Exploring the expanding universe of small RNAs

J Shi, T Zhou, Q Chen - Nature cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
The world of small noncoding RNAs (sncRNAs) is ever-expanding, from small interfering
RNA, microRNA and Piwi-interacting RNA to the recently emerging non-canonical sncRNAs …

On the expanding roles of tRNA fragments in modulating cell behavior

R Magee, I Rigoutsos - Nucleic acids research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The fragments that derive from transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are an emerging category of
regulatory RNAs. Known as tRFs, these fragments were reported for the first time only a …

Seizure diaries and forecasting with wearables: epilepsy monitoring outside the clinic

BH Brinkmann, PJ Karoly, ES Nurse… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
It is a major challenge in clinical epilepsy to diagnose and treat a disease characterized by
infrequent seizures based on patient or caregiver reports and limited duration clinical …

Roles and regulation of tRNA-derived small RNAs in animals

S Muthukumar, CT Li, RJ Liu, C Bellodi - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
A growing class of small RNAs, known as tRNA-derived RNAs (tdRs), tRNA-derived small
RNAs or tRNA-derived fragments, have long been considered mere intermediates of tRNA …

tRNA renovatio: rebirth through fragmentation

B Kuhle, Q Chen, P Schimmel - Molecular Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary tRNA function is based on unique structures that enable mRNA decoding using
anticodon trinucleotides. These structures interact with specific aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases …

5′-tRF-GlyGCC: a tRNA-derived small RNA as a novel biomarker for colorectal cancer diagnosis

Y Wu, X Yang, G Jiang, H Zhang, L Ge, F Chen, J Li… - Genome medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background tRNA-derived small RNAs (tDRs), which are widely distributed in human tissues
including blood and urine, play an important role in the progression of cancer. However, the …

Precise detection of low-level somatic mutation in resected epilepsy brain tissue

NS Sim, A Ko, WK Kim, SH Kim, JS Kim, KW Shim… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Low-level somatic mutations have been shown to be the major genetic etiology of intractable
epilepsy. The extents thereof, however, have yet to be systematically and accurately …

Identification of clinically relevant biomarkers of epileptogenesis—a strategic roadmap

M Simonato, DV Agoston, A Brooks-Kayal… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Onset of many forms of epilepsy occurs after an initial epileptogenic insult or as a result of an
identified genetic defect. Given that the precipitating insult is known, these epilepsies are, in …

Transfer RNAs: diversity in form and function

MD Berg, CJ Brandl - RNA biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
As the adaptor that decodes mRNA sequence into protein, the basic aspects of tRNA
structure and function are central to all studies of biology. Yet the complexities of their …

tsRNAs: Novel small molecules from cell function and regulatory mechanism to therapeutic targets

T Zong, Y Yang, H Zhao, L Li, M Liu, X Fu… - Cell …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract tsRNAs are small fragments of RNAs with specific lengths that are generated by
particular ribonucleases, such as dicer and angiogenin (ANG), clipping on the rings of …