Washington University School of Medicine Digital Commons@Becker Open Access Publications 2018 The oler of RNA editing in cancer development and metabolic disorders Che-Pei Kung Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Leonard B. Maggi Jr. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Jason D. Weber Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/open_access_pubs Recommended Citation Kung, Che-Pei; Maggi, Leonard B. Jr.; and Weber, Jason D., ,"The or le of RNA editing in cancer development and metabolic disorders." Frontiers in endocrinology.9,. 762. (2018). https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/open_access_pubs/7400 This Open Access Publication is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons@Becker. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Publications by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Becker. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. REVIEW published: 18 December 2018 doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00762 The Role of RNA Editing in Cancer Development and Metabolic Disorders Che-Pei Kung 1,2*, Leonard B. Maggi Jr. 1,2 and Jason D. Weber 1,2,3* 1 ICCE Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 2 Division of Molecular Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, United States, 3 Siteman Cancer Center, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, United States Numerous human diseases arise from alterations of genetic information, most notably DNA mutations. Thought to be merely the intermediate between DNA and protein, changes in RNA sequence were an afterthought until the discovery of RNA editing 30 years ago.