Emerging cellular and molecular determinants of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

THG Phan, P Paliogiannis, GK Nasrallah… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), the most common form of idiopathic interstitial
pneumonia, is a progressive, irreversible, and typically lethal disease characterized by an …

[HTML][HTML] Effective tools for RNA-derived therapeutics: siRNA interference or miRNA mimicry

P Wang, Y Zhou, AM Richards - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The approval of the first small interfering RNA (siRNA) drug Patisiran by FDA in 2018 marks
a new era of RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutics. MicroRNAs (miRNA), an important post …

Cell-type-specific alternative polyadenylation promotes oncogenic gene expression in non-small cell lung cancer progression

K Huang, Y Zhang, X Shi, Z Yin, W Zhao… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Disrupted alternative polyadenylation (APA) is frequently involved in tumorigenesis and
cancer progression by regulating the gene expression of oncogenes and tumor …

Sites of Cre‐recombinase activity in mouse lines targeting skeletal cells

G Couasnay, MB Madel, J Lim, B Lee… - Journal of Bone and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Cre/Lox system is a powerful tool in the biologist's toolbox, allowing loss‐of‐
function and gain‐of‐function studies, as well as lineage tracing, through gene …

The emerging roles of CFIm25 (NUDT21/CPSF5) in human biology and disease

CP Masamha - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The mammalian cleavage factor I subunit CFIm25 (NUDT21) binds to the UGUA sequences
of precursor RNAs. Traditionally, CFIm25 is known to facilitate 3′ end formation of pre …

Targeting osteocytes vs osteoblasts

Y Kitase, M Prideaux - Bone, 2023 - Elsevier
Although osteoblasts and osteocytes are descended from the same lineage, they each have
unique and essential roles in bone. Targeting gene deletion to osteoblasts and osteocytes …

NUDT21 alters glioma migration through differential alternative polyadenylation of LAMC1

VS Jonnakuti, P Ji, Y Gao, A Lin, Y Chu, N Elrod… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Gliomas and their surrounding microenvironment constantly interact to promote
tumorigenicity, yet the underlying posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms that govern this …

TRIM65 deficiency alleviates renal fibrosis through NUDT21-mediated alternative polyadenylation

S Wei, X Huang, Q Zhu, T Chen, Y Zhang… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major global health concern and the third leading cause
of premature death. Renal fibrosis is the primary process driving the progression of CKD, but …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative polyadenylation writer CSTF2 forms a positive loop with FGF2 to promote tubular epithelial-mesenchymal transition and renal fibrosis

Y Tan, T Zheng, R Zhang, S Chen, Q Cheng… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective therapies for renal fibrosis, the common endpoint for most kidney diseases, are
lacking. We previously reported that alternative polyadenylation (APA) drives transition from …

[HTML][HTML] PolyAMiner-Bulk is a deep learning-based algorithm that decodes alternative polyadenylation dynamics from bulk RNA-seq data

VS Jonnakuti, EJ Wagner, M Maletić-Savatić, Z Liu… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is a key post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism; yet, its
regulation and impact on human diseases remain understudied. Existing bulk RNA …