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ReviewMolecular and cellular neurosciences2018

Neuron-specific alternative splicing of transcriptional machineries: Implications for neurodevelopmental disorders.

Robert S Porter, Farris Jaamour, Shigeki Iwase

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Review in Molecular and cellular neurosciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert S PorterDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Farris JaamourThe University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Shigeki IwaseDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: siwase@umich.edu.
University of Michigan · US

Funding

MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCIENTIST TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM007863 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI COLLINS, KATHLEEN L. · 1985 to 2024
$38.3M
Career Training in Reproductive BiologyT32HD079342 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Suzanne M MOENTER · 2014 to 2026
$2.3M
Neutralizing epigenomes in neurodevelopment disordersR01NS089896 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI IWASE, SHIGEKI · 2015 to 2019
$2.1M
Exploring the Roles of Neuron-Specific Histone Methylation DynamicsF31NS103377 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI PORTER, ROBERT SCOTT · 2017 to 2018
$72k
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD079342NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007863NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS103377NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089896
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain has long been known to display the most complex pattern of alternative splicing, thereby producing diverse protein isoforms compared to other tissues. Recent evidence indicates that many alternative exons are neuron-specific, evolutionarily conserved, and found in regulators of transcription including DNA-binding protein and histone modifying enzymes. This raises a possibility that neurons adopt unique mechanisms of transcription. Given that transcriptional machineries are frequently mutated in neurodevelopmental disorders with cognitive dysfunction, it is important to understand how neuron-specific alternative splicing contributes to proper transcriptional regulation in the brain. In this review, we summarize current knowledge regarding how neuron-specific splicing events alter the function of transcriptional regulators and shape unique gene expression patterns in the brain and the implications of neuronal splicing to the pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingAnimalsBrainGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansNeurodevelopmental DisordersNeuronsProtein IsoformsProtein IsoformsAlternative splicingChromatinMicroexonsNeurodevelopmental disordersNeuronal isoformsTranscription factors

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PMID29254826
PMCPMC5828955
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