Regulation of pre-mRNA splicing: roles in physiology and disease, and therapeutic prospects

ME Rogalska, C Vivori, J Valcárcel - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
The removal of introns from mRNA precursors and its regulation by alternative splicing are
key for eukaryotic gene expression and cellular function, as evidenced by the numerous …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative splicing regulatory networks: functions, mechanisms, and evolution

J Ule, BJ Blencowe - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
High-throughput sequencing-based methods and their applications in the study of
transcriptomes have revolutionized our understanding of alternative splicing. Networks of …

How introns enhance gene expression

O Shaul - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2017 - Elsevier
In many eukaryotes, including mammals, plants, yeast, and insects, introns can increase
gene expression without functioning as a binding site for transcription factors. This …

A day in the life of the spliceosome

AG Matera, Z Wang - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
One of the most amazing findings in molecular biology was the discovery that eukaryotic
genes are discontinuous, with coding DNA being interrupted by stretches of non-coding …

Efficient backsplicing produces translatable circular mRNAs

Y Wang, Z Wang - Rna, 2015 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
While the human transcriptome contains a large number of circular RNAs (circRNAs), the
functions of most circRNAs remain unclear. Sequence annotation suggests that most …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative splicing landscapes in Arabidopsis thaliana across tissues and stress conditions highlight major functional differences with animals

G Martín, Y Márquez, F Mantica, P Duque, M Irimia - Genome biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Alternative splicing (AS) is a widespread regulatory mechanism in multicellular
organisms. Numerous transcriptomic and single-gene studies in plants have investigated AS …

[HTML][HTML] Circular RNA is expressed across the eukaryotic tree of life

PL Wang, Y Bao, MC Yee, SP Barrett, GJ Hogan… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
An unexpectedly large fraction of genes in metazoans (human, mouse, zebrafish, worm, fruit
fly) express high levels of circularized RNAs containing canonical exons. Here we report that …

Nanomedicine-based approaches for mRNA delivery

S Uchida, F Perche, C Pichon… - Molecular …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Messenger RNA (mRNA) has immense potential for developing a wide range of therapies,
including immunotherapy and protein replacement. As mRNA presents no risk of integration …

Lessons from non-canonical splicing

CR Sibley, L Blazquez, J Ule - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2016 - nature.com
Recent improvements in experimental and computational techniques that are used to study
the transcriptome have enabled an unprecedented view of RNA processing, revealing many …

[HTML][HTML] Tumor-suppressive circRHOBTB3 is excreted out of cells via exosome to sustain colorectal cancer cell fitness

C Chen, H Yu, F Han, X Lai, K Ye, S Lei, M Mai, M Lai… - Molecular Cancer, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background & Aims To clarify the biological roles, circularization process and
secretion pathway of circRHOBTB3 in colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. Methods We …