Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

A functional motif of long noncoding RNA Nron against osteoporosis

  • Fujun Jin,
  • Junhui Li,
  • Yong-Biao Zhang,
  • Xiangning Liu,
  • Mingxiang Cai,
  • Meijing Liu,
  • Mengyao Li,
  • Cui Ma,
  • Rui Yue,
  • Yexuan Zhu,
  • Renfa Lai,
  • Zuolin Wang,
  • Xunming Ji,
  • Huawei Wei,
  • Jun Dong,
  • Zhiduo Liu,
  • Yifei Wang,
  • Yao Sun,
  • Xiaogang Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23642-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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LncRNAs are implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases. Here, the authors show that the lncRNA Nron suppresses bone resorption, and show that delivery of a functional motif of Nron increases bone mass in mouse models of osteoporosis.