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  1. NEAT1 scaffolds RNA-binding proteins and the Microprocessor to globally enhance pri-miRNA processing.

    Nature structural & molecular biology · 2017 · 24(10): 816-824

    MicroRNA (miRNA) biogenesis is known to be modulated by a variety of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), but in most cases, individual RBPs appear to influence the processing of a small subset of target miRNAs. Here, we report that the RNA-binding NONO-PSF …

    PMID 28846091 DOI ↗

  2. The <i>C. elegans</i> neural editome reveals an ADAR target mRNA required for proper chemotaxis.

    eLife · 2017 · 6

    ADAR proteins alter gene expression both by catalyzing adenosine (A) to inosine (I) RNA editing and binding to regulatory elements in target RNAs. Loss of ADARs affects neuronal function in all animals studied to date. <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> lacking ADARs exhibit …

    PMID 28925356 DOI ↗

  3. Elimination of Toxic Microsatellite Repeat Expansion RNA by RNA-Targeting Cas9.

    Cell · 2017 · 170(5): 899-912.e10

    Microsatellite repeat expansions in DNA produce pathogenic RNA species that cause dominantly inherited diseases such as myotonic dystrophy type 1 and 2 (DM1/2), Huntington's disease, and C9orf72-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (C9-ALS). Means to target these repetitive RNAs are required for …

    PMID 28803727 DOI ↗

  4. Pseudotemporal Ordering of Single Cells Reveals Metabolic Control of Postnatal β Cell Proliferation.

    Cell metabolism · 2017 · 25(5): 1160-1175.e11

    Pancreatic β cell mass for appropriate blood glucose control is established during early postnatal life. β cell proliferative capacity declines postnatally, but the extrinsic cues and intracellular signals that cause this decline remain unknown. To obtain a high-resolution map of …

    PMID 28467932 DOI ↗

  5. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated integration enables TAG-eCLIP of endogenously tagged RNA binding proteins.

    Methods (San Diego, Calif.) · 2017 · 118-119: 50-59

    Identification of in vivo direct RNA targets for RNA binding proteins (RBPs) provides critical insight into their regulatory activities and mechanisms. Recently, we described a methodology for enhanced crosslinking and immunoprecipitation followed by high-throughput sequencing (eCLIP) using antibodies against endogenous …

    PMID 28003131 DOI ↗

  6. Tethered Function Assays as Tools to Elucidate the Molecular Roles of RNA-Binding Proteins.

    Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2016 · 907: 61-88

    Dynamic regulation of RNA molecules is critical to the survival and development of cells. Messenger RNAs are transcribed in the nucleus as intron-containing pre-mRNAs and bound by RNA-binding proteins, which control their fate by regulating RNA stability, splicing, polyadenylation, translation, …

    PMID 27256382 DOI ↗

  7. RNA-binding protein CPEB1 remodels host and viral RNA landscapes.

    Nature structural & molecular biology · 2016 · 23(12): 1101-1110

    Host and virus interactions occurring at the post-transcriptional level are critical for infection but remain poorly understood. Here, we performed comprehensive transcriptome-wide analyses revealing that human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection results in widespread alternative splicing (AS), shortening of 3' untranslated regions …

    PMID 27775709 DOI ↗

  8. Genomic analysis of the molecular neuropathology of tuberous sclerosis using a human stem cell model.

    Genome medicine · 2016 · 8(1): 94

    Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a genetic disease characterized by benign tumor growths in multiple organs and neurological symptoms induced by mTOR hyperfunction. Because the molecular pathology is highly complex and the etiology poorly understood, we employed a defined human …

    PMID 27655340 DOI ↗

  9. Rbfox2 function in RNA metabolism is impaired in hypoplastic left heart syndrome patient hearts.

    Scientific reports · 2016 · 6: 30896

    Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a fatal congenital heart disease in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped, impairing the systemic circulation. Underdeveloped left ventricle exerts biomechanical stress on the right ventricle that can progress into heart …

    PMID 27485310 DOI ↗

  10. Distinct and shared functions of ALS-associated proteins TDP-43, FUS and TAF15 revealed by multisystem analyses.

    Nature communications · 2016 · 7: 12143

    The RNA-binding protein (RBP) TAF15 is implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). To compare TAF15 function to that of two ALS-associated RBPs, FUS and TDP-43, we integrate CLIP-seq and RNA Bind-N-Seq technologies, and show that TAF15 binds to ∼4,900 RNAs …

    PMID 27378374 DOI ↗

  11. Robust transcriptome-wide discovery of RNA-binding protein binding sites with enhanced CLIP (eCLIP).

    Nature methods · 2016 · 13(6): 508-14

    As RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play essential roles in cellular physiology by interacting with target RNA molecules, binding site identification by UV crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (CLIP) of ribonucleoprotein complexes is critical to understanding RBP function. However, current CLIP protocols are technically …

    PMID 27018577 DOI ↗

  12. Dysregulation of RBFOX2 Is an Early Event in Cardiac Pathogenesis of Diabetes.

    Cell reports · 2016 · 15(10): 2200-2213

    Alternative splicing (AS) defects that adversely affect gene expression and function have been identified in diabetic hearts; however, the mechanisms responsible are largely unknown. Here, we show that the RNA-binding protein RBFOX2 contributes to transcriptome changes under diabetic conditions. RBFOX2 …

    PMID 27239029 DOI ↗

  13. Musashi-2 attenuates AHR signalling to expand human haematopoietic stem cells.

    Nature · 2016 · 532(7600): 508-511

    Umbilical cord blood-derived haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are essential for many life-saving regenerative therapies. However, despite their advantages for transplantation, their clinical use is restricted because HSCs in cord blood are found only in small numbers. Small molecules that enhance …

    PMID 27121842 DOI ↗

  14. Enhanced CLIP Uncovers IMP Protein-RNA Targets in Human Pluripotent Stem Cells Important for Cell Adhesion and Survival.

