Long noncoding RNAs in cancer metastasis

SJ Liu, HX Dang, DA Lim, FY Feng… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Metastasis is a major contributor to cancer-associated deaths. It is characterized by a
multistep process that occurs through the acquisition of molecular and phenotypic changes …

[HTML][HTML] Gene regulation by long non-coding RNAs and its biological functions

L Statello, CJ Guo, LL Chen, M Huarte - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Evidence accumulated over the past decade shows that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)
are widely expressed and have key roles in gene regulation. Recent studies have begun to …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond the RNA-dependent function of LncRNA genes

T Ali, P Grote - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
While long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes have attracted a lot of attention in the last
decade, the focus regarding their mechanisms of action has been primarily on the RNA …

Enhancer RNAs are an important regulatory layer of the epigenome

V Sartorelli, SM Lauberth - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2020 - nature.com
Noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) direct a remarkable number of diverse functions in development
and disease through their regulation of transcription, RNA processing and translation …

Causes and consequences of RNA polymerase II stalling during transcript elongation

M Noe Gonzalez, D Blears, JQ Svejstrup - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The journey of RNA polymerase II (Pol II) as it transcribes a gene is anything but a smooth
ride. Transcript elongation is discontinuous and can be perturbed by intrinsic regulatory …

[HTML][HTML] Knowing when to stop: Transcription termination on protein-coding genes by eukaryotic RNAPII

JB Rodríguez-Molina, S West, LA Passmore - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
Gene expression is controlled in a dynamic and regulated manner to allow for the consistent
and steady expression of some proteins as well as the rapidly changing production of other …

CircURI1 interacts with hnRNPM to inhibit metastasis by modulating alternative splicing in gastric cancer

X Wang, J Li, X Bian, C Wu, J Hua… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emerged as key regulators of human cancers, yet their
modes of action in gastric cancer (GC) remain largely unknown. Here, we identified circURI1 …

[HTML][HTML] RNA-based therapies: A cog in the wheel of lung cancer defense

P Khan, JA Siddiqui, I Lakshmanan, AK Ganti, R Salgia… - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Lung cancer (LC) is a heterogeneous disease consisting mainly of two subtypes, non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC), and remains the leading …

Termination of transcription by RNA polymerase II: BOOM!

JD Eaton, S West - Trends in Genetics, 2020 - cell.com
RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcribes hundreds of thousands of transcription units–a
reaction always brought to a close by its termination. Because Pol II transcribes multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Splice modulators target PMS1 to reduce somatic expansion of the Huntington's disease-associated CAG repeat

ZL McLean, D Gao, K Correia, JCL Roy… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is a dominant neurological disorder caused by an expanded HTT
exon 1 CAG repeat that lengthens huntingtin's polyglutamine tract. Lowering mutant …