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 …

[HTML][HTML] miRNA-based biomarkers, therapies, and resistance in Cancer

B He, Z Zhao, Q Cai, Y Zhang, P Zhang… - … journal of biological …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) of about 22 nucleotides in
size, play important roles in gene regulation, and their dysregulation is implicated in human …

RNA drugs and RNA targets for small molecules: principles, progress, and challenges

AM Yu, YH Choi, MJ Tu - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - ASPET
RNA-based therapies, including RNA molecules as drugs and RNA-targeted small
molecules, offer unique opportunities to expand the range of therapeutic targets. Various …

The current state and future directions of RNAi-based therapeutics

RL Setten, JJ Rossi, S Han - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
The RNA interference (RNAi) pathway regulates mRNA stability and translation in nearly all
human cells. Small double-stranded RNA molecules can efficiently trigger RNAi silencing of …

Regulation of microRNA function in animals

LFR Gebert, IJ MacRae - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Since their serendipitous discovery in nematodes, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as
key regulators of biological processes in animals. These small RNAs form complex networks …

Regulation of microRNA biogenesis and its crosstalk with other cellular pathways

T Treiber, N Treiber, G Meister - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that inhibit the expression of target genes
by directly binding to their mRNAs. miRNAs are transcribed as precursor molecules, which …

Current knowledge on exosome biogenesis, cargo-sorting mechanism and therapeutic implications

S Xie, Q Zhang, L Jiang - Membranes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanoscale membrane vesicles released by donor cells that
can be taken up by recipient cells. The study of EVs has the potential to identify unknown …

[HTML][HTML] Metazoan micrornas

DP Bartel - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are∼ 22 nt RNAs that direct posttranscriptional repression of mRNA
targets in diverse eukaryotic lineages. In humans and other mammals, these small RNAs …

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 …