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ReviewiScience2026

Noncoding RNA encoded peptides in tumors from discovery to mechanism and clinical translation.

Dabo Zhou, Huiling Li, Jie Yang, Ming He, Liuqing Yang, Lian Jian

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Review in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Dabo ZhouDepartment of Pathology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
Huiling LiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
Jie YangDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
Ming HeDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
Liuqing YangDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.
Lian JianDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Hunan Cancer Hospital and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, 283 Tongzipo Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan 410013, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transcripts annotated as noncoding can produce peptides, but detecting translation does not establish peptide function. The central problem is to determine which instances of ribosome engagement lead to productive translation, which cancer phenotypes depend on the peptide rather than the source RNA, and which validated products are clinically relevant. This Review addresses that problem through a graded evidence framework that proceeds from transcript architecture and ribosome engagement to endogenous peptide detection and causal attribution to the peptide. Under this standard, validated peptides act at molecular control points where local concentration or enzymatic amplification can reconcile low abundance with biological effect. On that basis, we define the conditions required for actionability: tumor-enriched expression, reproducible endogenous measurement, a defined mechanism, and an intervention matched to that mechanism. Progress therefore depends on causal attribution, not on longer candidate lists.

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cancermicropeptidesncRNA encoded peptidesnoncoding RNAs

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PMID42668600
PMCPMC13524753

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