title: Molecular mechanisms of long ncRNAs in neurological disorders.
abstract: Long non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have added an unexpected layer of complexity in the regulation of gene expression. Mounting evidence now links long ncRNAs to fundamental biological processes such as development and differentiation, and recent research shows important involvement of long ncRNAs in a variety of diseases including neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, spinocerebellar ataxia, and Huntington's diseases. Furthermore, long ncRNAs are speculated to be implicated in development of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Long ncRNAs contribute to these disorders in diverse ways, from regulation of transcription to modulation of RNA processing and translation. In this review, we describe the diverse mechanisms reported for long ncRNAs, and discuss how they could mechanistically be involved in the development of neurological disorders.
authors.affiliation: Otto Warburg Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vučićević
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schrewe
authors.affiliation: Otto Warburg Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulf A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Orom
keywords: brain development; long non-coding RNA; ncRNA; neurological disorders; protein-RNA interaction