microRNAs in action: biogenesis, function and regulation

R Shang, S Lee, G Senavirathne, EC Lai - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
Ever since microRNAs (miRNAs) were first recognized as an extensive gene family> 20
years ago, a broad community of researchers was drawn to investigate the universe of small …

Life of RISC: Formation, action, and degradation of RNA-induced silencing complex

H Iwakawa, Y Tomari - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Small RNAs regulate a wide variety of biological processes by repressing the expression of
target genes at the transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. To achieve these …

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 …

MicroRNAs: from mechanism to organism

PJ Dexheimer, L Cochella - Frontiers in cell and developmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, regulatory RNAs that act as post-transcriptional repressors
of gene expression in diverse biological contexts. The emergence of small RNA-mediated …

The non-canonical aspects of microRNAs: many roads to gene regulation

CJ Stavast, SJ Erkeland - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of gene expression. As miRNAs are frequently
deregulated in many human diseases, including cancer and immunological disorders, it is …

Endogenous microRNA sponges: evidence and controversy

DW Thomson, ME Dinger - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
The competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) hypothesis proposes that transcripts with
shared microRNA (miRNA) binding sites compete for post-transcriptional control. This …

MicroRNA in control of gene expression: an overview of nuclear functions

C Catalanotto, C Cogoni, G Zardo - International journal of molecular …, 2016 - mdpi.com
The finding that small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are able to control gene expression in a
sequence specific manner has had a massive impact on biology. Recent improvements in …

Regulatory network of miRNA on its target: coordination between transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression

M Pu, J Chen, Z Tao, L Miao, X Qi, Y Wang… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of endogenous small noncoding RNAs that participate in a
majority of biological processes via regulating target gene expression. The post …

Predicting effective microRNA target sites in mammalian mRNAs

V Agarwal, GW Bell, JW Nam, DP Bartel - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
MicroRNA targets are often recognized through pairing between the miRNA seed region
and complementary sites within target mRNAs, but not all of these canonical sites are …

A network-biology perspective of microRNA function and dysfunction in cancer

CP Bracken, HS Scott, GJ Goodall - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) participate in most aspects of cellular differentiation and homeostasis,
and consequently have roles in many pathologies, including cancer. These small non …