Amplifying gene expression with RNA-targeted therapeutics

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Many diseases are caused by insufficient expression of mutated genes and would benefit
from increased expression of the corresponding protein. However, in drug development, it …

The miRNA–target interactions: An underestimated intricacy

C Diener, A Keller, E Meese - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play indispensable roles in posttranscriptional gene regulation. Their
cellular regulatory impact is determined not solely by their sheer number, which likely …

Effect of mRNA-LNP components of two globally-marketed COVID-19 vaccines on efficacy and stability

L Zhang, KR More, A Ojha, CB Jackson, BD Quinlan… - npj Vaccines, 2023 - nature.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna successfully developed
nucleoside-modified mRNA lipid nanoparticle (LNP) vaccines. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein …

Utilizing non-coding RNA-mediated regulation of ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters to overcome multidrug resistance to cancer chemotherapy

KKW To, Z Huang, H Zhang, CR Ashby Jr, L Fu - Drug Resistance Updates, 2024 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the primary factors that produces treatment failure in
patients receiving cancer chemotherapy. MDR is a complex multifactorial phenomenon …

3′ UTR heterogeneity and cancer progression

JJ Chan, H Tabatabaeian, Y Tay - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The majority of human mRNAs generate alternative 3′ untranslated regions (UTRs)
through various processes, including RNA modifications such as RNA editing, m 6 A …

The functional meaning of 5′ UTR in protein-coding genes

N Ryczek, A Łyś, I Makałowska - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
As it is well known, messenger RNA has many regulatory regions along its sequence length.
One of them is the 5′ untranslated region (5'UTR), which itself contains many regulatory …

Validation of an Integrated Genetic‐Epigenetic Test for the Assessment of Coronary Heart Disease

R Philibert, TK Dogan, S Knight, F Ahmad… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the world.
Unfortunately, many of the key diagnostic tools for CHD are insensitive, invasive, and costly; …

[HTML][HTML] Competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) and drug resistance to cancer therapy

KKW To, H Zhang, WC Cho - Cancer Drug Resistance, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) are transcripts that possess highly similar
microRNA response elements (MREs). microRNAs (miRNAs) are short, endogenous, single …

Preimplantation embryo gene expression: 56 years of discovery, and counting

KE Latham - Molecular reproduction and development, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The biology of preimplantation embryo gene expression began 56 years ago with studies of
the effects of protein synthesis inhibition and discovery of changes in embryo metabolism …

Molecular mechanisms underlying the elevated expression of a potentially type 2 diabetes mellitus associated SCD1 variant

K Tibori, G Orosz, V Zámbó, P Szelényi… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Disturbances in lipid metabolism related to excessive food intake and sedentary lifestyle are
among major risk of various metabolic disorders. Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 (SCD1) has an …