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ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2018

Assessing the functional association of intronic miRNAs with their host genes.

Avital Steiman-Shimony, Orr Shtrikman, Hanah Margalit

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Article in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Avital Steiman-ShimonyDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel.
Orr ShtrikmanDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel.
Hanah MargalitDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9112102, Israel.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In human, nearly half of the known microRNAs (miRNAs) are encoded within the introns of protein-coding genes. The embedment of these miRNA genes within the sequences of protein-coding genes alludes to a possible functional relationship between intronic miRNAs and their hosting genes. Several studies, using predicted targets, suggested that intronic miRNAs influence their hosts' function either antagonistically or synergistically. New experimental data of miRNA expression patterns and targets enable exploring this putative association by relying on actual data rather than on predictions. Here, our analysis based on currently available experimental data implies that the potential functional association between intronic miRNAs and their hosting genes is limited. For host-miRNA examples where functional associations were detected, it was manifested by either autoregulation, common targets of the miRNA and hosting gene, or through the targeting of transcripts participating in pathways in which the host gene is involved. This low prevalence of functional association is consistent with our observation that many intronic miRNAs have independent transcription start sites and are not coexpressed with the hosting gene. Yet, the intronic miRNAs that do show functional association with their hosts were found to be more evolutionarily conserved compared to other intronic miRNAs. This might suggest a selective pressure to maintain this architecture when it has a functional consequence.

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Cell Line, TumorHEK293 CellsHumansIntronsMicroRNAsProteinsRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalMicroRNAsProteinsintronmiRNApost-transcriptional regulation

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PMID29752351
PMCPMC6049507

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