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ReviewCritical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology2018

Complexities of post-transcriptional regulation and the modeling of ceRNA crosstalk.

Claire L Smillie, Tamara Sirey, Chris P Ponting

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Review in Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers.

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139citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

139 citing papers in PubMed, 249 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claire L Smilliea MRC Human Genetics Unit within the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1350-2301
Tamara Sireya MRC Human Genetics Unit within the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5606-2858
Chris P Pontinga MRC Human Genetics Unit within the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0202-7816
Institute of Genetics and Cancer · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_12008/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 106956/Z/15/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Control of gene and protein expression is required for cellular homeostasis and is disrupted in disease. Following transcription, mRNA turnover and translation is modulated, most notably by microRNAs (miRNAs). This modulation is controlled by transcriptional and post-transcriptional events that alter the availability of miRNAs for target binding. Recent studies have proposed that some transcripts - termed competitive endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) - sequester a miRNA and diminish its repressive effects on other transcripts. Such ceRNAs thus mutually alter each other's abundance by competing for binding to a common set of miRNAs. Some question the relevance of ceRNA crosstalk, arguing that an individual transcript, when its abundance lies within a physiological range of gene expression, will fail to compete for miRNA binding due to the high abundance of other miRNA binding sites across the transcriptome. Despite this, some experimental evidence is consistent with the ceRNA hypothesis. In this review, we draw upon existing data to highlight mechanistic and theoretical aspects of ceRNA crosstalk. Our intent is to propose how understanding of ceRNA crosstalk mechanisms can be improved and what evidence is required to demonstrate a ceRNA mechanism. A greater understanding of factors affecting ceRNA crosstalk should shed light on its relevance in physiological states.

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MicroRNAsModels, BiologicalRNA, MessengerAnimalsGene Expression RegulationHumansTranscriptomeMicroRNAsRNA, Messengercompetitive endogenous RNAcooperativitymicroRNApost-transcriptional regulationRNA-induced silencing complexsubcellular localization

Identifiers

PMID29569941
PMCPMC5935048
OpenAlexW2793661730

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