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ReviewRNA biology2023

Regulation and function of alternative polyadenylation in development and differentiation.

Lorenzo Gallicchio, Gonzalo H Olivares, Cameron W Berry, Margaret T Fuller

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Review in RNA biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. The Role of mRNA Alternative Processing in Mammalian Neurodevelopment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lorenzo GallicchioDepartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5040-0139
Gonzalo H OlivaresEscuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Center for Integrative Biology (CIB), Universidad Mayor, Chile and Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Cameron W BerryStowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA.
Margaret T FullerDepartment of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA.
Stanford University · USStowers Institute for Medical Research · USUniversidad Mayor · CL

Funding

Regulation of proliferation and differentiation in the male germ line adult stem cell lineageR35GM136433 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MARGARET T FULLER · 2020 to 2026
$5.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136433
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative processing of nascent mRNAs is widespread in eukaryotic organisms and greatly impacts the output of gene expression. Specifically, alternative cleavage and polyadenylation (APA) is a co-transcriptional molecular process that switches the polyadenylation site (PAS) at which a nascent mRNA is cleaved, resulting in mRNA isoforms with different 3'UTR length and content. APA can potentially affect mRNA translation efficiency, localization, stability, and mRNA seeded protein-protein interactions. APA naturally occurs during development and cellular differentiation, with around 70% of human genes displaying APA in particular tissues and cell types. For example, neurons tend to express mRNAs with long 3'UTRs due to preferential processing at PASs more distal than other PASs used in other cell types. In addition, changes in APA mark a variety of pathological states, including many types of cancer, in which mRNAs are preferentially cleaved at more proximal PASs, causing expression of mRNA isoforms with short 3'UTRs. Although APA has been widely reported, both the function of APA in development and the mechanisms that regulate the choice of 3'end cut sites in normal and pathogenic conditions are still poorly understood. In this review, we summarize current understanding of how APA is regulated during development and cellular differentiation and how the resulting change in 3'UTR content affects multiple aspects of gene expression. With APA being a widespread phenomenon, the advent of cutting-edge scientific techniques and the pressing need for

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Gene Expression RegulationPolyadenylation3' Untranslated RegionsCell DifferentiationHumansRNA IsoformsRNA, Messenger3' Untranslated RegionsRNA IsoformsRNA, MessengerAlternative polyadenylationdevelopmentdifferentiationRNA processingtranslation

Identifiers

PMID37906624
PMCPMC10730144
OpenAlexW4388041545

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