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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2018

Overview of MicroRNA Biogenesis, Mechanisms of Actions, and Circulation.

Jacob O'Brien, Heyam Hayder, Yara Zayed, Chun Peng

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2,976 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2,976citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
102.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

2,976 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 5,077 citations in OpenAlex.

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2,916 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jacob O'BrienDepartment of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Heyam HayderDepartment of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Yara ZayedDepartment of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Chun PengDepartment of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
York University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs that play important roles in regulating gene expression. The majority of miRNAs are transcribed from DNA sequences into primary miRNAs and processed into precursor miRNAs, and finally mature miRNAs. In most cases, miRNAs interact with the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of target mRNAs to induce mRNA degradation and translational repression. However, interaction of miRNAs with other regions, including the 5' UTR, coding sequence, and gene promoters, have also been reported. Under certain conditions, miRNAs can also activate translation or regulate transcription. The interaction of miRNAs with their target genes is dynamic and dependent on many factors, such as subcellular location of miRNAs, the abundancy of miRNAs and target mRNAs, and the affinity of miRNA-mRNA interactions. miRNAs can be secreted into extracellular fluids and transported to target cells via vesicles, such as exosomes, or by binding to proteins, including Argonautes. Extracellular miRNAs function as chemical messengers to mediate cell-cell communication. In this review, we provide an update on canonical and non-canonical miRNA biogenesis pathways and various mechanisms underlying miRNA-mediated gene regulations. We also summarize the current knowledge of the dynamics of miRNA action and of the secretion, transfer, and uptake of extracellular miRNAs.

Indexed as

cell-cell communicationextracellular microRNAgene regulationmicroRNA biogenesismicroRNA dynamics

Identifiers

PMID30123182
PMCPMC6085463
OpenAlexW2811212358

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