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Long non-coding RNAs in infection biology

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Title Long non-coding RNAs in infection biology
 
Creator Scaria, Vinod
Pasha, Ayesha
 
Subject CH1 Chemical Biology
 
Description Long non-coding RNA have emerged as an increasingly well studied subset of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) following their recent discovery in a number of organisms including humans and characterization of their functional and regulatory roles in variety of distinct cellular mechanisms. The recent annotations of long ncRNAs in humans peg their numbers as similar to protein-coding genes. However, despite the rapid advancements in the field the functional characterization and biological roles of most of the long ncRNAs still remain unidentified, although some candidate long ncRNAs have been extensively studied for their roles in cancers and biological phenomena such as X-inactivation and epigenetic regulation of genes. A number of recent reports suggest an exciting possibility of long ncRNAs mediating host response and immune function, suggesting an elaborate network of regulatory interactions mediated through ncRNAs in infection. The present role of long ncRNAs in host-pathogen cross talk is limited to a handful of mechanistically distinct examples. The current commentary chronicles the findings of these reports on the role of long ncRNAs in infection biology and further highlights the bottlenecks and future directions toward understanding the biological significance of the role of long ncRNAs in infection biology. Keywords: long non-coding RNA, infection, pathogen, immune, host-pathogen interactions
 
Date 2013
 
Type Article
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://openaccess.igib.res.in/149/1/fgene%2D03%2D00308.pdf
Scaria, Vinod and Pasha, Ayesha (2013) Long non-coding RNAs in infection biology. Long non-coding RNAs in infection biology.
 
Relation http://openaccess.igib.res.in/149/