Quality and quantity control of gene expression by nonsense-mediated mRNA decay

T Kurosaki, MW Popp, LE Maquat - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is one of the best characterized and most
evolutionarily conserved cellular quality control mechanisms. Although NMD was first found …

[HTML][HTML] Blood-derived lncRNAs as biomarkers for cancer diagnosis: the Good, the Bad and the Beauty

C Badowski, B He, LX Garmire - NPJ precision oncology, 2022 - nature.com
Cancer ranks as one of the deadliest diseases worldwide. The high mortality rate associated
with cancer is partially due to the lack of reliable early detection methods and/or inaccurate …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic regulation of OAS1 nonsense-mediated decay underlies association with COVID-19 hospitalization in patients of European and African ancestries

AR Banday, ML Stanifer, O Florez-Vargas… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The chr12q24. 13 locus encoding OAS1–OAS3 antiviral proteins has been
associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) susceptibility. Here, we report …

To NMD or not to NMD: nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in cancer and other genetic diseases

F Supek, B Lehner, RGH Lindeboom - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
The nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) pathway degrades some but not all mRNAs
bearing premature termination codons (PTCs). Decades of work have elucidated the …

Alternative ORFs and small ORFs: shedding light on the dark proteome

MW Orr, Y Mao, G Storz, SB Qian - Nucleic Acids Research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Traditional annotation of protein-encoding genes relied on assumptions, such as one open
reading frame (ORF) encodes one protein and minimal lengths for translated proteins. With …

[HTML][HTML] Six reference-quality genomes reveal evolution of bat adaptations

D Jebb, Z Huang, M Pippel, GM Hughes… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Bats possess extraordinary adaptations, including flight, echolocation, extreme longevity
and unique immunity. High-quality genomes are crucial for understanding the molecular …

AAV-delivered suppressor tRNA overcomes a nonsense mutation in mice

J Wang, Y Zhang, CA Mendonca, O Yukselen… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Gene therapy is a potentially curative medicine for many currently untreatable diseases, and
recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) is the most successful gene delivery vehicle for …

GC content shapes mRNA storage and decay in human cells

M Courel, Y Clément, C Bossevain, D Foretek… - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
mRNA translation and decay appear often intimately linked although the rules of this
interplay are poorly understood. In this study, we combined our recent P-body transcriptome …

Translation‐coupled mRNA quality control mechanisms

L Monaghan, D Longman, JF Cáceres - The EMBO Journal, 2023 - embopress.org
Abstract mRNA surveillance pathways are essential for accurate gene expression and to
maintain translation homeostasis, ensuring the production of fully functional proteins. Future …

[HTML][HTML] Intron retention is a hallmark and spliceosome represents a therapeutic vulnerability in aggressive prostate cancer

D Zhang, Q Hu, X Liu, Y Ji, HP Chao, Y Liu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The role of dysregulation of mRNA alternative splicing (AS) in the development and
progression of solid tumors remains to be defined. Here we describe the first comprehensive …