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ArticleMolecular cancer2010

Identification of tumor-associated cassette exons in human cancer through EST-based computational prediction and experimental validation.

Alessio Valletti, Anna Anselmo, Marina Mangiulli, Ilenia Boria, Flavio Mignone, Giuseppe Merla, Vincenzo D'Angelo, Apollonia Tullo, Elisabetta Sbisà, Anna Maria D'Erchia and 1 more

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Article in Molecular cancer, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Alessio VallettiDipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare, University of Bari, Quagliariello, via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy.
Anna Anselmo
Marina Mangiulli
Ilenia Boria
Flavio Mignone
Giuseppe Merla
Vincenzo D'Angelo
Apollonia Tullo
Elisabetta Sbisà
Anna Maria D'Erchia
Graziano Pesole
University of Bari Aldo Moro · ITIstituto per le Tecnologie Didattiche · ITUniversity of Milan · ITCasa Sollievo della Sofferenza · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · IT

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Abstract

backgroundMany evidences report that alternative splicing, the mechanism which produces mRNAs and proteins with different structures and functions from the same gene, is altered in cancer cells. Thus, the identification and characterization of cancer-specific splice variants may give large impulse to the discovery of novel diagnostic and prognostic tumour biomarkers, as well as of new targets for more selective and effective therapies.

resultsWe present here a genome-wide analysis of the alternative splicing pattern of human genes through a computational analysis of normal and cancer-specific ESTs from seventeen anatomical groups, using data available in AspicDB, a database resource for the analysis of alternative splicing in human. By using a statistical methodology, normal and cancer-specific genes, splice sites and cassette exons were predicted in silico. The condition association of some of the novel normal/tumoral cassette exons was experimentally verified by RT-qPCR assays in the same anatomical system where they were predicted. Remarkably, the presence in vivo of the predicted alternative transcripts, specific for the nervous system, was confirmed in patients affected by glioblastoma.

conclusionThis study presents a novel computational methodology for the identification of tumor-associated transcript variants to be used as cancer molecular biomarkers, provides its experimental validation, and reports specific biomarkers for glioblastoma.

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Expressed Sequence TagsAlternative SplicingComputational BiologyGenome, HumanGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansNeoplasms

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