Mechanisms of long noncoding RNA function in development and disease.
Cell Mol Life Sci
; 73(13): 2491-509, 2016 07.
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ABSTRACT
Since decades it has been known that non-protein-coding RNAs have important cellular functions. Deep sequencing recently facilitated the discovery of thousands of novel transcripts, now classified as long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), in many vertebrate and invertebrate species. LncRNAs are involved in a wide range of cellular mechanisms, from almost all aspects of gene expression to protein translation and stability. Recent findings implicate lncRNAs as key players of cellular differentiation, cell lineage choice, organogenesis and tissue homeostasis. Moreover, lncRNAs are involved in pathological conditions such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, and therefore provide novel biomarkers and pharmaceutical targets. Here we discuss examples illustrating the versatility of lncRNAs in gene control, development and differentiation, as well as in human disease.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica
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RNA Longo não Codificante
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Cell Mol Life Sci
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Alemanha