The function of lncrnas as epigenetic regulators intechopen. This book presents a common principle of actions of long noncoding rnas lncrnas from points of view at the atomic, molecular, and cellular levels. Gene regulation, epigenetics and hormone signaling. It is predicted that there are thousands of lncrnas in the mammalian transcriptome 2,1417. Long noncoding rna coodinate fncion beween miochondia.
Molecular mechanisms of long noncoding rnas ncbi nih. Tonkin1,2,5, 1the walter and eliza hall institute of medical research, melbourne 3052, vic, australia 2department of medical biology, the university of melbourne, melbourne 3052, vic, australia. No strict minimal size is required for classifying a noncoding transcript as a long noncoding rna and there were many lncrnas with thousands of nucleotides. Long noncoding rnas lncrnas are an important class of pervasive genes. Noncoding rnas and epigenetic regulation of gene expression book. Long noncoding rnas structures and functions riki kurokawa. Pathogenic infection in male mice changes sperm small rna.
The lncrnas 28 and genes involved in epigenetic processes epigenetic factors, efs. This is a pdf file of an unedited manuscript that has been. Long noncoding rna cdkn2bas1 cyclindependent kinase inhibitor 2b rna dna triplex atherosclerosis macrophage reverse cholesterol transport epigenetics 1. Molecular biology of long noncoding rnas ahmad khalil springer. Though not translated into proteins, ncrnas play pivotal roles in a variety of cellular functions. Using classical examples and an extensive bibliography, the book illustrates the most studied and attractive examples of these long noncoding rna, how they interface with epigenetics, genome integrity and expression and what are the current models of their regulatory mechanisms. Epigenetics of imprinted long noncoding rnas article pdf available in epigenetics 45. Interplay between long noncoding rnas and epigenetic machinery. Long noncoding rnas clinical epigenetics biomed central. As has been long suggested by the rna world hypothesis, many ncrnas have the capacity to act like proteins in diverse biochemical processes. Noncoding rnas ncrnas are classes of transcripts that are encoded by the genome and transcribed but never get translated into proteins. The epub format uses ebook readers, which have several ease of reading features.
The functional role of long noncoding rnas and epigenetics. Imprinting is an epigenetic regulatory mechanism that best illustrates the. At the atomic level, chemical studies of ribonucleic acids explain the chemical behavior of lncrnas. Functional genetics, epigenetics, and noncoding rnas in substance use disorders r01 pa17155. This book covers long noncoding rnas,insights into their roles in.
Noncoding rnas and epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Pdf history, discovery, and classification of lncrnas. Pdf long noncoding rnas as new architects in cancer. There are no clearcut, uniformly available criteria for determining a noncoding character of an rna 2,19,20. All of these have been shown to interact with known epigenetic regulatory proteins to regulate gene expression. This book presents a common principle of actions of long noncoding rnas. Long noncoding rna association with epigenetic modification and transcriptional regulation. Nih funding opportunities and notices in the nih guide for grants and contracts.
The long noncoding rnas lncrnas can interact with dna, other rnas and proteins, including epigenetic modifiers. Alteration of epigenetic regulation by long noncoding rnas in. Long noncoding rnas lncrnas are emerging players in a variety of cellular and physiological processes. Long noncoding rnas lncrnas are important regulators of the epigenetic status of the human genome. Here we investigated long intergenic noncoding rnas lincrnas in subsets of t lymphocytes and b lymphocytes by nextgeneration sequencingbased rna sequencing rna. Article pathogenic infection in male mice changes sperm small rna pro. This book will help researchers in genomic medicine and cancer biology better understand the role of noncoding rnas in epigenetics, aiding in the development of useful biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis and new rna based disease therapies. Long noncoding rna an overview sciencedirect topics.
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