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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Immunomodulatory Gene-Splicing Dysregulation in Tumorigenesis: Unmasking the Complexity.

Lorraine Tshegofatso Maebele, Thanyani Victor Mulaudzi, Madhavan Yasasve, Zodwa Dlamini, Botle Precious Damane

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Frontiers in immunology · 2026
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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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lorraine Tshegofatso MaebeleDepartment of Surgery, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0903-6045
Thanyani Victor MulaudziDepartment of Surgery, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4071-3905
Madhavan YasasveDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai 600116, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7029-3679
Zodwa DlaminiSAMRC Precision Oncology Research Unit (PORU), DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Precision Oncology and Cancer Prevention (POCP), Pan African Cancer Research Institute (PACRI), University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8012-3646
Botle Precious DamaneDepartment of Surgery, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-3060-5572
Steve Biko Hospital · ZASouth African Medical Research Council · ZASri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research · IN

Funding

National Research Foundation Grant Number 138139South African Medical Research Council Grant Number 23108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a global health concern with rising incidence, morbidity, and mortality. The interaction between the tumor and immune cells within the tumor microenvironment is facilitated by signaling pathways driven by immunomodulatory proteins. Alternative splicing regulates the production of multiple immunomodulatory proteins with diverse functionality from a single mRNA transcript. Splicing factors are pivotal in modulating alternative splicing processes but are also subject to regulation. The dysregulation of alternative splicing may result from splicing factor (SF) abnormal expression levels and mutations in the cis and trans-acting elements and small nuclear RNA (snRNA) molecules. Aberrant splicing may generate abnormal mRNA transcripts encoding isoforms with altered functions that contribute to tumorigenesis or cancer progression. This review uncovers the complexity of immunomodulatory genes splicing dysregulation in oncogenesis. Identifying specific immunomodulatory splicing isoforms that contribute to cancer could be utilized to improve current immunotherapeutic drugs or develop novel therapeutic interventions for cancer.

Indexed as

CarcinogenesisCell Transformation, NeoplasticAlternative SplicingGenetic EngineeringHumansRNA, MessengerTumor MicroenvironmentRNA, Messengeralternative splicingimmune checkpointsimmunomodulatory proteinsisoformssplicing factors

Identifiers

PMID37630236
PMCPMC10458946
OpenAlexW4385740578

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