RNA modifications in cancer

Q Tang, L Li, Y Wang, P Wu, X Hou, J Ouyang… - British journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Currently, more than 170 modifications have been identified on RNA. Among these RNA
modifications, various methylations account for two-thirds of total cases and exist on almost …

Precision RNA base editing with engineered and endogenous effectors

LS Pfeiffer, T Stafforst - Nature Biotechnology, 2023 - nature.com
RNA base editing refers to the rewriting of genetic information within an intact RNA molecule
and serves various functions, such as evasion of the endogenous immune system and …

RNA editing: Expanding the potential of RNA therapeutics

BJ Booth, S Nourreddine, D Katrekar, Y Savva, D Bose… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
RNA therapeutics have had a tremendous impact on medicine, recently exemplified by the
rapid development and deployment of mRNA vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic …

Adenosine-to-inosine editing of endogenous Z-form RNA by the deaminase ADAR1 prevents spontaneous MAVS-dependent type I interferon responses

Q Tang, RE Rigby, GR Young, AK Hvidt, T Davis… - Immunity, 2021 - cell.com
Nucleic acids are powerful triggers of innate immunity and can adopt the Z-conformation, an
unusual left-handed double helix. Here, we studied the biological function (s) of Z-RNA …

MicroRNA-206 in human cancer: mechanistic and clinical perspectives

LB Khasraghi, M Nouri, M Vazirzadeh, N Hashemipour… - Cellular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract MicroRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNAs approximately 20–25 nt in length,
play important roles via directly binding to the corresponding 3′ UTR of target mRNAs …

ADAR activation by inducing a syn conformation at guanosine adjacent to an editing site

EE Doherty, A Karki, XE Wilcox… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ADARs (adenosine deaminases acting on RNA) can be directed to sites in the transcriptome
by complementary guide strands allowing for the correction of disease-causing mutations at …

Chemical modifications in RNA: elucidating the chemistry of dsRNA-specific adenosine deaminases (ADARs)

HG Mendoza, PA Beal - Accounts of chemical research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The term RNA editing refers to any structural change in an RNA molecule (eg.,
insertion, deletion, or base modification) that changes its coding properties and is not a …

Selective inhibition of ADAR1 using 8-azanebularine-modified RNA duplexes

HG Mendoza, VJ Matos, SH Park, KM Pham… - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs) are RNA editing enzymes that catalyze the
hydrolytic deamination of adenosine (A) to inosine (I) in dsRNA. In humans, two catalytically …

Structural perspectives on adenosine to inosine RNA editing by ADARs

AJ Fisher, PA Beal - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2024 - cell.com
Adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs) are enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic
deamination of adenosine to inosine. The editing feature of ADARs has garnered much …

Tissue-specific temperature dependence of RNA editing levels in zebrafish

W Li, M Bu, R Hu, S Jiang, L Chen, GN Somero - BMC biology, 2023 - Springer
Background RNA editing by a denosine d eaminase a cting on R NA (ADAR) occurs in all
metazoans and fulfils several functions. Here, we examined effects of acclimation …