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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2020

Disease-Causing Mutations and Rearrangements in Long Non-coding RNA Gene Loci.

Marina Aznaourova, Nils Schmerer, Bernd Schmeck, Leon N Schulte

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Marina AznaourovaInstitute for Lung Research, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Nils SchmererInstitute for Lung Research, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Bernd SchmeckInstitute for Lung Research, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
Leon N SchulteInstitute for Lung Research, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The classic understanding of molecular disease-mechanisms is largely based on protein-centric models. During the past decade however, genetic studies have identified numerous disease-loci in the human genome that do not encode proteins. Such non-coding DNA variants increasingly gain attention in diagnostics and personalized medicine. Of particular interest are long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) genes, which generate transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides that are not translated into proteins. While most of the estimated ~20,000 lncRNAs currently remain of unknown function, a growing number of genetic studies link lncRNA gene aberrations with the development of human diseases, including diabetes, AIDS, inflammatory bowel disease, or cancer. This suggests that the protein-centric view of human diseases does not capture the full complexity of molecular patho-mechanisms, with important consequences for molecular diagnostics and therapy. This review illustrates well-documented lncRNA gene aberrations causatively linked to human diseases and discusses potential lessons for molecular disease models, diagnostics, and therapy.

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diseasegenome-wide association studylong non-coding RNAmutationsingle nucleotide polymorphismvariation (genetic)

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PMID33329688
PMCPMC7735109

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