RNA splicing factors as oncoproteins and tumour suppressors

H Dvinge, E Kim, O Abdel-Wahab… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The recent genomic characterization of cancers has revealed recurrent somatic point
mutations and copy number changes affecting genes encoding RNA splicing factors. Initial …

Stress proteins: the biological functions in virus infection, present and challenges for target-based antiviral drug development

Q Wan, D Song, H Li, M He - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2020 - nature.com
Stress proteins (SPs) including heat-shock proteins (HSPs), RNA chaperones, and ER
associated stress proteins are molecular chaperones essential for cellular homeostasis. The …

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

JJ Lee, R Wedow, A Okbay, E Kong, O Maghzian… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in a
sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome …

N6-methyladenosine-dependent RNA structural switches regulate RNA–protein interactions

N Liu, Q Dai, G Zheng, C He, M Parisien, T Pan - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
RNA-binding proteins control many aspects of cellular biology through binding single-
stranded RNA binding motifs (RBMs),,. However, RBMs can be buried within their local RNA …

HPV16 and HPV18 genome structure, expression, and post-transcriptional regulation

L Yu, V Majerciak, ZM Zheng - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are a group of small non-enveloped DNA viruses whose
infection causes benign tumors or cancers. HPV16 and HPV18, the two most common high …

A long noncoding RNA mediates both activation and repression of immune response genes

S Carpenter, D Aiello, MK Atianand, EP Ricci, P Gandhi… - science, 2013 - science.org
An inducible program of inflammatory gene expression is central to antimicrobial defenses.
This response is controlled by a collaboration involving signal-dependent activation of …

The debated toxic role of aggregated TDP-43 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a resolution in sight?

RC Hergesheimer, AA Chami, DR De Assis, P Vourc'h… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Transactive response DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) is an RNA/DNA binding protein that
forms phosphorylated and ubiquitinated aggregates in the cytoplasm of motor neurons in …

[HTML][HTML] RNase H1-dependent antisense oligonucleotides are robustly active in directing RNA cleavage in both the cytoplasm and the nucleus

XH Liang, H Sun, JG Nichols, ST Crooke - Molecular therapy, 2017 - cell.com
RNase H1-dependent antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are active in reducing levels of
both cytoplasmic mRNAs and nuclear retained RNAs. Although ASO activity in the nucleus …

Mechanisms of alternative pre-messenger RNA splicing

DL Black - Annual review of biochemistry, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Alternative pre-mRNA splicing is a central mode of genetic regulation in higher
eukaryotes. Variability in splicing patterns is a major source of protein diversity from the …

Transcriptional co-activator PGC-1α drives the formation of slow-twitch muscle fibres

J Lin, H Wu, PT Tarr, CY Zhang, Z Wu, O Boss… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
The biochemical basis for the regulation of fibre-type determination in skeletal muscle is not
well understood. In addition to the expression of particular myofibrillar proteins, type I (slow …