[HTML][HTML] Long non-coding RNAs: definitions, functions, challenges and recommendations

JS Mattick, PP Amaral, P Carninci… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Genes specifying long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) occupy a large fraction of the genomes
of complex organisms. The term 'lncRNAs' encompasses RNA polymerase I (Pol I), Pol II …

Developmental mechanisms underlying the evolution of human cortical circuits

P Vanderhaeghen, F Polleux - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2023 - nature.com
The brain of modern humans has evolved remarkable computational abilities that enable
higher cognitive functions. These capacities are tightly linked to an increase in the size and …

A single-cell transcriptome atlas profiles early organogenesis in human embryos

Y Xu, T Zhang, Q Zhou, M Hu, Y Qi, Y Xue, Y Nie… - Nature cell …, 2023 - nature.com
The early window of human embryogenesis is largely a black box for developmental
biologists. Here we probed the cellular diversity of 4–6 week human embryos when …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer-associated fibroblast-specific lncRNA LINC01614 enhances glutamine uptake in lung adenocarcinoma

T Liu, C Han, P Fang, Z Ma, X Wang, H Chen… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Besides featured glucose consumption, recent studies reveal that cancer cells
might prefer “addicting” specific energy substrates from the tumor microenvironment (TME); …

[HTML][HTML] De novo birth of functional microproteins in the human lineage

N Vakirlis, Z Vance, KM Duggan, A McLysaght - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
Small open reading frames (sORFs) can encode functional" microproteins" that perform
crucial biological tasks. However, their size makes them less amenable to genomic analysis …

Long noncoding RNAs: molecular modalities to organismal functions

JL Rinn, HY Chang - Annual review of biochemistry, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We have known for decades that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) can play essential
functions across most forms of life. The maintenance of chromosome length requires an …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative splicing during mammalian organ development

PV Mazin, P Khaitovich, M Cardoso-Moreira… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Alternative splicing (AS) is pervasive in mammalian genomes, yet cross-species
comparisons have been largely restricted to adult tissues and the functionality of most AS …

[HTML][HTML] The molecular evolution of spermatogenesis across mammals

F Murat, N Mbengue, SB Winge, T Trefzer, E Leushkin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The testis produces gametes through spermatogenesis and evolves rapidly at both the
morphological and molecular level in mammals,,,,–, probably owing to the evolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] Landscape and regulation of m6A and m6Am methylome across human and mouse tissues

K Li, J Cai, M Zhang, X Zhang, X Xiong, H Meng, X Xu… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Summary N 6-methyladenosine (m 6 A), the most abundant internal mRNA modification, and
N 6, 2′-O-dimethyladenosine (m 6 Am), found at the first-transcribed nucleotide, are two …

Preclinical and clinical development of noncoding RNA therapeutics for cardiovascular disease

CK Huang, S Kafert-Kasting, T Thum - Circulation research, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
RNA modulation has become a promising therapeutic approach for the treatment of several
types of disease. The emerging field of noncoding RNA-based therapies has now come to …