Revealing protein–lncRNA interaction

F Ferre, A Colantoni… - Briefings in …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are associated to a plethora of cellular functions, most of
which require the interaction with one or more RNA-binding proteins (RBPs); similarly, RBPs …

New frontiers in translational control of the cancer genome

ML Truitt, D Ruggero - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The past several years have seen dramatic leaps in our understanding of how gene
expression is rewired at the translation level during tumorigenesis to support the …

The rules and impact of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in human cancers

RGH Lindeboom, F Supek, B Lehner - Nature genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Premature termination codons (PTCs) cause a large proportion of inherited human genetic
diseases. PTC-containing transcripts can be degraded by an mRNA surveillance pathway …

A long noncoding RNA lincRNA-EPS acts as a transcriptional brake to restrain inflammation

MK Atianand, W Hu, AT Satpathy, Y Shen, EP Ricci… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) are important regulators of gene expression.
Although lincRNAs are expressed in immune cells, their functions in immunity are largely …

The neurogenetics of alternative splicing

CK Vuong, DL Black, S Zheng - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
Alternative precursor-mRNA splicing is a key mechanism for regulating gene expression in
mammals and is controlled by specialized RNA-binding proteins. The misregulation of …

Large-scale analysis of genome and transcriptome alterations in multiple tumors unveils novel cancer-relevant splicing networks

E Sebestyén, B Singh, B Miñana, A Pagès… - Genome …, 2016 - genome.cshlp.org
Alternative splicing is regulated by multiple RNA-binding proteins and influences the
expression of most eukaryotic genes. However, the role of this process in human disease …

ATtRACT—a database of RNA-binding proteins and associated motifs

G Giudice, F Sánchez-Cabo, C Torroja… - Database, 2016 - academic.oup.com
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a crucial role in key cellular processes, including RNA
transport, splicing, polyadenylation and stability. Understanding the interaction between …

Long noncoding RNA MALAT1 promotes aggressive pancreatic cancer proliferation and metastasis via the stimulation of autophagy

L Li, H Chen, Y Gao, YW Wang, GQ Zhang… - Molecular cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Recently, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has emerged as one of the most
aggressive malignant tumors with the worst prognosis. Previous studies have demonstrated …

Widespread RNA binding by chromatin-associated proteins

DG Hendrickson, DR Kelley, D Tenen, B Bernstein… - Genome biology, 2016 - Springer
Background Recent evidence suggests that RNA interaction can regulate the activity and
localization of chromatin-associated proteins. However, it is unknown if these observations …

Cytoplasmic Rbfox1 regulates the expression of synaptic and autism-related genes

JA Lee, A Damianov, CH Lin, M Fontes, NN Parikshak… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Human genetic studies have identified the neuronal RNA binding protein, Rbfox1, as a
candidate gene for autism spectrum disorders. While Rbfox1 functions as a splicing …