Hallmarks of alternative splicing in cancer

S Oltean, DO Bates - Oncogene, 2014 - nature.com
The immense majority of genes are alternatively spliced and there are many isoforms
specifically associated with cancer progression and metastasis. The splicing pattern of …

Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases as therapeutic targets

NH Kwon, PL Fox, S Kim - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) are essential enzymes for protein synthesis with
evolutionarily conserved enzymatic mechanisms. Despite their similarity across organisms …

Synthesis and functionalization of hyperbranched polymers for targeted drug delivery

A Kavand, N Anton, T Vandamme, CA Serra… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hyperbranched polymers (HBPs) have found use in a wide range of applications, such as
optical, electronic and magnetic materials, coatings, additives, supramolecular chemistry …

Alternative splicing as a target for cancer treatment

N Martinez-Montiel, NH Rosas-Murrieta… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Alternative splicing is a key mechanism determinant for gene expression in metazoan.
During alternative splicing, non-coding sequences are removed to generate different mature …

Alternative splicing: the pledge, the turn, and the prestige: the key role of alternative splicing in human biological systems

LM Gallego-Paez, MC Bordone, AC Leote… - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
Alternative pre-mRNA splicing is a tightly controlled process conducted by the spliceosome,
with the assistance of several regulators, resulting in the expression of different transcript …

Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing

DO Bates, JC Morris, S Oltean, LF Donaldson… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
More than 95% of genes in the human genome are alternatively spliced to form multiple
transcripts, often encoding proteins with differing or opposing function. The control of …

Secreted Threonyl-tRNA synthetase stimulates endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis

TF Williams, AC Mirando, B Wilkinson, CS Francklyn… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases classically regulate protein synthesis but some also engage in
alternative signaling functions related to immune responses and angiogenesis. Threonyl …

[HTML][HTML] Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in WBP4, encoding a spliceosome protein, result in a variable neurodevelopmental syndrome

E Engal, KT Oja, R Maroofian, O Geminder… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Over two dozen spliceosome proteins are involved in human diseases, also referred to as
spliceosomopathies. WW domain-binding protein 4 (WBP4) is part of the early spliceosomal …

Analogs of natural aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitors clear malaria in vivo

EM Novoa, N Camacho, A Tor… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Malaria remains a major global health problem. Emerging resistance to existing antimalarial
drugs drives the search for new antimalarials, and protein translation is a promising pathway …

Detection of VEGF-Axxxb Isoforms in Human Tissues

DO Bates, A Mavrou, Y Qiu, JG Carter… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-A (VEGF-A) can be generated as multiple isoforms by
alternative splicing. Two families of isoforms have been described in humans, pro …