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  • 标题:Functional annotation of structural ncRNAs within enhancer RNAs in the human genome: implications for human disease
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  • 作者:Chao Ren ; Feng Liu ; Zhangyi Ouyang
  • 期刊名称:Scientific Reports
  • 电子版ISSN:2045-2322
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:7
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:15518
  • DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-15822-7
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Springer Nature
  • 摘要:Enhancer RNAs (eRNAs) are a novel class of non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecules transcribed from the DNA sequences of enhancer regions. Despite extensive efforts devoted to revealing the potential functions and underlying mechanisms of eRNAs, it remains an open question whether eRNAs are mere transcriptional noise or relevant biologically functional species. Here, we identified a catalogue of eRNAs in a broad range of human cell/tissue types and extended our understanding of eRNAs by demonstrating their multi-omic signatures. Gene Ontology (GO) analysis revealed that eRNAs play key roles in human cell identity. Furthermore, we detected numerous known and novel functional RNA structures within eRNA regions. To better characterize the cis-regulatory effects of non-coding variation in these structural ncRNAs, we performed a comprehensive analysis of the genetic variants of structural ncRNAs in eRNA regions that are associated with inflammatory autoimmune diseases. Disease-associated variants of the structural ncRNAs were disproportionately enriched in immune-specific cell types. We also identified riboSNitches in lymphoid eRNAs and investigated the potential pathogenic mechanisms by which eRNAs might function in autoimmune diseases. Collectively, our findings offer valuable insights into the function of eRNAs and suggest that eRNAs might be effective diagnostic and therapeutic targets for human diseases.
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