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- Chromatin-enriched RNAs (cheRNAs) are a type of long noncoding RNAs that help regulate gene transcription by interacting with chromatin and influencing gene expression.
- These RNAs can alter chromatin structure and recruit chromatin modifiers, playing a significant role in various diseases, especially tumors.
- The review highlights the unexplored role of cheRNAs in cancer stem cells (CSCs) and their potential impact on tumor formation and treatment strategies.
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Chromatin-enriched RNAs (cheRNAs) constitute a special class of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) that are enriched around chromatin and function to activate neighboring or distal gene transcription. Recent studies have shown that cheRNAs affect chromatin structure and gene expression by recruiting chromatin modifiers or acting as bridges between distal enhancers and promoters. The abnormal transcription of cheRNAs plays an important role in the occurrence of many diseases, particularly tumors. The critical effect of cancer stem cells (CSCs) on the formation and development of tumors is well known, but the function of cheRNAs in tumorigenesis, especially in CSC proliferation and stemness maintenance, is not yet fully understood. This review focuses on the mechanisms of cheRNAs in epigenetic regulation and chromatin conformation and discusses the way cheRNAs function in CSCs to deepen the understanding of tumorigenesis and provide novel insight to advance tumor-targeting therapy.
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