Cancer cells co-evolve with retrotransposons to mitigate viral mimicry

S Sun, J Hong, E You, KM Tsanov, J Chacon-Barahona… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Overexpression of repetitive elements is an emerging hallmark of human cancers. Diverse
repeats can mimic viruses by replicating within the cancer genome through …

Subcellular location of L1 retrotransposon-encoded ORF1p, reverse transcription products, and DNA sensors in lupus granulocytes

F Moadab, S Sohrabi, X Wang, R Najjar, JC Wolters… - Mobile dna, 2024 - Springer
Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with an
unpredictable course of recurrent exacerbations alternating with more stable disease. SLE is …

Repeats mimic pathogen-associated patterns across a vast evolutionary landscape

P Šulc, AD Gioacchino, A Solovyov, SA Marhon, S Sun… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
An emerging hallmark across many human diseases-such as cancer, autoimmune and
neurodegenerative disorders–is the aberrant transcription of typically silenced repetitive …