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ReviewCell & bioscience2021

Regulatory roles and mechanisms of alternative RNA splicing in adipogenesis and human metabolic health.

Yunqi Chao, Yonghui Jiang, Mianling Zhong, Kaiyan Wei, Chenxi Hu, Yifang Qin, Yiming Zuo, Lili Yang, Zheng Shen, Chaochun Zou

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Review in Cell & bioscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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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

33 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Influence of theAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  5. Alternative Splicing Regulation in Metabolic Disorders.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yunqi ChaoDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China.
Yonghui JiangDepartment of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
Mianling ZhongDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China.
Kaiyan WeiDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China.
Chenxi HuDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China.
Yifang QinDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China.
Yiming ZuoDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China.
Lili YangDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China.
Zheng ShenDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China.
Chaochun ZouDepartment of Endocrinology, The Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310052, Zhejiang, China. zcc14@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-3636

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81371215National Natural Science Foundation of China 81670786The Key R & D Projects of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Science and Technology 2021 C03094Zhejiang Medical and Health Scientific Research Fund 2016 KYA127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative splicing (AS) regulates gene expression patterns at the post-transcriptional level and generates a striking expansion of coding capacities of genomes and cellular protein diversity. RNA splicing could undergo modulation and close interaction with genetic and epigenetic machinery. Notably, during the adipogenesis processes of white, brown and beige adipocytes, AS tightly interplays with the differentiation gene program networks. Here, we integrate the available findings on specific splicing events and distinct functions of different splicing regulators as examples to highlight the directive biological contribution of AS mechanism in adipogenesis and adipocyte biology. Furthermore, accumulating evidence has suggested that mutations and/or altered expression in splicing regulators and aberrant splicing alterations in the obesity-associated genes are often linked to humans' diet-induced obesity and metabolic dysregulation phenotypes. Therefore, significant attempts have been finally made to overview novel detailed discussion on the prospects of splicing machinery with obesity and metabolic disorders to supply featured potential management mechanisms in clinical applicability for obesity treatment strategies.

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AdipogenesisAlternative splicingMetabolic disordersObesitySplicing factor

Identifiers

PMID33795017
PMCPMC8017860

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