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Record W4411114133 · doi:10.1186/s40364-025-00794-y

RNA epigenetic modifications as dynamic biomarkers in cancer: from mechanisms to clinical translation

2025· review· en· W4411114133 on OpenAlexaff
Yingchao Zhao, Xiang Chen, Xingli Zhang, Hong Liu

Bibliographic record

VenueBiomarker Research · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicRNA modifications and cancer
Canadian institutionsSKiN Health
FundersCentral South UniversityNatural Science Foundation of Hainan ProvinceNational Natural Science Foundation of China
KeywordsRNAEpigeneticsComputational biologyTranslation (biology)RNA methylationNon-coding RNAMessenger RNABiologymicroRNABioinformaticsGeneMedicineGeneticsMethyltransferaseMethylation

Abstract

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RNA modifications are crucial for post-transcriptional gene regulation. Research on RNA modifications has become a novel frontier of epitranscriptomics. Up to now, over 170 kinds of modifications have been identified on mRNA and diverse non-coding RNA. Three classes of proteins (writers, erasers, and readers) regulate the addition, removal, and identification of epigenetic marks, thus affecting RNA biological functions. Increasing evidence identifies the dysregulation of RNA modifications in different cancer types and the therapeutic potential of targeting RNA-modifying enzymes. The ability of RNA modifications to improve mRNA stability and translation efficacy and decrease immunogenicity has been exploited for the clinical use of mRNA cancer vaccines. This review aims to shed light on several vital cap, tail, and internal modifications of RNA with a focus on the connection between RNA epigenetic pathways and cancer pathogenesis. We further explore the clinical potential of RNA modifications as dynamic biomarkers for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic response prediction, addressing both technological challenges and translational opportunities. Finally, we analyze the limitations of current studies and discuss the research focus in the future.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.010

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0020.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0030.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.256
GPT teacher head0.542
Teacher spread0.286 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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