Nanocellulose: A New Multifunctional Tool for RNA Systems Biology Research

Abstract

Bioinformatics techniques allow the monitoring of large-scale interaction data such as gene expression changes. We explain suitable algorithms and databases for the analysis of direct regulatory interactions of RNA, such as micro (mi)RNA–mRNA, long non-coding (lnc)RNA, and RNA–protein complexes. Network analysis and dynamic simulations of RNA interaction networks are described next. RNA interactions probed by experiments are then described. For these interactions, nanocellulose provides a strong scaffolding platform; we evaluate different application modes regarding such uses of nanocellulose. Nanocellulose also provides options with which to probe biomedical RNA interactions. Future perspectives of nanocellulose use in various fields are discussed.