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ReviewBioscience reports2012

Alternative splicing of the neurofibromatosis type I pre-mRNA.

Victoria A Barron, Hua Lou

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Review in Bioscience reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Neurofibromin Encoded by theInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. T-Cell Intracellular Antigen 1-Like Protein in Physiology and Pathology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  8. Case Report: A Synonymous Mutation inFrontiers in genetics · 2021
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  12. Characterization of early communicative behavior in mouse models of neurofibromatosis type 1.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2018
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  14. Immortalization of human normal and NF1 neurofibroma Schwann cells.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2016
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  16. Structure-guided U2AF65 variant improves recognition and splicing of a defective pre-mRNA.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2014
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Victoria A BarronDepartment of Genetics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Hua Lou

Funding

Hu proteins as novel splicing regulators in neuronsR01NS049103 · NINDS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI LOU, HUA · 2004 to 2013
$2.3M
Hu proteins as novel splicing regulators in neuronsR56NS049103 · NINDS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI LOU, HUA · 2009 to 2009
$353k
NICHD NIH HHS T32HD00710432NINDS NIH HHS NS-049103NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS049103NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS049103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NF1 (neurofibromatosis type I) is a common genetic disease that affects one in 3500 individuals. The disease is completely penetrant but shows variable phenotypic expression in patients. NF1 is a large gene, and its pre-mRNA undergoes alternative splicing. The NF1 protein, neurofibromin, is involved in diverse signalling cascades. One of the best characterized functions of NF1 is its function as a Ras-GAP (GTPase-activating protein). NF1 exon 23a is an alternative exon that lies within the GAP-related domain of neurofibromin. This exon is predominantly included in most tissues, and it is skipped in CNS (central nervous system) neurons. The isoform in which exon 23a is skipped has 10 times higher Ras-GAP activity than the isoform in which exon 23a is included. Exon 23a inclusion is tightly regulated by at least three different families of RNA-binding proteins: CELF {CUG-BP (cytosine-uridine-guanine-binding protein) and ETR-3 [ELAV (embryonic lethal abnormal vision)-type RNA-binding protein]-like factor}, Hu and TIA-1 (T-cell intracellular antigen 1)/TIAR (T-cell intracellular antigen 1-related protein). The CELF and Hu proteins promote exon 23a skipping, while the TIA-1/TIAR proteins promote its inclusion. The widespread clinical variability that is observed among NF1 patients cannot be explained by NF1 mutations alone and it is believed that modifier genes may have a role in the variability. We suggest that the regulation of alternative splicing may act as a modifier to contribute to the variable expression in NF1 patients.

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Alternative SplicingGenes, Neurofibromatosis 1AnimalsHumansNeurofibromatosis 1Neurofibromin 1PhenotypeRNA PrecursorsNeurofibromin 1RNA Precursors

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PMID22115364
PMCPMC3726530

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