Long Non-coding RNAs in Human Disease

Thisvolume focuses on the roles of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in contextsranging from human cancers to cardiovascular disease and ageing. The role oflncRNAs in X-inactivation and those lncRNAs derived from pseudogenes, pastretroelements integrated within the human genome, as well as the role thesepseudogene-derived lncRNAs play in cancer development are discussed in detail. Further,the book examines the function of lncRNAs in diseases such as diabetes, in smoothmuscle formation, and in the modulation of nuclear receptors, as well as inconnection with perspectiveson the development ofpersonalized therapeutics. It offers an appealing and insightful resource forscientists and clinicians alike.

List of contents

Understandingthe Complex Circuitry of lncRNAs at the X-inactivation Center and itsImplications in Disease Conditions.- Long Non-coding RNA ANRIL and Polycomb inHuman Cancers and Cardiovascular Disease.- Form and function of exosomeassociated long non-coding RNAs in cancer.- Long Non-coding RNAs in Lung Cancer.-Pseudogene-expressed RNAs: Emerging roles in gene regulation and disease.- Functionallong non-coding RNAs in vascular smooth muscle cells.- Long Non-coding RNAs asTargets and Regulators of Nuclear Hormone Receptors.- Non-codingtranscriptional landscape in human aging.- LncRNAs in stress response.- ExpressionSpecificity of Disease-Associated lncRNAs: towards Personalized Medicine. 

About the author

Kevin Morris is an Associate Professor at the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, USA. The responsible series editor is Peter K. Vogt, The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, USA.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kevin V. Morris (Editor), Kevi V Morris (Editor), Kevin V Morris (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319239064
• ISBN: 978-3-31-923906-4
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 565 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 262 p.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology; Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; B, Immunologie, Immunology, Genetik, Medizin, Human Genetics, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cancer Research, Medical Genetics, Biomedical Research, Cancer Biology, Exosome associated lncRNAs, Pseudogene-expressed RNAs, Non-protein-coding transcriptome, ANRIL, Polycomb