Recently, long noncoding RNA molecules (lncRNA) captured widespread attentions for its critical roles in diverse biological process and important implications in variety of human diseases and cancers...
Read More »HAfTs are novel lncRNA transcripts from aflatoxin exposure
The transcriptome can reveal insights into precancer biology. Researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, RTP recently conducted RNA-Seq analysis on liver RNA from male rats exposed to the carcinogen, aflatoxin B1...
Read More »Genome-wide identification of long non-coding RNA genes and their association with insecticide resistance
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is a class of noncoding RNA >200 bp in length that has essential roles in regulating a variety of biological processes. Here, researchers from Yichun University constructed a computational pipeline to identify lncRNA genes in the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella), a major insect pest of cruciferous vegetables. In total, 3,324 lncRNAs corresponding to 2,475 loci were identified ...
Read More »A deep learning method for lincRNA detection using auto-encoder algorithm
RNA sequencing technique (RNA-seq) enables scientists to develop novel data-driven methods for discovering more unidentified lincRNAs. Meantime, knowledge-based technologies are experiencing a potential revolution ignited by the new deep learning methods. By scanning the newly found data set from RNA-seq, scientists have found that: (1) the expression of lincRNAs appears to be regulated, that is, the relevance exists along the ...
Read More »RNA-seq-based genome annotation and identification of long-noncoding RNAs in the winegrape Riesling
The technological advances of RNA-seq and de novo transcriptome assembly have enabled genome annotation and transcriptome profiling in highly heterozygous species such as grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). This work is an attempt to utilize a de novo-assembled transcriptome of the V. vinifera cultivar ‘Riesling’ to improve annotation of the grapevine reference genome sequence. Here researchers from Missouri State University and the ...
Read More »Prediction of clinical outcome and survival in soft-tissue sarcoma using a ten-lncRNA signature
The prognostic value of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in patients with soft-tissue sarcoma has rarely been unraveled. Researchers from Guangxi Medical University set out to find a lncRNA signature to predict the clinical outcome and survival in soft-tissue sarcoma based on the high-throughput RNA-seq data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. The lncRNAs which closely correlated with overall survival ...
Read More »UClncR – Ultrafast and comprehensive long non-coding RNA detection from RNA-Seq
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is a large class of gene transcripts with regulatory functions discovered in recent years. Many more are expected to be revealed with accumulation of RNA-seq data from diverse types of normal and diseased tissues. However, discovering novel lncRNAs and accurately quantifying known lncRNAs is not trivial from massive RNA-seq data. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have ...
Read More »Elucidating the role of host long non-coding RNA during viral infection
Research over the past decade has clearly shown that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are functional. Many lncRNAs can be related to immunity and the host response to viral infection, but their specific functions remain largely elusive. The vast majority of lncRNAs are annotated with extremely limited knowledge and tend to be expressed at low levels, making ad hoc experimentation difficult. ...
Read More »Identification and characterization of a long non-coding RNA up-regulated during HIV-1 infection
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are rapidly emerging as important regulators of a diverse array of cellular functions. Here, Columbia University researchers describe a meta-analysis of two independent RNA-seq studies to identify lncRNAs that are differentially expressed upon HIV-1 infection. Only three lncRNA genes exhibited altered expression of ≥ 2-fold in HIV-1-infected cells. Of these, the uncharacterized lncRNA LINC00173 was chosen ...
Read More »Comprehensive discovery of non-coding RNAs in acute myeloid leukemia cell transcriptomes
To comprehensively detect diverse and novel RNA species, researchers from Washington University, St. Louis compared deep small RNA and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) methods applied to a primary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) sample. They were able to discover previously unannotated small RNAs using deep sequencing of a library method employing broader insert size selection. The researchers analyzed the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) ...
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