[HTML][HTML] The role of alternative splicing in cancer: From oncogenesis to drug resistance

R Sciarrillo, A Wojtuszkiewicz, YG Assaraf… - Drug Resistance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Alternative splicing is a tightly regulated process whereby non-coding sequences of pre-
mRNA are removed and protein-coding segments are assembled in diverse combinations …

RNA splicing factors as oncoproteins and tumour suppressors

H Dvinge, E Kim, O Abdel-Wahab… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
The recent genomic characterization of cancers has revealed recurrent somatic point
mutations and copy number changes affecting genes encoding RNA splicing factors. Initial …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacologic modulation of RNA splicing enhances anti-tumor immunity

SX Lu, E De Neef, JD Thomas, E Sabio, B Rousseau… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Although mutations in DNA are the best-studied source of neoantigens that determine
response to immune checkpoint blockade, alterations in RNA splicing within cancer cells …

A peptide encoded by circular form of LINC-PINT suppresses oncogenic transcriptional elongation in glioblastoma

M Zhang, K Zhao, X Xu, Y Yang, S Yan, P Wei… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a large class of transcripts in the mammalian genome.
Although the translation of circRNAs was reported, additional coding circRNAs and the …

Project DRIVE: a compendium of cancer dependencies and synthetic lethal relationships uncovered by large-scale, deep RNAi screening

ER McDonald, A De Weck, MR Schlabach, E Billy… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Elucidation of the mutational landscape of human cancer has progressed rapidly and been
accompanied by the development of therapeutics targeting mutant oncogenes. However, a …

Therapeutic targeting of splicing in cancer

SCW Lee, O Abdel-Wahab - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
Recent studies have highlighted that splicing patterns are frequently altered in cancer and
that mutations in genes encoding spliceosomal proteins, as well as mutations affecting the …

[HTML][HTML] SRSF2 mutations contribute to myelodysplasia by mutant-specific effects on exon recognition

E Kim, JO Ilagan, Y Liang, GM Daubner, SCW Lee… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
Mutations affecting spliceosomal proteins are the most common mutations in patients with
myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), but their role in MDS pathogenesis has not been …

Spliceosome-targeted therapies trigger an antiviral immune response in triple-negative breast cancer

EA Bowling, JH Wang, F Gong, W Wu, NJ Neill, IS Kim… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Many oncogenic insults deregulate RNA splicing, often leading to hypersensitivity of tumors
to spliceosome-targeted therapies (STTs). However, the mechanisms by which STTs …

MYC: connecting selective transcriptional control to global RNA production

TR Kress, A Sabò, B Amati - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Two opposing models have been proposed to describe the function of the MYC oncoprotein
in shaping cellular transcriptomes: one posits that MYC amplifies transcription at all active …

The spliceosome is a therapeutic vulnerability in MYC-driven cancer

TYT Hsu, LM Simon, NJ Neill, R Marcotte, A Sayad… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
MYC (also known as c-MYC) overexpression or hyperactivation is one of the most common
drivers of human cancer. Despite intensive study, the MYC oncogene remains recalcitrant to …