EMT and stemness: flexible processes tuned by alternative splicing in development and cancer progression

D Pradella, C Naro, C Sette, C Ghigna - Molecular cancer, 2017 - Springer
Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is associated with metastasis formation as well
as with generation and maintenance of cancer stem cells. In this way, EMT contributes to …

Regulation of alternative splicing through coupling with transcription and chromatin structure

S Naftelberg, IE Schor, G Ast… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Alternative precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) splicing plays a pivotal role in the flow of
genetic information from DNA to proteins by expanding the coding capacity of genomes …

The circular RNA circBIRC6 participates in the molecular circuitry controlling human pluripotency

CY Yu, TC Li, YY Wu, CH Yeh, W Chiang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Accumulating evidence indicates that circular RNAs (circRNAs) are abundant in the human
transcriptome. However, their involvement in biological processes, including pluripotency …

m6A mRNA methylation facilitates resolution of naïve pluripotency toward differentiation

S Geula, S Moshitch-Moshkovitz, D Dominissini… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Naïve and primed pluripotent states retain distinct molecular properties, yet limited
knowledge exists on how their state transitions are regulated. Here, we identify Mettl3, an N …

Dynamic transcription of distinct classes of endogenous retroviral elements marks specific populations of early human embryonic cells

J Göke, X Lu, YS Chan, HH Ng, LH Ly, F Sachs… - Cell stem cell, 2015 - cell.com
About half of the human genome consists of highly repetitive elements, most of which are
considered dispensable for human life. Here, we report that repetitive elements originating …

Capturing the interactome of newly transcribed RNA

X Bao, X Guo, M Yin, M Tariq, Y Lai, S Kanwal, J Zhou… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
We combine the labeling of newly transcribed RNAs with 5-ethynyluridine with the
characterization of bound proteins. This approach, named capture of the newly transcribed …

Systematic mapping of nuclear domain-associated transcripts reveals speckles and lamina as hubs of functionally distinct retained introns

AR Barutcu, M Wu, U Braunschweig, BJA Dyakov… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
The nucleus is highly compartmentalized through the formation of distinct classes of
membraneless domains. However, the composition and function of many of these structures …

Multilayered control of alternative splicing regulatory networks by transcription factors

H Han, U Braunschweig, T Gonatopoulos-Pournatzis… - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
Networks of coordinated alternative splicing (AS) events play critical roles in development
and disease. However, a comprehensive knowledge of the factors that regulate these …

Deterministic restriction on pluripotent state dissolution by cell-cycle pathways

KAU Gonzales, H Liang, YS Lim, YS Chan, JC Yeo… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
During differentiation, human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) shut down the regulatory
network conferring pluripotency in a process we designated pluripotent state dissolution …

[HTML][HTML] The RNA helicase DDX6 controls cellular plasticity by modulating P-body homeostasis

B Di Stefano, EC Luo, C Haggerty, S Aigner, J Charlton… - Cell stem cell, 2019 - cell.com
Post-transcriptional mechanisms have the potential to influence complex changes in gene
expression, yet their role in cell fate transitions remains largely unexplored. Here, we show …