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 …

Diversifying microRNA sequence and function

SL Ameres, PD Zamore - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the expression of most genes in animals, but we are only
now beginning to understand how they are generated, assembled into functional complexes …

[HTML][HTML] The IGF2BP family of RNA binding proteins links epitranscriptomics to cancer

D Ramesh-Kumar, S Guil - Seminars in Cancer Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
RNA binding proteins that act at the post-transcriptional level display a richness of
mechanisms to modulate the transcriptional output and respond to changing cellular …

Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding proteins (IGF2BPs): post-transcriptional drivers of cancer progression?

JL Bell, K Wächter, B Mühleck, N Pazaitis… - Cellular and molecular …, 2013 - Springer
The insulin-like growth factor-2 mRNA-binding proteins 1, 2, and 3 (IGF2BP1, IGF2BP2,
IGF2BP3) belong to a conserved family of RNA-binding, oncofetal proteins. Several studies …

The oncofetal RNA-binding protein IGF2BP1 is a druggable, post-transcriptional super-enhancer of E2F-driven gene expression in cancer

S Müller, N Bley, B Busch, M Glaß… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The IGF2 mRNA-binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1) is a non-catalytic post-transcriptional
enhancer of tumor growth upregulated and associated with adverse prognosis in solid …

Evolution of microRNA diversity and regulation in animals

E Berezikov - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
In the past decade, microRNAs (miRNAs) have been uncovered as key regulators of gene
expression at the post-transcriptional level. The ancient origin of miRNAs, their dramatic …

MicroRNA sponges: progress and possibilities

MS Ebert, PA Sharp - Rna, 2010 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
The microRNA (miRNA)“sponge” method was introduced three years ago as a means to
create continuous miRNA loss of function in cell lines and transgenic organisms. Sponge …

Functional microRNA targets in protein coding sequences

M Reczko, M Maragkakis, P Alexiou, I Grosse… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Experimental evidence has accumulated showing that microRNA (miRNA)
binding sites within protein coding sequences (CDSs) are functional in controlling gene …

RNA-binding proteins in cancer: functional and therapeutic perspectives

D Kang, Y Lee, JS Lee - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play central roles in regulating
posttranscriptional expression of genes. Many of them are known to be deregulated in a …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the oncofetal IGF2 mRNA-binding protein 3 (IGF2BP3) in cancer

M Lederer, N Bley, C Schleifer, S Hüttelmaier - Seminars in cancer biology, 2014 - Elsevier
The post-transcriptional control of gene expression mediated by RNA-binding proteins
(RBPs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as well as miRNAs is essential to determine …