Plant and animal small RNA communications between cells and organisms

X Chen, O Rechavi - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
Since the discovery of eukaryotic small RNAs as the main effectors of RNA interference in
the late 1990s, diverse types of endogenous small RNAs have been characterized, most …

Small RNAs–big players in plant-microbe interactions

CY Huang, H Wang, P Hu, R Hamby, H Jin - Cell host & microbe, 2019 - cell.com
Eukaryotic small RNAs (sRNAs) are short non-coding regulatory molecules that induce RNA
interference (RNAi). During microbial infection, host RNAi machinery is highly regulated and …

RNA-binding proteins contribute to small RNA loading in plant extracellular vesicles

B He, Q Cai, L Qiao, CY Huang, S Wang, W Miao, T Ha… - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
Plants use extracellular vesicles (EVs) to transport small RNAs (sRNAs) into their fungal
pathogens and silence fungal virulence-related genes through a phenomenon called 'cross …

VAP-A and its binding partner CERT drive biogenesis of RNA-containing extracellular vesicles at ER membrane contact sites

B Barman, BH Sung, E Krystofiak, J Ping, M Ramirez… - Developmental Cell, 2022 - cell.com
RNA transfer via extracellular vesicles (EVs) influences cell phenotypes; however, lack of
information regarding biogenesis of RNA-containing EVs has limited progress in the field …

Small RNAs and extracellular vesicles: New mechanisms of cross-species communication and innovative tools for disease control

Q Cai, B He, A Weiberg, AH Buck, H Jin - PLoS pathogens, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Small RNA (sRNA)-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved regulatory
mechanism for gene expression throughout the domain Eukarya. Recent studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Helminth extracellular vesicles: Interactions with the host immune system

C Drurey, RM Maizels - Molecular Immunology, 2021 - Elsevier
As long-lived parasites, helminths depend upon immunomodulation of their hosts for
survival. The release of excretory-secretory (ES) products, including proteins, lipids and …

[HTML][HTML] The protein and microRNA cargo of extracellular vesicles from parasitic helminths–current status and research priorities

J Sotillo, MW Robinson, MJ Kimber, M Cucher… - International journal for …, 2020 - Elsevier
Helminth parasites have a remarkable ability to persist within their mammalian hosts, which
is largely due to their secretion of molecules with immunomodulatory properties. Although …

The master role of siRNAs in plant immunity

X Kong, M Yang, BH Le, W He… - Molecular Plant …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Gene silencing mediated by small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) is a fundamental gene
regulation mechanism in eukaryotes that broadly governs cellular processes. It has been …

Revisiting extracellular RNA release, processing, and function

JP Tosar, K Witwer, A Cayota - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
It is assumed that RNAs enriched in extracellular samples were selected for release by their
parental cells. However, recent descriptions of extracellular RNA (exRNA) biogenesis and …

Ancient diversity in host-parasite interaction genes in a model parasitic nematode

L Stevens, I Martínez-Ugalde, E King, M Wagah… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Host-parasite interactions exert strong selection pressures on the genomes of both host and
parasite. These interactions can lead to negative frequency-dependent selection, a form of …