From discovery to function: the expanding roles of long noncoding RNAs in physiology and disease

M Sun, WL Kraus - Endocrine reviews, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a relatively poorly understood class of RNAs with little
or no coding capacity transcribed from a set of incompletely annotated genes. They have …

LncRNA: Shedding light on mechanisms and opportunities in fibrosis and aging

Z Yang, S Jiang, J Shang, Y Jiang, Y Dai, B Xu… - Ageing research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fibrosis is universally observed in multiple aging-related diseases and progressions and is
characterized by excess accumulation of the extracellular matrix. Fibrosis occurs in various …

[HTML][HTML] Small RNAs in plants: recent development and application for crop improvement

A Kamthan, A Chaudhuri, M Kamthan… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi) which involves sequence-specific gene
regulation by small non-coding RNAs, ie, small interfering RNA (siRNA) and microRNA …

A look behind the scenes: the risk and pathogenesis of primary osteoporosis

G Hendrickx, E Boudin, W Van Hul - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2015 - nature.com
Osteoporosis is a common disorder, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide, and
characterized by decreased bone mineral density and increased fracture risk. Known …

[HTML][HTML] Aptamers used for biosensors and targeted therapy

Y Ning, J Hu, F Lu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acid sequences that can bind to target molecules with
high selectivity and affinity. Most aptamers are screened in vitro by a combinatorial biology …

miRNA biogenesis: biological impact in the development of cancer

SL Romero-Cordoba, I Salido-Guadarrama… - Cancer biology & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
microRNAs (miRNAs) are non coding RNAs with different biological functions and
pathological implications. Given their role as post-transcriptional gene expression …

[HTML][HTML] RNA interference: concept to reality in crop improvement

S Saurabh, AS Vidyarthi, D Prasad - Planta, 2014 - Springer
The phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi) is involved in sequence-specific gene
regulation driven by the introduction of dsRNA resulting in inhibition of translation or …

Strategies to modulate microRNA functions for the treatment of cancer or organ injury

TJ Lee, X Yuan, K Kerr, JY Yoo, DH Kim, B Kaur… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - ASPET
Cancer and organ injury—such as that occurring in the perioperative period, including acute
lung injury, myocardial infarction, and acute gut injury—are among the leading causes of …

[HTML][HTML] Non-coding RNAs: long non-coding RNAs and microRNAs in endocrine-related cancers

CM Klinge - Endocrine-related cancer, 2018 - erc.bioscientifica.com
The human genome is 'pervasively transcribed'leading to a complex array of non-coding
RNAs (ncRNAs) that far outnumber coding mRNAs. ncRNAs have regulatory roles in …

[HTML][HTML] Genome editing tools in plants

TK Mohanta, T Bashir, A Hashem, EF Abd_Allah… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Genome editing tools have the potential to change the genomic architecture of a genome at
precise locations, with desired accuracy. These tools have been efficiently used for trait …