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ReviewTrends in genetics : TIG2013

Alternative pre-mRNA splicing in neurons: growing up and extending its reach.

Sika Zheng, Douglas L Black

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Review in Trends in genetics : TIG, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
75citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The Implications of Alternative Splicing Regulation for Maximum Lifespan.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  8. PTBP1 and Cancer: From RNA Regulation to Therapeutic Potential.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025
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  11. PTBP1 as a potential regulator of disease.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2024
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sika ZhengDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1662, USA.
Douglas L Black
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

Alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in neural developmentK99MH096807 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ZHENG, SIKA · 2013 to 2014
$100k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIMH NIH HHS K99 MH096807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative pre-mRNA splicing determines the protein output of most neuronally expressed genes. Many examples have been described of protein function being modulated by coding changes in different mRNA isoforms. Several recent studies demonstrate that, through the coupling of splicing to other processes of mRNA metabolism, alternative splicing can also act as an on/off switch for gene expression. Other regulated splicing events may determine how an mRNA is utilized in its later cytoplasmic life by changing its localization or translation. These studies make clear that the multiple steps of post-transcriptional gene regulation are strongly linked. Together, these regulatory process play key roles in all aspects of the cell biology of neurons, from their initial differentiation, to their choice of connections, and finally to their function with mature circuits.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAnimalsCodon, NonsenseGene Expression RegulationNeuronsRNA, MessengerCodon, NonsenseRNA, Messengerintron retentionnonsense-mediated mRNA decaypost-transcriptional gene regulationRNA binding proteinsRNA localization

Identifiers

PMID23648015
PMCPMC3959871
OpenAlexW1968849815

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