3‐mediated N6‐methyladenosine exacerbates ferroptosis via m6A‐IGF2BP2‐dependent mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming in sepsis‐induced acute lung …

H Zhang, D Wu, Y Wang, K Guo… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), released by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs),
exert a robust antimicrobial function in infectious diseases such as sepsis. NETs also …

Roles and implications of mRNA N6‐methyladenosine in cancer

L Zeng, X Huang, J Zhang, D Lin… - Cancer …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
RNA N6‐methyladenosine modification is the most prevalent internal modification of
eukaryotic RNAs and has emerged as a novel field of RNA epigenetics, garnering increased …