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ReviewTrends in parasitology2020

Noncoding RNAs in Apicomplexan Parasites: An Update.

Yiran Li, Rodrigo P Baptista, Jessica C Kissinger

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in parasitology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. TheBiology · 2026
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  3. Deciphering Transcription inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  4. Gene regulation inCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2025
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  5. Non-coding RNAs as emerging players inFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  13. Non-coding RNAs in malaria infection.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA · 2022
    Review
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  15. Circular RNAs in cardiovascular diseases.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2022
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  18. A comparative study of microRNAs in different stages ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2022
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  20. Functional Intricacy and Symmetry of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Parasitic Infections.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Yiran LiInstitute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Rodrigo P BaptistaInstitute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Jessica C KissingerInstitute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA; Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. Electronic address: jkissing@uga.edu.
University of Georgia · US

Funding

Detailed analysis of Cryptosporidium non-coding gene expressionR21AI144779 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI KISSINGER, JESSICA C · 2020 to 2021
$412k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI144779
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent breakthroughs in high-throughput technologies, transcriptomics, and advances in our understanding of gene regulatory networks have enhanced our perspective on the complex interplay between parasite and host. Noncoding RNA molecules have been implicated in critical roles covering a broad range of biological processes in the Apicomplexa. Processes that are affected range from parasite development to host-parasite interactions and include interactions with epigenetic machinery and other regulatory factors. Here we review recent progress involving noncoding RNAs and their functions in the Apicomplexa, with a focus on three parasites: Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, and Cryptosporidium. We discuss the limitations and challenges of current methods applied to apicomplexan noncoding RNA study and discuss future directions in this exciting field.

Indexed as

ApicomplexaEpigenesis, GeneticHost-Parasite InteractionsResearchRNA, UntranslatedRNA, UntranslatedApicomplexalncRNAncRNAsncRNA

Identifiers

PMID32828659
PMCPMC9548329
OpenAlexW3073670935

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