Title:Involvement of Metabolites and Non-coding RNAs in Diseases
Volume: 24
Issue: 7
Author(s): Kubra A. Coskun, Bercem Yeman Kıyak, Kezban Ucar Cifci, Elif Kadioglu, Nazlican Yurekli and Yusuf Tutar*
Affiliation:
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hamidiye Faculty
of Pharmacy, Istanbul, Turkey
- Division of Molecular Oncology, Hamidiye Health Sciences Institutes, University of
Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey
Keywords:
Metabolism, metabolites, metabolite analysis, non-coding, RNAs, disease.
Abstract: Non-coding RNAs have a role in gene regulation and cellular metabolism control. Metabolism
produces metabolites which are small molecules formed during the metabolic process. So
far, a direct relationship between metabolites and genes is not fully established; however, pseudogenes
and their progenitor genes regulate health and disease states. Other non-coding RNAs also
contribute to this regulation at different cellular processes. Accumulation and depletion of metabolites
accompany the dynamic equilibrium of health and disease state. In this study, metabolites, their
roles in the cell, and the link between metabolites and non-coding RNAs are discussed.