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ReviewThe international journal of biochemistry & cell biology2015

Functional roles of non-coding Y RNAs.

Madzia P Kowalski, Torsten Krude

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Review in The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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139citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 231 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Y4 RNA fragment alleviates myocardial injury in heart transplantation via SNRNP200 to enhance IL-10 mRNA splicing.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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79 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Madzia P KowalskiDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom.
Torsten KrudeDepartment of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: tk218@cam.ac.uk.
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilCancer Research UKWorldwide Cancer Research 10-0570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-coding RNAs are involved in a multitude of cellular processes but the biochemical function of many small non-coding RNAs remains unclear. The family of small non-coding Y RNAs is conserved in vertebrates and related RNAs are present in some prokaryotic species. Y RNAs are also homologous to the newly identified family of non-coding stem-bulge RNAs (sbRNAs) in nematodes, for which potential physiological functions are only now emerging. Y RNAs are essential for the initiation of chromosomal DNA replication in vertebrates and, when bound to the Ro60 protein, they are involved in RNA stability and cellular responses to stress in several eukaryotic and prokaryotic species. Additionally, short fragments of Y RNAs have recently been identified as abundant components in the blood and tissues of humans and other mammals, with potential diagnostic value. While the number of functional roles of Y RNAs is growing, it is becoming increasingly clear that the conserved structural domains of Y RNAs are essential for distinct cellular functions. Here, we review the biochemical functions associated with these structural RNA domains, as well as the functional conservation of Y RNAs in different species. The existing biochemical and structural evidence supports a domain model for these small non-coding RNAs that has direct implications for the modular evolution of functional non-coding RNAs.

Indexed as

Nucleic Acid ConformationAnimalsBase SequenceDNA ReplicationHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataRibonucleoproteinsRNA, UntranslatedRibonucleoproteinsRNA, UntranslatedDNA replicationNon-coding RNARNA domainsRNA stabilityY RNA

Identifiers

PMID26159929
PMCPMC4726728
OpenAlexW748047530

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