Alternative Splicing of LncRNAs in Human Diseases

Overview

Journal Am J Cancer Res

Specialty Oncology

Date 2021 Apr 1

PMID 33791145

Citations 16

Authors

Jiaxi Chen

Yawen Liu

Jingyu Min

Huizhi Wang

Feifan Li

Chunhui Xu

Aihua Gong

Min Xu

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Abstract

Alternative splicing (AS), a vital post-transcription process for eukaryote gene expression regulating, can efficiently improve gene utilization and increase the variety of RNA transcripts and proteins. However, AS of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) has not been paid enough attention to compared with that of protein-coding RNAs (mRNAs) for a long time. In fact, AS of ncRNAs, especially long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), also plays a significant regulatory role in the human disease. Recently, some bifunctional genes transcribed into both mRNA and lncRNA transcripts by AS have been observed. Here, we focus on the AS of lncRNAs and bifunctional genes producing lncRNA transcripts and propose a strategy for the future research of lncRNA AS.

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