RNA modification in mRNA cancer vaccines

Y Mei, X Wang - Clinical and experimental medicine, 2023 - Springer
RNA modification is manifested as chemically altered nucleotides, widely exists in diverse
natural RNAs, and is closely related to RNA structure and function. Currently, mRNA-based …

Rational design and combinatorial chemistry of ionizable lipids for RNA delivery

Y Xu, A Golubovic, S Xu, A Pan, B Li - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In 2018, LNPs enabled the first FDA approval of a siRNA drug (Onpattro); two years later,
two SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (Comirnaty, Spikevax) based on LNPs containing mRNA also …

The human CNOT1-CNOT10-CNOT11 complex forms a structural platform for protein-protein interactions

F Mauxion, J Basquin, S Ozgur, M Rame, J Albrecht… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
The evolutionary conserved CCR4-NOT complex functions in the cytoplasm as the main
mRNA deadenylase in both constitutive mRNA turnover and regulated mRNA decay …

Resource-aware construct design in mammalian cells

R Di Blasi, M Pisani, F Tedeschi, MM Marbiah… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Resource competition can be the cause of unintended coupling between co-expressed
genetic constructs. Here we report the quantification of the resource load imposed by …

Multiple direct and indirect roles of the Paf1 complex in transcription elongation, splicing, and histone modifications

AM Francette, KM Arndt - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
The polymerase-associated factor 1 (Paf1) complex (Paf1C) is a conserved protein complex
with critical functions during eukaryotic transcription. Previous studies showed that Paf1C is …

Hierarchical assembly of single-stranded RNA

LM Pietrek, LS Stelzl, G Hummer - Journal of Chemical Theory …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) plays a major role in the flow of genetic information–most
notably, in the form of messenger RNA (mRNA)–and in the regulation of biological …

Deubiquitinating PABPC1 by USP10 upregulates CLK2 translation to promote tumor progression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

TJ Li, KZ Jin, HY Zhou, ZY Liao, HR Zhang, SM Shi… - Cancer Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is extremely malignant with limited treatment
options. Deubiquitinases (DUBs), which cleave ubiquitin on substrates, can regulate tumor …

The dynamic poly (A) tail acts as a signal hub in mRNA metabolism

G Zhang, H Luo, X Li, Z Hu, Q Wang - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
In eukaryotes, mRNA metabolism requires a sophisticated signaling system. Recent studies
have suggested that polyadenylate tail may play a vital role in such a system. The poly (A) …

The potential of mRNA vaccines in cancer nanomedicine and immunotherapy

S Pan, R Fan, B Han, A Tong, G Guo - Trends in Immunology, 2024 - cell.com
Owing to their outstanding performance against COVID-19, mRNA vaccines have brought
great hope for combating various incurable diseases, including cancer. Differences in the …

Emerging roles of growth differentiation factor 15 in immunoregulation and pathogenesis

J Reyes, GS Yap - The Journal of Immunology, 2023 - journals.aai.org
Abstract Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF-15) is a cytokine that is widely used as a
biomarker for the severity of diverse disease states. It also has been shown to play a …