The competitive landscape of the dsRNA world

KA Cottrell, RJ Andrews, BL Bass - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The ability to sense and respond to infection is essential for life. Viral infection produces
double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) that are sensed by proteins that recognize the structure of …

Epitranscriptomic modifications in mesenchymal stem cell differentiation: advances, mechanistic insights, and beyond

J Zheng, Y Lu, Y Lin, S Si, B Guo, X Zhao… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
RNA modifications, known as the “epitranscriptome”, represent a key layer of regulation that
influences a wide array of biological processes in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). These …

RMBase v3. 0: decode the landscape, mechanisms and functions of RNA modifications

J Xuan, L Chen, Z Chen, J Pang, J Huang… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Although over 170 chemical modifications have been identified, their prevalence,
mechanism and function remain largely unknown. To enable integrated analysis of diverse …

Near-cognate tRNAs increase the efficiency and precision of pseudouridine-mediated readthrough of premature termination codons

N Luo, Q Huang, L Dong, W Liu, J Song, H Sun… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Programmable RNA pseudouridylation has emerged as a new type of RNA base editor to
suppress premature termination codons (PTCs) that can lead to truncated and nonfunctional …

Base-resolution m5C profiling across the mammalian transcriptome by bisulfite-free enzyme-assisted chemical labeling approach

L Lu, X Zhang, Y Zhou, Z Shi, X Xie, X Zhang, L Gao… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
methylcytosine (m 5 C) is a prevalent RNA modification crucial for gene expression
regulation. However, accurate and sensitive m 5 C sites identification remains challenging …

Epitranscriptomic m5C methylation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA regulates viral replication and the virulence of progeny viruses in the new infection

H Wang, J Feng, Z Fu, T Xu, J Liu, S Yang, Y Li… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
While the significance of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in viral regulation has been extensively
studied, the functions of 5-methylcytosine (m5C) modification in viral biology remain largely …

Quantifying m6A and Ψ Modifications in the Transcriptome via Chemical-Assisted Approaches

M Zhang, Y Xiao, Z Jiang, C Yi - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Since the discovery of the first chemically modified RNA nucleotide in 1951,
more than 170 types of chemical modifications have been characterized in RNA so far …

Base-resolution sequencing methods for whole-transcriptome quantification of mRNA modifications

LS Zhang, Q Dai, C He - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus RNA molecules are not merely a combination of four bases of A, C, G, and U.
Chemical modifications occur in almost all RNA species and play diverse roles in gene …

Nucleic acid drugs: recent progress and future perspectives

X Sun, S Setrerrahmane, C Li, J Hu, H Xu - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
High efficacy, selectivity and cellular targeting of therapeutic agents has been an active area
of investigation for decades. Currently, most clinically approved therapeutics are small …

N6-Methyladenosine mRNA Modification: From Modification Site Selectivity to Neurological Functions

Z Zhang, XJ Wang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The development of various chemical methods has enabled scientists to
decipher the distribution features and biological functions of RNA modifications in the past …