Alternative Polyadenylation: a new frontier in post transcriptional regulation

F Ren, N Zhang, L Zhang, E Miller, JJ Pu - Biomarker Research, 2020 - Springer
Polyadenylation of pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) specific sites and termination of their
downstream transcriptions are signaled by unique sequence motif structures such as …

Alternative polyadenylation regulation in cardiac development and cardiovascular disease

J Cao, MN Kuyumcu-Martinez - Cardiovascular Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Cleavage and polyadenylation of pre-mRNAs is a necessary step for gene expression and
function. Majority of human genes exhibit multiple polyadenylation sites, which can be …

CPSF6 regulates alternative polyadenylation and proliferation of cancer cells through phase separation

S Liu, R Wu, L Chen, K Deng, X Ou, X Lu, M Li, C Liu… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Cancer cells usually exhibit shortened 3′ untranslated regions (UTRs) due to alternative
polyadenylation (APA) to promote cell proliferation and migration. Upregulated CPSF6 leads …

Alternative polyadenylation drives oncogenic gene expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

S Venkat, AA Tisdale, JR Schwarz… - Genome …, 2020 - genome.cshlp.org
Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is a gene regulatory process that dictates mRNA 3′-UTR
length, resulting in changes in mRNA stability and localization. APA is frequently disrupted …

Transcription factor networks in cellular quiescence

M Mitra, SL Batista, HA Coller - Nature Cell Biology, 2025 - nature.com
Many of the cells in mammalian tissues are in a reversible quiescent state; they are not
dividing, but retain the ability to proliferate in response to extracellular signals. Quiescence …

On the cutting edge: regulation and therapeutic potential of the mRNA 3′ end nuclease

H Liu, CL Moore - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Cleavage of nascent transcripts is a fundamental process for eukaryotic mRNA maturation
and for the production of different mRNA isoforms. In eukaryotes, cleavage of mRNA …

Targeting the mRNA endonuclease CPSF73 inhibits breast cancer cell migration, invasion, and self-renewal

H Liu, D Heller-Trulli, CL Moore - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Cleavage by the endonuclease CPSF73 and polyadenylation of nascent RNA is an
essential step in co-transcriptional mRNA maturation. Recent work has surprisingly …

[HTML][HTML] Fateful Decisions of Where to Cut the Line: Pathology Associated with Aberrant 3′ End Processing and Transcription Termination

P Grzechnik, HE Mischo - Journal of molecular biology, 2025 - Elsevier
Aberrant gene expression lies at the heart of many pathologies. This review will point out
how 3′ end processing, the final mRNA-maturation step in the transcription cycle, is …

Involved microRNAs in alternative polyadenylation intervene in breast cancer via regulation of cleavage factor “CFIm25

M Tamaddon, G Shokri, SMA Hosseini Rad, I Rad… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Cleavage factor “CFIm25”, as a key repressor at proximal poly (A) site, negatively
correlates to cell proliferation and tumorigenicity in various cancers. Hence, understanding …

HES1 promoter activation dynamics reveal the plasticity, stemness and heterogeneity in neuroblastoma cancer stem cells

PA Riya, B Basu, S Surya, S Parvathy… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Notch signaling and its downstream gene target HES1 play a critical role in regulating and
maintaining cancer stem cells (CSCs), similar to as they do during embryonic development …