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Targeting The Mrna-Binding Protein Hur Impairs Malignant Characteristics Of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells., Masaya Jimbo, Fernando F Blanco, Yu-Hung Huang, Aristeidis G Telonis, Brad A Screnci, Gabriela L Cosma, Vitali Alexeev, Gregory E Gonye, Charles Yeo, Janet A Sawicki, Jordan M Winter, Jonathan Brody, Md Sep 2015

Targeting The Mrna-Binding Protein Hur Impairs Malignant Characteristics Of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Cells., Masaya Jimbo, Fernando F Blanco, Yu-Hung Huang, Aristeidis G Telonis, Brad A Screnci, Gabriela L Cosma, Vitali Alexeev, Gregory E Gonye, Charles Yeo, Janet A Sawicki, Jordan M Winter, Jonathan Brody, Md

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

Post-transcriptional regulation is a powerful mediator of gene expression, and can rapidly alter the expression of numerous transcripts involved in tumorigenesis. We have previously shown that the mRNA-binding protein HuR (ELAVL1) is elevated in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) specimens compared to normal pancreatic tissues, and its cytoplasmic localization is associated with increased tumor stage. To gain a better insight into HuR's role in PDA biology and to assess it as a candidate therapeutic target, we altered HuR expression in PDA cell lines and characterized the resulting phenotype in preclinical models. HuR silencing by short hairpin and small interfering RNAs …


Trna-Derived Short Non-Coding Rna As Interacting Partners Of Argonaute Proteins., Megumi Shigematsu, Yohei Kirino, Phd Jul 2015

Trna-Derived Short Non-Coding Rna As Interacting Partners Of Argonaute Proteins., Megumi Shigematsu, Yohei Kirino, Phd

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

The advent of next-generation sequencing technologies has not only accelerated findings on various novel non-coding RNA (ncRNA) species but also led to the revision of the biological significance and versatility of fundamental RNA species with canonical function, such as transfer RNAs (tRNAs). Although tRNAs are best known as adapter components of translational machinery, recent studies suggest that tRNAs are not always end products but can further serve as a source for short ncRNAs. In many organisms, various tRNA-derived ncRNA species are produced from mature tRNAs or their precursor transcripts as functional molecules involved in various biological processes beyond translation. In …


What Is Translational Bioinformatics?, Eric R. Londin, Carol I. Barash Jan 2015

What Is Translational Bioinformatics?, Eric R. Londin, Carol I. Barash

Computational Medicine Center Faculty Papers

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