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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Immunol. 2016 Feb 24;46(3):504–512. doi: 10.1002/eji.201444558

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Molecular mechanisms of gene regulation by lncRNAs in the nucleus. lncRNAs can interact with chromatin modifying complexes, transcription factors, the chromatin itself or mRNA. With respect to protein interaction, heterogenous ribonucleoprotein complexes (hnRNPs) have emerged as one of the most important protein families interacting with lncRNAs.