The functional role of long non-coding RNA in human carcinomas

EA Gibb, CJ Brown, WL Lam - Molecular cancer, 2011 - Springer
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as new players in the cancer paradigm
demonstrating potential roles in both oncogenic and tumor suppressive pathways. These …

Long noncoding RNAs in development and cancer: potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets

R Fatima, VS Akhade, D Pal, SMR Rao - Molecular and cellular therapies, 2015 - Springer
Long noncoding RNAs are emerging as key players in various fundamental biological
processes. We highlight the varied molecular mechanisms by which lncRNAs modulate …

The redox basis of epigenetic modifications: from mechanisms to functional consequences

AR Cyr, FE Domann - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Epigenetic modifications represent mechanisms by which cells may effectively translate
multiple signaling inputs into phenotypic outputs. Recent research is revealing that redox …

Decoding the function of nuclear long non-coding RNAs

LL Chen, GG Carmichael - Current opinion in cell biology, 2010 - Elsevier
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are mRNA-like, non-protein-coding RNAs that are
pervasively transcribed throughout eukaryotic genomes. Rather than silently accumulating …

Long non-coding RNAs and complex human diseases

J Li, Z Xuan, C Liu - International journal of molecular sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a heterogeneous class of RNAs that are generally
defined as non-protein-coding transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides. Recently, an …

Genomic imprinting: a mammalian epigenetic discovery model

DP Barlow - Annual review of genetics, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic process leading to parental-specific expression of one
to two percent of mammalian genes that offers one of the best model systems for a molecular …

MacroRNA underdogs in a microRNA world: evolutionary, regulatory, and biomedical significance of mammalian long non-protein-coding RNA

L Lipovich, R Johnson, CY Lin - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Gene …, 2010 - Elsevier
The central dogma of molecular biology relegates RNAs to the role of “messengers” of
genetic information, with proteins as the end products that perform key roles as regulators …

Regulatory mechanisms of long noncoding RNAs in vertebrate central nervous system development and function

JL Knauss, T Sun - Neuroscience, 2013 - Elsevier
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as an important class of molecules that
regulate gene expression at epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-transcriptional levels …

Histone variant macroH2A confers resistance to nuclear reprogramming

V Pasque, A Gillich, N Garrett, JB Gurdon - The EMBO journal, 2011 - embopress.org
How various layers of epigenetic repression restrict somatic cell nuclear reprogramming is
poorly understood. The transfer of mammalian somatic cell nuclei into Xenopus oocytes …

Genetic and pharmacological reactivation of the mammalian inactive X chromosome

S Bhatnagar, X Zhu, J Ou, L Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
X-chromosome inactivation (XCI), the random transcriptional silencing of one X
chromosome in somatic cells of female mammals, is a mechanism that ensures equal …