RNA and liquid-liquid phase separation
June 2021
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation (LLPS) is a biological phenomenon that refers to the components of similar properties form droplets condensate in cells. These droplets play an important role in maintaining...
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Exploring the mechanisms behind long noncoding RNAs and cancer
September 2018
Over the past decade, long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified as significant players in gene regulation. They are often differentially expressed and widely-associated with a majority of cancer...
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Identification of potential target genes in Homo sapiens, by miRNA of Triticum aestivum: A cross kingdom computational approach
June 2022
Plant-derived miRNAs can be found in the human body after dietary intake, and they can affect post-transcriptional gene regulation in human. It is important to identify targets to determine the possible...
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Long non-coding RNAs: Mechanism of action and functional utility
October 2016
Recent RNA sequencing studies have revealed that most of the human genome is transcribed, but very little of the total transcriptomes has the ability to encode proteins. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs)...
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Micro RNAs as potential biomarkers in tuberculosis: A systematic review
March 2022
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major infectious disease across the globe. With increasing TB infections and a rise in multi-drug resistance, rapid diagnostic modalities are required to achieve TB control....
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Long noncoding RNAs as promising biomarkers in cancer
June 2022
Despite many advances in diagnosis and therapy (surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy), cancer remains one of the most important public health problems worldwide. Every day, the role of exosomes...
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Exosomal RNAs in diagnosis and therapies
March 2022
The field of extracellular vesicles has been rapidly developing after it became evident that a defined subset of vesicles, called exosomes, can modulate several biological functions in distant cells...
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Modifying inter-cistronic sequence significantly enhances IRES dependent second gene expression in bicistronic vector: Construction of optimised cassette for gene therapy of familial hypercholesterolemia
March 2019
Internal ribosome entry site (IRES) sequences have become a valuable tool in the construction of gene transfer and therapeutic vectors for multi-cistronic gene expression from a single mRNA transcript....
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NEAT1 and paraspeckles in neurodegenerative diseases: A missing lnc found?
December 2018
Neurodegenerative diseases are among the most common causes of disability worldwide. Although neurodegenerative diseases are heterogeneous in both their clinical features and the underlying physiology,...
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Hotspots and development frontiers of circRNA based on bibliometric analysis
June 2022
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a big group of members of the noncoding RNA family following long non-coding RNA and microRNA. They play a regulatory role in many biological processes. Analyzing their...
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The epitranscriptome of small non-coding RNAs
December 2021
Small non-coding RNAs are short RNA molecules and involved in many biological processes, including cell proliferation and differentiation, immune response, cell death, epigenetic regulation, metabolic...
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Unique circulating microRNA profiles in epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma
June 2022
Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) causes Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Kaposi sarcoma in HIV/AIDS patients is referred to as epidemic KS and is the most common HIV-related malignancy worldwide. The lack of a diagnostic...
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The role of microRNA in the pathogenesis of glial brain tumors
June 2022
Gliomas are the most common and fatal primary brain tumor in adults. Gliomas are highly invasive tumors with the highest mortality among all primary malignant brain tumors. Until now, the molecular...
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Transcriptome analysis of long noncoding RNAs reveals their potential roles in anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity
June 2022
Anthracyclines (ANTs) are essential chemotherapeutic agents; however, their adverse effects can lead to heart failure in cancer survivors. While long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have become new players...
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Potential role of ACE2-related microRNAs in COVID-19-associated nephropathy
December 2020
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is responsible for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), potentially have severe kidney adverse effects. This organ expressed angiotensin-converting...
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High affinity of host human microRNAs to SARS-CoV-2 genome: An in silico analysis
December 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by a novel betacoronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has attracted top health concerns worldwide within a few months...
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MicroRNA-486-5p and microRNA-486-3p: Multifaceted pleiotropic mediators in oncological and non-oncological conditions
March 2020
Despite historically known as “junk” DNA, nowadays non-coding RNA transcripts (ncRNAs) are considered as fundamental players in various physiological and pathological conditions. Nonetheless, any alteration...
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Variation in the co-expression profile highlights a loss of miRNA-mRNA regulation in multiple cancer types
June 2022
Recent research provides insight into the ability of miRNA to regulate various pathways in several cancer types. Despite their involvement in the regulation of the mRNA via targeting the 3′UTR, there...
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Bacterial riboswitches and RNA thermometers: Nature and contributions to pathogenesis
June 2018
Bacterial pathogens are always challenged by fluctuations of chemical and physical parameters that pose serious threats to cellular integrity and metabolic status. Sudden deprivation of nutrients or...
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Long non-coding RNAs in breast cancer metastasis
December 2020
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among women. Recurrence of primary tumor and metastasis to distant body parts are major causes of breast cancer-associated mortality. The 5-year...
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Regulation of RASSF by non-coding RNAs in different cancers: RASSFs as masterminds of their own destiny as tumor suppressors and oncogenes
June 2022
Ras-association domain family (RASSF) proteins are tumor suppressors and have gained phenomenal limelight because of their mechanistic role in the prevention/inhibition of carcinogenesis and metastasis....
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Green pesticide: Tapping to the promising roles of plant secreted small RNAs and responses towards extracellular DNA
March 2021
The diverse roles of non-coding RNA and DNA in cross-species communication is yet to be revealed. Once thought to only involve intra-specifically in regulating gene expression, the evidence that these...
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Adaptation of the protein translational apparatus during ATDC5 chondrogenic differentiation
June 2022
Ribosome biogenesis is integrated with many cellular processes including proliferation, differentiation and oncogenic events. Chondrogenic proliferation and differentiation require a high cellular translational...
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The nuclear functions of long noncoding RNAs come into focus
June 2021
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), defined as untranslated and tightly-regulated transcripts with a length exceeding 200 nt, are common outputs of the eukaryotic genome. It is becoming increasingly apparent...
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Role of let-7 family microRNA in breast cancer
October 2016
Metastasis and resistance to therapy significantly contribute to cancer-related deaths. Growing body of evidence suggest that altered expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) is one of the root cause of adverse...
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