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 …

Mechanisms of lncRNA biogenesis as revealed by nascent transcriptomics

T Nojima, NJ Proudfoot - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian genomes express two principal gene categories through RNA polymerase II-
mediated transcription: protein-coding transcription units and non-coding RNA transcription …

A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes

S Chen, LC Francioli, JK Goodrich, RL Collins, M Kanai… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The depletion of disruptive variation caused by purifying natural selection (constraint) has
been widely used to investigate protein-coding genes underlying human disorders,,–, but …

Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries

A Mishra, R Malik, T Hachiya, T Jürgenson, S Namba… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Previous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of stroke—the second leading cause of
death worldwide—were conducted predominantly in populations of European ancestry …

[HTML][HTML] Gene regulation by long non-coding RNAs and its biological functions

L Statello, CJ Guo, LL Chen, M Huarte - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Evidence accumulated over the past decade shows that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)
are widely expressed and have key roles in gene regulation. Recent studies have begun to …

GENCODE 2021

A Frankish, M Diekhans, I Jungreis… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The GENCODE project annotates human and mouse genes and transcripts supported by
experimental data with high accuracy, providing a foundational resource that supports …

Tumor immune microenvironment lncRNAs

EG Park, SJ Pyo, Y Cui, SH Yoon… - Briefings in …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Long non-coding ribonucleic acids (RNAs)(lncRNAs) are key players in tumorigenesis and
immune responses. The nature of their cell type-specific gene expression and other …

Beyond the RNA-dependent function of LncRNA genes

T Ali, P Grote - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
While long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes have attracted a lot of attention in the last
decade, the focus regarding their mechanisms of action has been primarily on the RNA …

The status of the human gene catalogue

P Amaral, S Carbonell-Sala, FM De La Vega, T Faial… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Scientists have been trying to identify every gene in the human genome since the initial draft
was published in 2001. In the years since, much progress has been made in identifying …

The functions and unique features of long intergenic non-coding RNA

JD Ransohoff, Y Wei, PA Khavari - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Long intergenic non-coding RNA (lincRNA) genes have diverse features that distinguish
them from mRNA-encoding genes and exercise functions such as remodelling chromatin …