Non-coding RNAs in disease: from mechanisms to therapeutics

K Nemeth, R Bayraktar, M Ferracin… - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are a heterogeneous group of transcripts that, by definition, are
not translated into proteins. Since their discovery, ncRNAs have emerged as important …

The emerging roles of circRNAs in cancer and oncology

LS Kristensen, T Jakobsen, H Hager… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past decade, circular RNAs (circRNAs) have emerged as a large class of primarily
non-coding RNA molecules, many of which have key roles in cancer development and …

Specific expression and functions of circular RNAs

S Misir, N Wu, BB Yang - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2022 - nature.com
In recent years, circular RNAs (circRNAs), a new class of RNA molecules characterized by
their covalently closed circular structure, have become a new research paradigm in RNA …

Biogenesis and regulatory roles of circular RNAs

L Yang, JE Wilusz, LL Chen - Annual review of cell and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Covalently closed, single-stranded circular RNAs can be produced from viral RNA genomes
as well as from the processing of cellular housekeeping noncoding RNAs and precursor …

Targeting circular RNAs as a therapeutic approach: current strategies and challenges

AT He, J Liu, F Li, BB Yang - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Significant progress has been made in circular RNA (circRNA) research in recent years.
Increasing evidence suggests that circRNAs play important roles in many cellular processes …

Circular RNA: An emerging frontier in RNA therapeutic targets, RNA therapeutics, and mRNA vaccines

X Liu, Y Zhang, S Zhou, L Dain, L Mei, G Zhu - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circular RNAs (circRNA) is a class of natural (biogenic) or synthetic closed RNA without 5′
or 3′ ends. Meanwhile, their unique covalently-closed structures of circRNA prevent RNA …

The expanding regulatory mechanisms and cellular functions of circular RNAs

LL Chen - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Many protein-coding genes in higher eukaryotes can produce circular RNAs (circRNAs)
through back-splicing of exons. CircRNAs differ from mRNAs in their production, structure …

CircRNAs: role in human diseases and potential use as biomarkers

L Verduci, E Tarcitano, S Strano, Y Yarden… - Cell death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of endogenous RNAs characterized by a covalent
loop structure. In comparison to other types of RNAs, the abundance of circRNAs is relatively …

CircRNA-SORE mediates sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma by stabilizing YBX1

J Xu, L Ji, Y Liang, Z Wan, W Zheng, X Song… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Sorafenib is the first-line chemotherapeutic therapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC). However, sorafenib resistance significantly limits its therapeutic efficacy, and the …

The biogenesis, biology and characterization of circular RNAs

LS Kristensen, MS Andersen, LVW Stagsted… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are covalently closed, endogenous biomolecules in eukaryotes
with tissue-specific and cell-specific expression patterns, whose biogenesis is regulated by …