RNA drugs and RNA targets for small molecules: principles, progress, and challenges

AM Yu, YH Choi, MJ Tu, RM TOUYZ - Pharmacological reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
RNA-based therapies, including RNA molecules as drugs and RNA-targeted small
molecules, offer unique opportunities to expand the range of therapeutic targets. Various …

Regulation of microRNA biogenesis and its crosstalk with other cellular pathways

T Treiber, N Treiber, G Meister - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that inhibit the expression of target genes
by directly binding to their mRNAs. miRNAs are transcribed as precursor molecules, which …

The non-canonical aspects of microRNAs: many roads to gene regulation

CJ Stavast, SJ Erkeland - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of gene expression. As miRNAs are frequently
deregulated in many human diseases, including cancer and immunological disorders, it is …

MicroRNA in control of gene expression: an overview of nuclear functions

C Catalanotto, C Cogoni, G Zardo - International journal of molecular …, 2016 - mdpi.com
The finding that small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are able to control gene expression in a
sequence specific manner has had a massive impact on biology. Recent improvements in …

An overview of microRNAs

SM Hammond - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The discovery of the first microRNA (miRNA) over 20 years ago has ushered in a new era in
molecular biology. There are now over 2000 miRNAs that have been discovered in humans …

Regulation of microRNA biogenesis

M Ha, VN Kim - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that function as guide molecules in RNA
silencing. Targeting most protein-coding transcripts, miRNAs are involved in nearly all …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer exosomes perform cell-independent microRNA biogenesis and promote tumorigenesis

SA Melo, H Sugimoto, JT O'Connell, N Kato… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Exosomes are secreted by all cell types and contain proteins and nucleic acids. Here, we
report that breast cancer associated exosomes contain microRNAs (miRNAs) associated …

Small and long non-coding RNAs: Past, present, and future

LL Chen, VN Kim - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Since the introduction of the central dogma of molecular biology in 1958, various RNA
species have been discovered. Messenger RNAs transmit genetic instructions from DNA to …

Diversifying microRNA sequence and function

SL Ameres, PD Zamore - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2013 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the expression of most genes in animals, but we are only
now beginning to understand how they are generated, assembled into functional complexes …

Argonaute proteins: functional insights and emerging roles

G Meister - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
Small-RNA-guided gene regulation has emerged as one of the fundamental principles in
cell function, and the major protein players in this process are members of the Argonaute …