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Genetic “lnc”-age of noncoding RNAs to human disease
Andrew Troy, Norman E. Sharpless
Andrew Troy, Norman E. Sharpless
Published October 24, 2012
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2012;122(11):3837-3840. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI66645.
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Genetic “lnc”-age of noncoding RNAs to human disease

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Abstract

The list of functions of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in human tissues is rapidly growing. To further underscore their critical role in human health, two reports in this issue of JCI associate altered expression of novel lncRNAs with the heritable syndromes HELLP and brachydactyly type E.

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Andrew Troy, Norman E. Sharpless

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