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. 2012:2012:278725.
doi: 10.1155/2012/278725. Epub 2012 Jun 17.

From Transcriptome to Noncoding RNAs: Implications in ALS Mechanism

Stella Gagliardi  1 , Pamela Milani, Valentina Sardone, Orietta Pansarasa, Cristina Cereda
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From Transcriptome to Noncoding RNAs: Implications in ALS Mechanism

Stella Gagliardi et al. Neurol Res Int. 2012.

Abstract

In the last years, numerous studies have focused on understanding the metabolism of RNA and its implication in disease processes but abnormal RNA metabolism is still unknown. RNA plays a central role in translating genetic information into proteins and in many other catalytic and regulatory tasks. Recent advances in the study of RNA metabolism revealed complex pathways for the generation and maintenance of functional RNA in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Interestingly, perturbations in RNA processing have been described in ALS at various levels such as gene transcription, mRNA stabilization, transport, and translational regulations. In this paper, we will discuss the alteration of RNA profile in ALS disease, starting from transcription, the first step leading to gene expression, through the posttranscriptional regulation, including RNA/DNA binding proteins and aberrant exon splicing to protein noncoding RNAs, as lncRNA and microRNA.

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