Alternative splicing as a source of phenotypic diversity

CJ Wright, CWJ Smith, CD Jiggins - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
A major goal of evolutionary genetics is to understand the genetic processes that give rise to
phenotypic diversity in multicellular organisms. Alternative splicing generates multiple …

The use of RNA-based treatments in the field of cancer immunotherapy

M Chehelgerdi, M Chehelgerdi - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Over the past several decades, mRNA vaccines have evolved from a theoretical concept to a
clinical reality. These vaccines offer several advantages over traditional vaccine techniques …

Circular RNA translation: novel protein isoforms and clinical significance

S Wen, J Qadir, BB Yang - Trends in molecular medicine, 2022 - cell.com
In recent years, significant attention has focused on circular RNA (circRNA) translation to
determine its clinical significance. Cap-independent translation of circRNAs driven by an …

The role of alternative splicing in adaptation and evolution

JP Verta, A Jacobs - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - cell.com
Regulation of gene expression plays a central role in adaptive divergence and evolution.
Although the role of gene regulation in microevolutionary processes is gaining wide …

SPT6 functions in transcriptional pause/release via PAF1C recruitment

Y Aoi, AP Shah, S Ganesan, SHA Soliman, BK Cho… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
It is unclear how various factors functioning in the transcriptional elongation by RNA
polymerase II (RNA Pol II) cooperatively regulate pause/release and productive elongation …

Deep and accurate detection of m6A RNA modifications using miCLIP2 and m6Aboost machine learning

N Körtel, C Rücklé, Y Zhou, A Busch… - Nucleic acids …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal RNA modification in
eukaryotic mRNAs and influences many aspects of RNA processing. miCLIP (m6A …

Genome organization around nuclear speckles drives mRNA splicing efficiency

P Bhat, A Chow, B Emert, O Ettlin, SA Quinodoz… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The nucleus is highly organized, such that factors involved in the transcription and
processing of distinct classes of RNA are confined within specific nuclear bodies,. One …

LncRNA FLAIL affects alternative splicing and represses flowering in Arabidopsis

Y Jin, M Ivanov, AN Dittrich, ADL Nelson… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
How the noncoding genome affects cellular functions is a key biological question. A
particular challenge is to distinguish the effects of noncoding DNA elements from long …

Truncated Tau caused by intron retention is enriched in Alzheimer's disease cortex and exhibits altered biochemical properties

ZK Ngian, YY Tan, CT Choo, WQ Lin… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-β plaques and
Tau tangles in brain tissues. Recent studies indicate that aberrant splicing and increased …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR-Cas9 gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

CH Mbakam, G Lamothe, G Tremblay, JP Tremblay - Neurotherapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Discovery of the CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat,
CRISPR-associated) system a decade ago has opened new possibilities in the field of …