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RNAi Factors Are Present and Active in Human Cell Nuclei

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It is shown that Argonaute-2 (Ago2) and RNAi factors Dicer, TRBP and TRNC6A/GW182 are in the human nucleus and associate together in multi-protein complexes, demonstrating that RNAi can function in thehuman nucleus and suggesting that regulation of RNAi via small RNA loading of Ago2 differs between the cytoplasm and the nucleus.
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This article is published in Cell Reports.The article was published on 2014-01-16 and is currently open access. It has received 319 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: RNA interference & Dicer.

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Overview of MicroRNA Biogenesis, Mechanisms of Actions, and Circulation.

TL;DR: An update on canonical and non-canonical miRNA biogenesis pathways and various mechanisms underlying miRNA-mediated gene regulations and the current knowledge of the dynamics of miRNA action and of the secretion, transfer, and uptake of extracellular miRNAs is provided.
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MicroRNA in Control of Gene Expression: An Overview of Nuclear Functions.

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Non-coding RNAs as drug targets

TL;DR: The growing field of ncRNA — including microRNA, intronic RNA, repetitive RNA and long non-coding RNA — is discussed and the potential and challenges in their therapeutic exploitation are assessed.
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TL;DR: The current understanding of miRNA target recognition in animals is outlined and the widespread impact of miRNAs on both the expression and evolution of protein-coding genes is discussed.
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Duplexes of 21-nucleotide RNAs mediate RNA interference in cultured mammalian cells

TL;DR: 21-nucleotide siRNA duplexes provide a new tool for studying gene function in mammalian cells and may eventually be used as gene-specific therapeutics.
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An RNA-directed nuclease mediates post-transcriptional gene silencing in Drosophila cells

TL;DR: It is shown that ‘loss-of-function’ phenotypes can be created in cultured Drosophila cells by transfection with specific double-stranded RNAs, which coincides with a marked reduction in the level of cognate cellular messenger RNAs.
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RNAi: Double-Stranded RNA Directs the ATP-Dependent Cleavage of mRNA at 21 to 23 Nucleotide Intervals

TL;DR: It is found that RNAi is ATP dependent yet uncoupled from mRNA translation, suggesting that the 21-23 nucleotide fragments from the dsRNA are guiding mRNA cleavage.
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