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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

The human genome encodes a multitude of novel miRNAs.

Fan Gao, Fang Wang, Yue Chen, Bolin Deng, Fujian Yang, Huifen Cao, Junjie Chen, Huiling Chen, Fei Qi, Philipp Kapranov

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Fan GaoState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Fang WangInstitute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, China.
Yue ChenInstitute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, China.
Bolin DengInstitute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, China.
Fujian YangInstitute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, China.
Huifen CaoInstitute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, Xiamen 361021, China.
Junjie ChenState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Huiling ChenXiamen Institute for Food and Drug Quality Control, 33 Haishan Road, Xiamen 361012, China.
Fei QiState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
Philipp KapranovState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2647-4856

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Huaqiao University ZQN-922National Natural Science Foundation of China 32150710525Scientific Research Funds of Huaqiao University 21BS127Scientific Research Funds of Huaqiao University 600005-Z17Y0043Xiamen UniversityYouth Innovation Grant of Xiamen, Fujian Province, China 3502Z20206015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human cells generate a vast complexity of noncoding RNAs, the "RNA dark matter," which includes a vast small RNA (sRNA) transcriptome. The biogenesis, biological relevance, and mechanisms of action of most of these transcripts remain unknown, and they are widely assumed to represent degradation products. Here, we aimed to functionally characterize human sRNA transcriptome by attempting to answer the following question-can a significant number of novel sRNAs correspond to novel members of known classes, specifically, microRNAs (miRNAs)? By developing and validating a miRNA discovery pipeline, we show that at least 2726 novel canonical miRNAs, majority of which represent novel miRNA families, exist in just one human cell line compared to just 1914 known miRNA loci. Moreover, potentially tens of thousands of miRNAs remain to be discovered. Strikingly, many novel miRNAs map to exons of protein-coding genes emphasizing a complex and interleaved architecture of the genome. The existence of so many novel members of a functional class of sRNAs suggest that the human sRNA transcriptome harbors a multitude of novel regulatory molecules. Overall, these results suggest that we are at the very beginning of understanding the true functional complexity of the sRNA component of the "RNA dark matter."

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Genome, HumanMicroRNAsTranscriptomeHumansMicroRNAs

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PMCPMC11833695

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