A KRAS-responsive long non-coding RNA controls microRNA processing

oleh: Lei Shi, Peter Magee, Matteo Fassan, Sudhakar Sahoo, Hui Sun Leong, Dave Lee, Robert Sellers, Laura Brullé-Soumaré, Stefano Cairo, Tiziana Monteverde, Stefano Volinia, Duncan D. Smith, Gianpiero Di Leva, Francesca Galuppini, Athanasios R. Paliouras, Kang Zeng, Raymond O’Keefe, Michela Garofalo

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01

Deskripsi

Wild-type KRAS amplification is known to induce KRAS activation in cancer leading to poor prognostic outcomes. Here the authors identify a KRAS-responsive lncRNA, KIMAT1 that maintains KRAS signalling in lung cancer, suggesting that its targeting may prevent KRAS-driven tumourigenesis.