Regulation of microRNA function in animals

LFR Gebert, IJ MacRae - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Since their serendipitous discovery in nematodes, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as
key regulators of biological processes in animals. These small RNAs form complex networks …

Post-transcriptional control of miRNA biogenesis

G Michlewski, JF Cáceres - Rna, 2019 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of gene expression that bind complementary
target mRNAs and repress their expression. Precursor miRNA molecules undergo nuclear …

The biochemical basis of microRNA targeting efficacy

SE McGeary, KS Lin, CY Shi, TM Pham, N Bisaria… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short RNAs that guide repression of mRNA
targets. Each miRNA associates with an Argonaute (AGO) protein to form a complex in …

MicroRNA-155: a master regulator of inflammation

G Mahesh, R Biswas - Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, 2019 - liebertpub.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are naturally occurring, highly conserved families of transcripts (∼ 22
nucleotides in length) that are processed from larger hairpin precursors. miRNAs primarily …

Improving mRNA-based therapeutic gene delivery by expression-augmenting 3′ UTRs identified by cellular library screening

AGO von Niessen, MA Poleganov, C Rechner… - Molecular Therapy, 2019 - cell.com
Synthetic mRNA has emerged as a powerful tool for the transfer of genetic information, and it
is being explored for a variety of therapeutic applications. Many of these applications require …

A systematic review of miR-29 in cancer

JJ Kwon, TD Factora, S Dey, J Kota - Molecular Therapy-Oncolytics, 2019 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are small non-coding RNAs (∼ 22 nt in length) that are known as
potent master regulators of eukaryotic gene expression. miRNAs have been shown to play a …

Wnt Signaling in vascular eye diseases

Z Wang, CH Liu, S Huang, J Chen - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2019 - Elsevier
The Wnt signaling pathway plays a pivotal role in vascular morphogenesis in various organs
including the eye. Wnt ligands and receptors are key regulators of ocular angiogenesis both …

[HTML][HTML] RNA therapy: Are we using the right molecules?

AM Yu, C Jian, HY Allan, MJ Tu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Small-molecule and protein/antibody drugs mainly act on genome-derived proteins to exert
pharmacological effects. RNA based therapies hold the promise to expand the range of …

A microRNA-inducible CRISPR–Cas9 platform serves as a microRNA sensor and cell-type-specific genome regulation tool

XW Wang, LF Hu, J Hao, LQ Liao, YT Chiu, M Shi… - Nature cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract microRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that play important regulatory
roles in plants, animals and viruses. Measuring miRNA activity in vivo remains a big …

YY1 complex promotes quaking expression via super-enhancer binding during EMT of hepatocellular carcinoma

J Han, J Meng, S Chen, X Wang, S Yin, Q Zhang, H Liu… - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Quaking (QKI) is an alternative splicing factor that can regulate circRNA formation in the
progression of epithelial–mesenchymal transition, but the mechanism remains unclear. High …