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Combining Engineered U1 snRNA and Antisense Oligonucleotides to Improve the Treatment of a BBS1 Splice Site Mutation

Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2019
Manipulation of pre-mRNA processing is a promising approach toward overcoming disease-causing mutations and treating human diseases. We show that a combined treatment applying two splice-manipulating technologies improves therapeutic efficacies to ...
Saskia Breuel, Mariann Vorm, Anja U. Bräuer, Marta Owczarek-Lipska, John Neidhardt   +4 more
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Molecular analysis of sarcomeric and non-sarcomeric genes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a common genetic heart disorder characterized by unexplained left ventricle hypertrophy associated with non-dilated ventricular chambers.
BOTTILLO, IRENE, CAPUTO, VIVIANA, Castori, M, D'ANGELANTONIO, DANIELA, De Bernardo, C, Giannarelli, D, GRAMMATICO, Paola, LIPARI, MARTINA, Majore, S, PAIARDINI, ALESSANDRO, PIZZUTI, Antonio, Re, F, Zachara, E   +12 more
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Sequence determinants of RNA G‐quadruplex unfolding by Arg‐rich regions

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We show that Arg‐rich peptides selectively unfold RNA G‐quadruplexes, but not RNA stem‐loops or DNA/RNA duplexes. This length‐dependent activity is inhibited by acidic residues and is conserved among SR and SR‐related proteins (SRSF1, SRSF3, SRSF9, U1‐70K, and U2AF1).
Naiduwadura Ivon Upekala De Silva, Puspa Kunwar, Md Ibnul Rifat Rahman, Joanna Koryo Kwao, Nathan Lehman, Zihan Zhang, Trenton Paul, Claire Cheng, Nicholas Truex, Hui‐Ting Lee, Jun Zhang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of SCN1A and PCDH19 mutations in Chinese children with Dravet syndrome. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: Dravet syndrome is a severe form of epilepsy. Majority of patients have a mutation in SCN1A gene, which encodes a voltage-gated sodium channel. A recent study has demonstrated that 16% of SCN1A-negative patients have a mutation in PCDH19, the
Anna Ka-Yee Kwong, Cheuk-Wing Fung, Siu-Yuen Chan, Virginia Chun-Nei Wong   +3 more
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Novel pathogenic COX20 variants causing dysarthria, ataxia, and sensory neuropathy. [PDF]

, 2019
COX20/FAM36A encodes a mitochondrial complex IV assembly factor important for COX2 activation. Only one homozygous COX20 missense mutation has been previously described in two separate consanguineous families.
Adams, David, Au, Margaret G, Bai, Renkui, Buckley, David J, Collier, Ashley, Cui, Hong, Diaz, Frank, Gahl, William, Graham, John M, Haude, Katrina, Kim, Jaemin, Lewis, Richard, Mathews, Katherine D, Millian Zamora, Francisca, Otero, Maria G, Panzer, Karin, Pierson, Tyler Mark, Tifft, Cynthia J, Tiongson, Emmanuelle, Toro, Camilo, Turner, Lesley   +20 more
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Dimerisation of HIV-2 genomic RNA is linked to efficient RNA packaging, normal particle maturation and viral infectivity. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: Retroviruses selectively encapsidate two copies of their genomic RNA, the Gag protein binding a specific RNA motif in the 5' UTR of the genome.
Andrew ML Lever (60785), Anne L'Hernault (60782), Jane S Greatorex (60783), R Anthony Crowther (60784)   +3 more
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Discovery of driver non-coding splice-site-creating mutations in cancer [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2020
AbstractNon-coding mutations can create splice sites, however the true extent of how such somatic non-coding mutations affect RNA splicing are largely unexplored. Here we use the MiSplice pipeline to analyze 783 cancer cases with WGS data and 9494 cases with WES data, discovering 562 non-coding mutations that lead to splicing alterations. Notably, most
Song Cao, Daniel Cui Zhou, Clara Oh, Reyka G. Jayasinghe, Yanyan Zhao, Christopher J. Yoon, Matthew A. Wyczalkowski, Matthew H. Bailey, Terrence Tsou, Qingsong Gao, Andrew Malone, Sheila Reynolds, Ilya Shmulevich, Michael C. Wendl, Feng Chen, Li Ding   +15 more
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Structural instability impairs function of the UDP‐xylose synthase 1 Ile181Asn variant associated with short‐stature genetic syndrome in humans

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li, Pedro A. Sánchez‐Murcia, Bernd Nidetzky   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The spectrum of phenotypes associated with mutations in steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1, NR5A1, Ad4BP) includes severe penoscrotal hypospadias in 46,XY males without adrenal insufficiency [PDF]

, 2009
OBJECTIVE. Hypospadias is a frequent congenital anomaly but in most cases an underlying cause is not found. Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1, NR5A1, Ad4BP) is a key regulator of human sex development and an increasing number of SF-1 (NR5A1) mutations are ...
Achermann, J.C., Akkurt, I., Biebermann, H., Cetindag, C., Grüters, A., Hiort, O., Köhler, B., Lin, L., Mazen, I., Rossi, R.   +9 more
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PICALM::MLLT10 translocated leukemia

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This comprehensive review of PICALM::MLLT10 translocated acute leukemia provides an in‐depth review of the structure and function of CALM, AF10, and the fusion oncoprotein (1). The multifaceted molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis, including nucleocytoplasmic shuttling (2), epigenetic modifications (3), and disruption of endocytosis (4), are then ...
John M. Cullen, Antonia C. Nakatsugawa, Natalie Barton, Henry Haines, Gary S. Stein, Janet L. Stein, Daniel S. Wechsler, Jessica L. Heath   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source