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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA

Small RNAs with big implications: new insights into H/ACA snoRNA function and their role in human disease.

Mary McMahon, Adrian Contreras, Davide Ruggero

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Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
95citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

95 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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35 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mary McMahonSchool of Medicine and Department of Urology, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Adrian Contreras
Davide Ruggero
University of California, San Francisco · USUCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center · US

Funding

GENETICS OF EUCARYOTIC AND PROCARYOTIC ORGANISMST32GM007810 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI ASHRAFI, KAVEH, NARLIKAR, GEETA J · 1985 to 2020
$15.1M
X-linked Dyskeratosis Congenita and Ribosomal FrameshiftingR01HL119439 · NHLBI · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI DINMAN, JONATHAN D, RUGGERO, DAVIDE · 2014 to 2017
$2.8M
Role of ribosome impairments in X-linked Dyskeratosis Congenita pathogenesisR01DK098057 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI RUGGERO, DAVIDE · 2012 to 2015
$1.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL119439NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL119439NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK098057NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK098057NIDDK NIH HHS R01DK098057-07S1NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007810
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A myriad of structurally and functionally diverse noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have recently been implicated in numerous human diseases including cancer. Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), the most abundant group of intron-encoded ncRNAs, are classified into two families (box C/D snoRNAs and box H/ACA snoRNAs) and are required for post-transcriptional modifications on ribosomal RNA (rRNA). There is now a growing appreciation that nucleotide modifications on rRNA may impart regulatory potential to the ribosome; however, the functional consequence of site-specific snoRNA-guided modifications remains poorly defined. Discovered almost 20 years ago, H/ACA snoRNAs are required for the conversion of specific uridine residues to pseudouridine on rRNA. Interestingly, recent reports indicate that the levels of subsets of H/ACA snoRNAs required for pseudouridine modifications at specific sites on rRNA are altered in several diseases, particularly cancer. In this review, we describe recent advances in understanding the downstream consequences of H/ACA snoRNA-guided modifications on ribosome function, discuss the possible mechanism by which H/ACA snoRNAs may be regulated, and explore prospective expanding functions of H/ACA snoRNAs. Furthermore, we discuss the potential biological implications of alterations in H/ACA snoRNA expression in several human diseases.

Indexed as

RNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalGene Expression RegulationHumansNeoplasmsProtein BiosynthesisPseudouridineRibosomesRNA PrecursorsRNA, RibosomalRNA, Small NucleolarUridinePseudouridineRNA PrecursorsRNA, RibosomalRNA, Small NucleolarUridine

Identifiers

PMID25363811
PMCPMC4390053
OpenAlexW2154941581

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