    Cell reports · 2016 · 15(3): 666-679

    Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) require precise control of post-transcriptional RNA networks to maintain proliferation and survival. Using enhanced UV crosslinking and immunoprecipitation (eCLIP), we identify RNA targets of the IMP/IGF2BP family of RNA-binding proteins in hPSCs. At the broad …

    PMID 27068461 DOI ↗

  15. A Small RNA-Catalytic Argonaute Pathway Tunes Germline Transcript Levels to Ensure Embryonic Divisions.

    Cell · 2016 · 165(2): 396-409

    Multiple division cycles without growth are a characteristic feature of early embryogenesis. The female germline loads proteins and RNAs into oocytes to support these divisions, which lack many quality control mechanisms operating in somatic cells undergoing growth. Here, we describe …

    PMID 27020753 DOI ↗

  16. Programmable RNA Tracking in Live Cells with CRISPR/Cas9.

    Cell · 2016 · 165(2): 488-96

    RNA-programmed genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes has enabled rapid and accessible alteration of specific genomic loci in many organisms. A flexible means to target RNA would allow alteration and imaging of endogenous RNA transcripts analogous to CRISPR/Cas-based genomic …

    PMID 26997482 DOI ↗

  17. The Ro60 autoantigen binds endogenous retroelements and regulates inflammatory gene expression.

    Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2015 · 350(6259): 455-9

    Autoantibodies target the RNA binding protein Ro60 in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and Sjögren's syndrome. However, it is unclear whether Ro60 and its associated RNAs contribute to disease pathogenesis. We catalogued the Ro60-associated RNAs in human cell lines and found …

    PMID 26382853 DOI ↗

  18. Target Discrimination in Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay Requires Upf1 ATPase Activity.

    Molecular cell · 2015 · 59(3): 413-25

    RNA quality-control pathways get rid of faulty RNAs and therefore must be able to discriminate these RNAs from those that are normal. Here we present evidence that the adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) cycle of the SF1 helicase Upf1 is required for …

    PMID 26253027 DOI ↗

  19. Applications of Cas9 as an RNA-programmed RNA-binding protein.

    BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2015 · 37(7): 732-9

    The Streptococcus pyogenes CRISPR-Cas system has gained widespread application as a genome editing and gene regulation tool as simultaneous cellular delivery of the Cas9 protein and guide RNAs enables recognition of specific DNA sequences. The recent discovery that Cas9 can …

    PMID 25880497 DOI ↗

  20. RNA-binding proteins in neurodegeneration: Seq and you shall receive.

    Trends in neurosciences · 2015 · 38(4): 226-36

    As critical players in gene regulation, RNA binding proteins (RBPs) are taking center stage in our understanding of cellular function and disease. In our era of bench-top sequencers and unprecedented computational power, biological questions can be addressed in a systematic, …

    PMID 25765321 DOI ↗

  21. Targeted degradation of sense and antisense C9orf72 RNA foci as therapy for ALS and frontotemporal degeneration.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013 · 110(47): E4530-9

    Expanded hexanucleotide repeats in the chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 (C9orf72) gene are the most common genetic cause of ALS and frontotemporal degeneration (FTD). Here, we identify nuclear RNA foci containing the hexanucleotide expansion (GGGGCC) in patient cells, including …

    PMID 24170860 DOI ↗

  22. ALS-linked TDP-43 mutations produce aberrant RNA splicing and adult-onset motor neuron disease without aggregation or loss of nuclear TDP-43.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013 · 110(8): E736-45

    Transactivating response region DNA binding protein (TDP-43) is the major protein component of ubiquitinated inclusions found in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with ubiquitinated inclusions. Two ALS-causing mutants (TDP-43(Q331K) and TDP-43(M337V)), but not wild-type human TDP-43, …

    PMID 23382207 DOI ↗

  23. LIN28 binds messenger RNAs at GGAGA motifs and regulates splicing factor abundance.

    Molecular cell · 2012 · 48(2): 195-206

    LIN28 is a conserved RNA-binding protein implicated in pluripotency, reprogramming, and oncogenesis. It was previously shown to act primarily by blocking let-7 microRNA (miRNA) biogenesis, but here we elucidate distinct roles of LIN28 regulation via its direct messenger RNA (mRNA) …

    PMID 22959275 DOI ↗

  24. Integrative genome-wide analysis reveals cooperative regulation of alternative splicing by hnRNP proteins.

    Cell reports · 2012 · 1(2): 167-78

    Understanding how RNA binding proteins control the splicing code is fundamental to human biology and disease. Here, we present a comprehensive study to elucidate how heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoparticle (hnRNP) proteins, among the most abundant RNA binding proteins, coordinate to regulate …

    PMID 22574288 DOI ↗

  25. Comprehensive identification of miRNA target sites in live animals.

    Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2011 · 732: 169-85

    MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small RNA molecules that posttranscriptionally regulate the expression of protein-coding genes. The mature miRNAs are loaded into Argonaute-containing protein complexes (miRISC, miRNA Induced S ilencing Complex), and guide these complexes to the 3' UTR of targeted mRNA …

    PMID 21431713 DOI ↗

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GSE127743 GSE · GEO

In vivo CRISPR screening unveils RNA binding protein dependencies for leukemic stem cells and identifies ELAVL1 as a potential therapeutic target [RNA-seq]

Mus musculus · GPL18480

GSE230717 GSE · GEO

Large-scale map of RNA binding protein interactomes across the mRNA life-cycle

Homo sapiens · GPL24676

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