title: Small non-coding RNAs, mammalian cells, and viruses: regulatory interactions?
abstract: Recent findings suggest that mammalian cells can use small non-coding RNAs (ncRNA) to regulate physiological viral infections. Here, we comment on several lines of evidence that support this concept. We discuss how viruses may in turn protect, suppress, evade, modulate, or adapt to the host cell's ncRNA regulatory schema.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Virology Section, Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0460, USA. yeungm@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Man Lung
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.forename: Monsef
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benkirane
authors.forename: Kuan-Teh
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Jeang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018406:Virus Physiological Phenomena; D014780:Viruses / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs