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ReviewNon-coding RNA research2025

Emerging role of endogenous peptides encoded by non-coding RNAs in cancer biology.

Anna Lucia Tornesello, Andrea Cerasuolo, Noemy Starita, Sara Amiranda, Tiziana Pecchillo Cimmino, Patrizia Bonelli, Franca Maria Tuccillo, Franco Maria Buonaguro, Luigi Buonaguro, Maria Lina Tornesello

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Review in Non-coding RNA research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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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

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Challenges and Perspectives in ncRNA Research.Experientia supplementum (2012) · 2026
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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

10 authors.

Anna Lucia TorneselloInnovative Immunological Models Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Andrea CerasuoloMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Noemy StaritaMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Sara AmirandaMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Tiziana Pecchillo CimminoMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Patrizia BonelliMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Franca Maria TuccilloMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Franco Maria BuonaguroMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Luigi BuonaguroInnovative Immunological Models Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.
Maria Lina TorneselloMolecular Biology and Viral Oncology Unit, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale, Napoli, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-coding RNAs have long been recognized for their regulatory roles in various cellular processes, including cancer development and progression. Recent advancements have shed light on a novel aspect of non-coding RNA biology, revealing their ability to encode endogenous peptides also named micropeptides or microprotein through short open reading frames (sORFs). These small proteins play crucial roles in oncogenic processes, acting as either tumour suppressors or tumour promoters, and hold enormous potential as biomarkers for early diagnosis of cancer and as therapeutic targets. This comprehensive review highlights the state of the art on peptides encoded by long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), microRNAs (miRNAs), and circular RNAs (circRNAs), elucidating their regulatory functions and implications in different cancer types, including breast cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and colorectal cancer. The review also discusses challenges and future directions in the exploration of these emerging players in cancer biology, emphasizing the importance of further investigation for their clinical translation in diagnosis and therapy.

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BiomarkersCancerMicropeptideMicroproteinNon-coding RNAsPeptideTherapeutic targets

Identifiers

PMID39554691
PMCPMC11567935

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