Epigenetic regulation of aging: implications for interventions of aging and diseases

K Wang, H Liu, Q Hu, L Wang, J Liu, Z Zheng… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Aging is accompanied by the decline of organismal functions and a series of prominent
hallmarks, including genetic and epigenetic alterations. These aging-associated epigenetic …

RNA modifications in physiology and disease: towards clinical applications

S Delaunay, M Helm, M Frye - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The ability of chemical modifications of single nucleotides to alter the electrostatic charge,
hydrophobic surface and base pairing of RNA molecules is exploited for the clinical use of …

Mechanisms of lncRNA biogenesis as revealed by nascent transcriptomics

T Nojima, NJ Proudfoot - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian genomes express two principal gene categories through RNA polymerase II-
mediated transcription: protein-coding transcription units and non-coding RNA transcription …

Exon architecture controls mRNA m6A suppression and gene expression

PC He, J Wei, X Dou, BT Harada, Z Zhang, R Ge, C Liu… - Science, 2023 - science.org
N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant messenger RNA (mRNA) modification
and plays crucial roles in diverse physiological processes. Using a massively parallel assay …

Quantitative sequencing using BID-seq uncovers abundant pseudouridines in mammalian mRNA at base resolution

Q Dai, LS Zhang, HL Sun, K Pajdzik, L Yang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Functional characterization of pseudouridine (Ψ) in mammalian mRNA has been hampered
by the lack of a quantitative method that maps Ψ in the whole transcriptome. We report …

m6A RNA modifications are measured at single-base resolution across the mammalian transcriptome

L Hu, S Liu, Y Peng, R Ge, R Su, C Senevirathne… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Functional studies of the RNA N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification have been limited
by an inability to map individual m6A-modified sites in whole transcriptomes. To enable such …

METTL3/IGF2BP3 axis inhibits tumor immune surveillance by upregulating N6-methyladenosine modification of PD-L1 mRNA in breast cancer

W Wan, X Ao, Q Chen, Y Yu, L Ao, W Xing, W Guo… - Molecular cancer, 2022 - Springer
Background Continual expression of PD-L1 in tumor cells is critical for tumor immune
escape and host T cell exhaustion, however, knowledge on its clinical benefits through …

RNA modifications: importance in immune cell biology and related diseases

L Cui, R Ma, J Cai, C Guo, Z Chen, L Yao… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
RNA modifications have become hot topics recently. By influencing RNA processes,
including generation, transportation, function, and metabolization, they act as critical …

Small RNAs are modified with N-glycans and displayed on the surface of living cells

RA Flynn, K Pedram, SA Malaker, PJ Batista… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Glycans modify lipids and proteins to mediate inter-and intramolecular interactions across all
domains of life. RNA is not thought to be a major target of glycosylation. Here, we challenge …

Thoughts on how to think (and talk) about RNA structure

Q Vicens, JS Kieft - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Recent events have pushed RNA research into the spotlight. Continued discoveries of RNA
with unexpected diverse functions in healthy and diseased cells, such as the role of RNA as …