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SynthesisJournal of cancer research and clinical oncology2023

Decoding the role of aberrant RNA alternative splicing in hepatocellular carcinoma: a comprehensive review.

Mengfei Sheng, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yaoyun Wang, Weiyi Liu, Xingyu Wang, Tiaoying Ke, Pingyang Liu, Sihan Wang, Wei Shao

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Synthesis in Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mengfei ShengSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Yuanyuan ZhangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Yaoyun WangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Weiyi LiuSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Xingyu WangSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Tiaoying KeSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Pingyang LiuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Sihan WangDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China.
Wei ShaoSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. ShaoWei@ahmu.edu.cn.
Anhui Medical University · CNBengbu Medical College · CNUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation 2008085QH371National Natural Science Foundation of China 82071770Research and practical innovation projects of AHMU YJS20230039Research Level Improvement Project of Anhui Medical University 2021xkjT001Scientific Research of BSKY in Anhui Medical University XJ201601
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During eukaryotic gene expression, alternative splicing of messenger RNA precursors is critical in increasing protein diversity and regulatory complexity. Multiple transcript isoforms could be produced by alternative splicing from a single gene; they could eventually be translated into protein isoforms with deleted, added, or altered domains or produce transcripts containing premature termination codons that could be targeted by nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Alternative splicing can generate proteins with similar, different, or even opposite functions. Increasingly strong evidence indicates that abnormal RNA splicing is a prevalent and crucial occurrence in cellular differentiation, tissue advancement, and the development and progression of cancer. Aberrant alternative splicing could affect cancer cell activities such as growth, apoptosis, invasiveness, drug resistance, angiogenesis, and metabolism. This systematic review provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of abnormal RNA alternative splicing on the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsAlternative SplicingHumansProtein IsoformsRNARNA, MessengerRNA SplicingProtein IsoformsRNARNA, MessengerAberrant splicingCis-elementHepatocellular carcinomahnRNPsSR proteins

Identifiers

PMID37898981
PMCPMC11797445
OpenAlexW4388011221

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