[HTML][HTML] Circles reshaping the RNA world: from waste to treasure

J Liu, T Liu, X Wang, A He - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
A new type of RNAs was identified from genes traditionally thought to express messenger or
linear ncRNA (noncoding RNA) only. They were subsequently named as circRNAs (circular …

Myotonic dystrophy

CA Thornton - Neurologic clinics, 2014 - neurologic.theclinics.com
A population-based screen to determine the genetic frequency of myotonic dystrophy (DM)
is technically feasible but has not yet been performed on a large scale. The most ambitious …

[HTML][HTML] Elimination of toxic microsatellite repeat expansion RNA by RNA-targeting Cas9

R Batra, DA Nelles, E Pirie, SM Blue, RJ Marina… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Microsatellite repeat expansions in DNA produce pathogenic RNA species that cause
dominantly inherited diseases such as myotonic dystrophy type 1 and 2 (DM1/2) …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of MBNL leads to disruption of developmentally regulated alternative polyadenylation in RNA-mediated disease

R Batra, K Charizanis, M Manchanda, A Mohan, M Li… - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Inhibition of muscleblind-like (MBNL) activity due to sequestration by microsatellite
expansion RNAs is a major pathogenic event in the RNA-mediated disease myotonic …

[HTML][HTML] Muscleblind-like 2-mediated alternative splicing in the developing brain and dysregulation in myotonic dystrophy

K Charizanis, KY Lee, R Batra, M Goodwin, C Zhang… - Neuron, 2012 - cell.com
The RNA-mediated disease model for myotonic dystrophy (DM) proposes that microsatellite
C (C) TG expansions express toxic RNAs that disrupt splicing regulation by altering MBNL1 …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of alternative splicing defects implicated in myotonic dystrophy type I

A López-Martínez, P Soblechero-Martín… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is the most common form of adult muscular dystrophy,
caused by expansion of a CTG triplet repeat in the 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR) of the …

MBNL proteins and their target RNAs, interaction and splicing regulation

P Konieczny, E Stepniak-Konieczna… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Muscleblind-like (MBNL) proteins are key regulators of precursor and mature mRNA
metabolism in mammals. Based on published and novel data, we explore models of tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Splicing misregulation of SCN5A contributes to cardiac-conduction delay and heart arrhythmia in myotonic dystrophy

F Freyermuth, F Rau, Y Kokunai, T Linke… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is caused by the expression of mutant RNAs containing expanded
CUG repeats that sequester muscleblind-like (MBNL) proteins, leading to alternative splicing …

Roles for RNA-binding proteins in development and disease

AE Brinegar, TA Cooper - Brain research, 2016 - Elsevier
RNA-binding protein activities are highly regulated through protein levels, intracellular
localization, and post-translation modifications. During development, mRNA processing of …

[HTML][HTML] RAN translation regulated by muscleblind proteins in myotonic dystrophy type 2

T Zu, JD Cleary, Y Liu, M Bañez-Coronel, JL Bubenik… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Several microsatellite-expansion diseases are characterized by the accumulation of RNA
foci and RAN proteins, raising the possibility of a mechanistic connection. We explored this …