RNA in cancer

GJ Goodall, VO Wickramasinghe - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
While the processing of mRNA is essential for gene expression, recent findings have
highlighted that RNA processing is systematically altered in cancer. Mutations in RNA …

Regulatory mechanism of MicroRNA expression in cancer

Z Ali Syeda, SSS Langden, C Munkhzul, M Lee… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Altered gene expression is the primary molecular mechanism responsible for the
pathological processes of human diseases, including cancer. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are …

PD-L1-mediated gasdermin C expression switches apoptosis to pyroptosis in cancer cells and facilitates tumour necrosis

J Hou, R Zhao, W Xia, CW Chang, Y You, JM Hsu… - Nature cell …, 2020 - nature.com
Although pyroptosis is critical for macrophages against pathogen infection, its role and
mechanism in cancer cells remains unclear. PD-L1 has been detected in the nucleus, with …

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 …

Emerging functions of the EGFR in cancer

S Sigismund, D Avanzato, L Lanzetti - Molecular oncology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The physiological function of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is to regulate
epithelial tissue development and homeostasis. In pathological settings, mostly in lung and …

Exosomes in the hypoxic TME: from release, uptake and biofunctions to clinical applications

G He, X Peng, S Wei, S Yang, X Li, M Huang, S Tang… - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Hypoxia is a remarkable trait of the tumor microenvironment (TME). When facing selective
pressure, tumor cells show various adaptive characteristics, such as changes in the …

MicroRNA therapeutics: towards a new era for the management of cancer and other diseases

R Rupaimoole, FJ Slack - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
In just over two decades since the discovery of the first microRNA (miRNA), the field of
miRNA biology has expanded considerably. Insights into the roles of miRNAs in …

Advances in hypoxia-inducible factor biology

H Choudhry, AL Harris - Cell metabolism, 2018 - cell.com
Summary Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), a central regulator for detecting and adapting to
cellular oxygen levels, transcriptionally activates genes modulating oxygen homeostasis …

Glycosylation and stabilization of programmed death ligand-1 suppresses T-cell activity

CW Li, SO Lim, W Xia, HH Lee, LC Chan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Extracellular interaction between programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) and programmed cell
death protein-1 (PD-1) leads to tumour-associated immune escape. Here we show that the …