Everything old is new again: (linc)RNAs make proteins!

Many long intergenic non-coding RNAs distally regulate mRNA gene expression levels

Long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNA) are members of a class of non-protein-coding RNA transcript that has recently been shown to contribute to gene regulatory processes and disease etiology. It has been hypothesized that lincRNAs influence disease risk through the regulation of mRNA transcription [88], possibly by interacting with regulatory proteins such as chromatin-modifying complexes [...

Linkage between Large intergenic non-coding RNA regulator of reprogramming and Stemness State in Samples with Helicobacter pylori Infection of Gastric Cancer Cells

Background: Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), as non-protein coding transcripts, play key roles in tumor progression and stemness state in many malignancies, as their aberrant expression has been found in gastric cancer (GC) as one of the most common cancer worldwide. LINC-ROR (large intergenic noncoding RNA regulator of reprogramming) identified as an involved lncRNA in human malignancies, howeve...

Bio-Based Feedstocks for Adhesives and Sealants: Everything Old is New Again

A new 'Linc' between noncoding RNAs and blood development.

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a large and diverse class of functional RNAs that regulate important biological processes, including cell division, survival, and differentiation. In this issue of Genes & Development, Hu and colleagues (2573-2578) report the discovery of LincRNA erythroid prosurvival (LincRNA-EPS), a murine lncRNA that facilitates red blood cell formation (erythropoiesis) by s...

A Long Noncoding RNA Controls Muscle Differentiation by Functioning as a Competing Endogenous RNA

Recently, a new regulatory circuitry has been identified in which RNAs can crosstalk with each other by competing for shared microRNAs. Such competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) regulate the distribution of miRNA molecules on their targets and thereby impose an additional level of post-transcriptional regulation. Here we identify a muscle-specific long noncoding RNA, linc-MD1, which governs the t...