Alternative splicing as a regulator of development and tissue identity

FE Baralle, J Giudice - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
Alternative splicing of eukaryotic transcripts is a mechanism that enables cells to generate
vast protein diversity from a limited number of genes. The mechanisms and outcomes of …

Context-dependent control of alternative splicing by RNA-binding proteins

XD Fu, M Ares Jr - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2014 - nature.com
Sequence-specific RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) bind to pre-mRNA to control alternative
splicing, but it is not yet possible to read the'splicing code'that dictates splicing regulation on …

Single-cell long-read sequencing-based map** reveals specialized splicing patterns in develo** and adult mouse and human brain

A Joglekar, W Hu, B Zhang, O Narykov… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
RNA isoforms influence cell identity and function. However, a comprehensive brain isoform
map was lacking. We analyze single-cell RNA isoforms across brain regions, cell subtypes …

Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

J Grove, S Ripke, TD Als, M Mattheisen, RK Walters… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly heritable and heterogeneous group of
neurodevelopmental phenotypes diagnosed in more than 1% of children. Common genetic …

A new view of transcriptome complexity and regulation through the lens of local splicing variations

J Vaquero-Garcia, A Barrera, MR Gazzara… - elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
Alternative splicing (AS) can critically affect gene function and disease, yet map** splicing
variations remains a challenge. Here, we propose a new approach to define and quantify …

Microglia development and function

D Nayak, TL Roth, DB McGavern - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Proper development and function of the mammalian central nervous system (CNS) depend
critically on the activity of parenchymal sentinels referred to as microglia. Although microglia …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative splicing in the mammalian nervous system: recent insights into mechanisms and functional roles

B Raj, BJ Blencowe - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
High-throughput transcriptomic profiling approaches have revealed that alternative splicing
(AS) of precursor mRNAs, a fundamental process by which cells expand their transcriptomic …

Stress-induced perinatal and transgenerational epigenetic programming of brain development and mental health

O Babenko, I Kovalchuk, GAS Metz - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2015 - Elsevier
Research efforts during the past decades have provided intriguing evidence suggesting that
stressful experiences during pregnancy exert long-term consequences on the future mental …

Intron retention as a component of regulated gene expression programs

AG Jacob, CWJ Smith - Human genetics, 2017 - Springer
Intron retention has long been an exemplar of regulated splicing with case studies of
individual events serving as models that provided key mechanistic insights into the process …

[HTML][HTML] MicroRNAs in neuroinflammation: implications in disease pathogenesis, biomarker discovery and therapeutic applications

JA Slota, SA Booth - Non-coding RNA, 2019 - mdpi.com
The central nervous system can respond to threat via the induction of an inflammatory
response. Under normal circumstances this response is tightly controlled, however …