TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of splicing factors in deregulation of alternative splicing during oncogenesis and tumor progression
AU - Shilo, Asaf
AU - Siegfried, Zahava
AU - Karni, Rotem
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2015/1/2
Y1 - 2015/1/2
N2 - In past decades, cancer research has focused on genetic alterations that are detected in malignant tissues and contribute to the initiation and progression of cancer. These changes include mutations, copy number variations, and translocations. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that epigenetic changes, including alternative splicing, play a major role in cancer development and progression. There are relatively few studies on the contribution of alternative splicing and the splicing factors that regulate this process to cancer development and progression. Recently, multiple studies have revealed altered splicing patterns in cancers and several splicing factors were found to contribute to tumor development. Studies using high-throughput genomic analysis have identified mutations in components of the core splicing machinery and in splicing factors in several cancers. In this review, we will highlight new findings on the role of alternative splicing and its regulators in cancer initiation and progression, in addition to novel approaches to correct oncogenic splicing.
AB - In past decades, cancer research has focused on genetic alterations that are detected in malignant tissues and contribute to the initiation and progression of cancer. These changes include mutations, copy number variations, and translocations. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that epigenetic changes, including alternative splicing, play a major role in cancer development and progression. There are relatively few studies on the contribution of alternative splicing and the splicing factors that regulate this process to cancer development and progression. Recently, multiple studies have revealed altered splicing patterns in cancers and several splicing factors were found to contribute to tumor development. Studies using high-throughput genomic analysis have identified mutations in components of the core splicing machinery and in splicing factors in several cancers. In this review, we will highlight new findings on the role of alternative splicing and its regulators in cancer initiation and progression, in addition to novel approaches to correct oncogenic splicing.
KW - SR proteins
KW - alternative splicing
KW - cancer
KW - hnRNPs
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U2 - 10.4161/23723548.2014.970955
DO - 10.4161/23723548.2014.970955
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AN - SCOPUS:84978834221
SN - 2372-3556
VL - 2
JO - Molecular and Cellular Oncology
JF - Molecular and Cellular Oncology
IS - 1
M1 - e970955
ER -