From genotype to phenotype: genetics of mammalian long non-coding RNAs in vivo

D Andergassen, JL Rinn - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Genome-wide sequencing has led to the discovery of thousands of long non-coding RNA
(lncRNA) loci in the human genome, but evidence of functional significance has remained …

CRISPRi-based genome-scale identification of functional long noncoding RNA loci in human cells

SJ Liu, MA Horlbeck, SW Cho, HS Birk, M Malatesta… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The human genome contains tens of thousands of loci that produce long
noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), transcripts that have no apparent protein-coding potential. A …

Genome-scale activation screen identifies a lncRNA locus regulating a gene neighbourhood

J Joung, JM Engreitz, S Konermann, OO Abudayyeh… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Mammalian genomes contain thousands of loci that transcribe long noncoding RNAs
(lncRNAs),, some of which are known to carry out critical roles in diverse cellular processes …

Screening for lncRNA function

L Koch - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2017 - nature.com
Biological functions are known for only a small number of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs).
A study in Science now reports a highly specific, high-throughput CRISPR-based approach …

Efficient in vivo deletion of a large imprinted lncRNA by CRISPR/Cas9

J Han, J Zhang, L Chen, B Shen, J Zhou, B Hu, Y Du… - RNA biology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Recent genome-wide studies have revealed that the majority of the mouse genome is
transcribed as non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and growing evidence supports the importance …

Genome-wide screening for functional long noncoding RNAs in human cells by Cas9 targeting of splice sites

Y Liu, Z Cao, Y Wang, Y Guo, P Xu, P Yuan, Z Liu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The functions of many long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the human genome remain
unknown owing to the lack of scalable loss-of-function screening tools. We previously used …

Computational prediction and experimental validation identify functionally conserved lncRNAs from zebrafish to human

W Huang, T Xiong, Y Zhao, J Heng, G Han, P Wang… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Functional studies of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been hindered by the lack of
methods to assess their evolution. Here we present lncRNA Homology Explorer (lncHOME) …

Genome-scale deletion screening of human long non-coding RNAs using a paired-guide RNA CRISPR–Cas9 library

S Zhu, W Li, J Liu, CH Chen, Q Liao, P Xu, H Xu… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas9 screens have been widely adopted to analyze coding-gene functions, but
high-throughput screening of non-coding elements using this method is more challenging …

Platforms for investigating LncRNA functions

JL Charles Richard… - … : Translating Life Sciences …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Prior to the sequencing of the human genome, it was presumed that most of the DNA coded
for proteins. However, with the advent of next-generation sequencing, it has now been …

Modulating the expression of long non‐coding RNA s for functional studies

SJ Liu, DA Lim - EMBO reports, 2018 - embopress.org
Long non‐coding RNA s (lnc RNA s) have emerged as important regulators of cell biology.
The mechanisms by which lnc RNA s function are likely numerous, and most are poorly …