Non-coding RNAs in human health and disease: potential function as biomarkers and therapeutic targets

T Loganathan, GP Doss C - Functional & integrative genomics, 2023 - Springer
Human diseases have been a critical threat from the beginning of human history. Knowing
the origin, course of action and treatment of any disease state is essential. A microscopic …

Functional roles and networks of non-coding RNAs in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases

YY Wu, HC Kuo - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2020 - Springer
Recent transcriptome analyses have revealed that noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are broadly
expressed in mammalian cells and abundant in the CNS, with tissue and cell type-specific …

Roles of lncRNAs in brain development and pathogenesis: emerging therapeutic opportunities

T Srinivas, C Mathias, C Oliveira-Mateos, S Guil - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
The human genome is pervasively transcribed, producing a majority of short and long
noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) that can influence cellular programs through a variety of …

Long non-coding RNA-targeting therapeutics: discovery and development update

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Expert opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction lncRNAs are major players in regulatory networks orchestrating multiple cellular
functions, such as 3D chromosomal interactions, epigenetic modifications, gene expression …

Long noncoding RNAs in neurodegenerative diseases: pathogenesis and potential implications as clinical biomarkers

M Zhang, P He, Z Bian - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's
disease (PD), Huntington's disease (HD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are …

Analysis of m6A modification regulators in the substantia nigra and striatum of MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease mice

Z Yu, L Huang, Y Xia, S Cheng, C Yang, C Chen… - Neuroscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders of aging
that impairs predominately dopaminergic neurons. N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most …

A single cell but many different transcripts: a journey into the world of long non-coding RNAs

E Alessio, RS Bonadio, L Buson, F Chemello… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In late 2012 it was evidenced that most of the human genome is transcribed but only a small
percentage of the transcripts are translated. This observation supported the importance of …

Non-coding RNAs in nervous system development and disease

B Salvatori, S Biscarini, M Morlando - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The rapid advance of RNA sequencing technologies contributed to a deep understanding of
transcriptome composition and has allowed the discovery of a large number of non-coding …

Natural antisense transcripts as drug targets

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The recent discovery of vast non-coding RNA-based regulatory networks that can be easily
modulated by nucleic acid-based drugs has opened numerous new therapeutic possibilities …

Natural antisense transcripts as versatile regulators of gene expression

A Werner, A Kanhere, C Wahlestedt… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as a major class of gene products that
have central roles in cell and developmental biology. Natural antisense transcripts (NATs) …