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ArticleNucleic acids research2022

lncRNAfunc: a knowledgebase of lncRNA function in human cancer.

Mengyuan Yang, Huifen Lu, Jiajia Liu, Sijia Wu, Pora Kim, Xiaobo Zhou

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

94 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 189 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Mengyuan YangWest China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Huifen LuWest China Biomedical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Jiajia LiuCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Sijia WuSchool of Life Sciences and Technology, Xidian University, Xi'an 710126, China.
Pora KimCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8321-6864
Xiaobo ZhouCenter for Computational Systems Medicine, School of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7191-6495
Sichuan University · CNThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USTongji University · CNXidian University · CN

Funding

Functional annotation of new genes aided by deep learningR35GM138184 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI KIM, PORA · 2020 to 2024
$1.7M
Integrative approach to studying LncRNA functionsR01GM123037 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI ZHOU, XIAOBO · 2017 to 2020
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123037NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The long non-coding RNAs associating with other molecules can coordinate several physiological processes and their dysfunction can impact diverse human diseases. To date, systematic and intensive annotations on diverse interaction regulations of lncRNAs in human cancer were not available. Here, we built lncRNAfunc, a knowledgebase of lncRNA function in human cancer at https://ccsm.uth.edu/lncRNAfunc, aiming to provide a resource and reference for providing therapeutically targetable lncRNAs and intensive interaction regulations. To do this, we collected 15 900 lncRNAs across 33 cancer types from TCGA. For individual lncRNAs, we performed multiple interaction analyses of different biomolecules including DNA, RNA, and protein levels. Our intensive studies of lncRNAs provide diverse potential mechanisms of lncRNAs that regulate gene expression through binding enhancers and 3'-UTRs of genes, competing for miRNA binding sites with mRNAs, recruiting the transcription factors to gene promoters. Furthermore, we investigated lncRNAs that potentially affect the alternative splicing events through interacting with RNA binding Proteins. We also performed multiple functional annotations including cancer stage-associated lncRNAs, RNA A-to-I editing event-associated lncRNAs, and lncRNA expression quantitative trait loci. lncRNAfunc is a unique resource for cancer research communities to help better understand potential lncRNA regulations and therapeutic lncRNA targets.

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Databases, GeneticKnowledge BasesAlternative SplicingHumansNeoplasmsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, MessengerRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Messenger

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PMID34791419
PMCPMC8728133
OpenAlexW3212112960

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