Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

LncRNA CAIF inhibits autophagy and attenuates myocardial infarction by blocking p53-mediated myocardin transcription

  • Cui-Yun Liu,
  • Yu-Hui Zhang,
  • Rui-Bei Li,
  • Lu-Yu Zhou,
  • Tao An,
  • Rong-Cheng Zhang,
  • Mei Zhai,
  • Yan Huang,
  • Kao-Wen Yan,
  • Yan-Han Dong,
  • Murugavel Ponnusamy,
  • Chan Shan,
  • Sheng Xu,
  • Qi Wang,
  • Yan-Hui Zhang,
  • Jian Zhang,
  • Kun Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02280-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Little is known about the role of long lncRNAs in autophagy. The authors identify lncCAIF, and show that it suppresses cardiac autophagy and attenuates myocardial infarction by targeting p53 -mediated transcription of myocardin.