Editorial: Non-coding RNAs in Reproductive Biology

Editorial: Non-Coding RNAs in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Editorial: Small Non-coding RNAs in Streptococci

Bacterial small RNAs (sRNAs) are post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression and the mechanisms by which this can occur have begun to be understood (Gottesman and Storz, 2011). In pathogenic bacteria, the importance of sRNAs-mediated regulation depends on a fine-tuning of the expression of various virulence genes (Papenfort and Vogel, 2010). For instance, RNAIII, a regulatory RNA from th...

The Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Ovarian Cancer

Background: Ovarian cancer is the most fatal tumor of female's reproductive system, and several genetics and environmental factors are involved in its development. Various studies have already identified suitable biomarkers to facilitate the early detection, prognosis evaluation, and the assessment of treatment response. However, the aim of this review was to investigate the role of long non-co...

Long Non-Coding RNAs in Infection Biology

Long non-coding RNA have emerged as an increasingly well studied subset of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) following their recent discovery in a number of organisms including humans and characterization of their functional and regulatory roles in variety of distinct cellular mechanisms. The recent annotations of long ncRNAs in humans peg their numbers as similar to protein-coding genes. However, despi...

Non-coding RNAs: Bridging Biology and Therapy

The 4th annual international RNAi conference at Oxford, RNAi2009: Bridging Biology and Therapy, was held at St Anne’s college, Oxford, UK (18-19 th March). The meeting attracted a wide range of participants from both academic and industrial backgrounds to assemble and disseminate, discuss and debate advances within the rapidly moving field of RNAi. There was a spectrum of experts, both national...