Going circular: history, present, and future of circRNAs in cancer

G Pisignano, DC Michael, TH Visal, R Pirlog… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
To date, thousands of highly abundant and conserved single-stranded RNA molecules
shaped into ring structures (circRNAs) have been identified. CircRNAs are multifunctional …

Biogenesis and functions of circular RNAs come into focus

MS Xiao, Y Ai, JE Wilusz - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
Many eukaryotic protein-coding genes are able to generate exonic circular RNAs. Most of
these covalently linked transcripts are expressed at low levels, but some accumulate to …

Genome-wide RNA polymerase stalling shapes the transcriptome during aging

A Gyenis, J Chang, JJPG Demmers, ST Bruens… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Gene expression profiling has identified numerous processes altered in aging, but how
these changes arise is largely unknown. Here we combined nascent RNA sequencing and …

CircRNAs and cancer: biomarkers and master regulators

E Arnaiz, C Sole, L Manterola, L Iparraguirre… - Seminars in cancer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a novel class of regulatory RNAs that despite being relatively
abundant have only recently begun to be explored. There are many thousands of genes that …

Aging Fly Cell Atlas identifies exhaustive aging features at cellular resolution

TC Lu, M Brbić, YJ Park, T Jackson, J Chen, SS Kolluru… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Aging is characterized by a decline in tissue function, but the underlying changes at cellular
resolution across the organism remain unclear. Here, we present the Aging Fly Cell Atlas, a …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular and cytological profiling of biological aging of mouse cochlear inner and outer hair cells

H Liu, KP Giffen, L Chen, HJ Henderson, TA Cao… - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) negatively impacts quality of life in the elderly population.
The prevalent cause of ARHL is loss of mechanosensitive cochlear hair cells (HCs). The …

An insulin-sensitive circular RNA that regulates lifespan in Drosophila

CM Weigelt, R Sehgal, LS Tain, J Cheng, J Eßer… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundant and accumulate with age in neurons of diverse
species. However, only few circRNAs have been functionally characterized, and their role …

Circular RNA involvement in aging: an emerging player with great potential

H Cai, Y Li, JD Niringiyumukiza, P Su… - Mechanisms of ageing and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Circular RNA (circRNA) is a class of newly discovered noncoding RNA (ncRNA), presenting
as a special covalent loop without a 5′ cap or 3′ tail. Multiple biological properties of …

Emerging functions of circular RNA in aging

E Kim, YK Kim, SJV Lee - Trends in genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Circular RNA (circRNA) is a closed, single-stranded transcript widely detected in eukaryotes.
Recent studies indicate that the levels of circRNAs change with age in various tissues in …

NOVA2 regulates neural circRNA biogenesis

D Knupp, DA Cooper, Y Saito, RB Darnell… - Nucleic Acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are highly expressed in the brain and their expression increases
during neuronal differentiation. The factors regulating circRNAs in the developing mouse …