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Precision analysis of mutant U2AF1 activity reveals deployment of stress granules in myeloid malignancies
Biancon G, Joshi P, Zimmer JT, Hunck T, Gao Y, Lessard MD, Courchaine E, Barentine AES, Machyna M, Botti V, Qin A, Gbyli R, Patel A, Song Y, Kiefer L, Viero G, Neuenkirchen N, Lin H, Bewersdorf J, Simon MD, Neugebauer KM, Tebaldi T, Halene S. Precision analysis of mutant U2AF1 activity reveals deployment of stress granules in myeloid malignancies. Molecular Cell 2022, 82: 1107-1122.e7. PMID: 35303483, PMCID: PMC8988922, DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.02.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHow do messenger RNA splicing alterations drive myelodysplasia?
Joshi P, Halene S, Abdel-Wahab O. How do messenger RNA splicing alterations drive myelodysplasia? Blood 2017, 129: 2465-2470. PMID: 28348147, PMCID: PMC5418633, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-02-692715.Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2022
Pre-mRNA splicing factor U2AF2 recognizes distinct conformations of nucleotide variants at the center of the pre-mRNA splice site signal
Glasser E, Maji D, Biancon G, Puthenpeedikakkal AMK, Cavender CE, Tebaldi T, Jenkins JL, Mathews DH, Halene S, Kielkopf CL. Pre-mRNA splicing factor U2AF2 recognizes distinct conformations of nucleotide variants at the center of the pre-mRNA splice site signal. Nucleic Acids Research 2022, 50: 5299-5312. PMID: 35524551, PMCID: PMC9128377, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac287.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Editorial: Do not lose focus on myeloid biology in the era of COVID-19.
Halene S, Prebet T. Editorial: Do not lose focus on myeloid biology in the era of COVID-19. Current Opinion In Hematology 2020, 28: 71-72. PMID: 33394725, DOI: 10.1097/moh.0000000000000635.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersSingle-cell genomics reveals the genetic and molecular bases for escape from mutational epistasis in myeloid neoplasms
Taylor J, Mi X, North K, Binder M, Penson A, Lasho T, Knorr K, Haddadin M, Liu B, Pangallo J, Benbarche S, Wiseman D, Tefferi A, Halene S, Liang Y, Patnaik MM, Bradley RK, Abdel-Wahab O. Single-cell genomics reveals the genetic and molecular bases for escape from mutational epistasis in myeloid neoplasms. Blood 2020, 136: 1477-1486. PMID: 32640014, PMCID: PMC7515689, DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020006868.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHematologic malignanciesMyeloid neoplasmsFactor mutationsSplicing factor mutationsRare amino acid substitutionsCommon allelesMyeloid malignanciesPatientsU2AF1 mutationsCommon alterationsMalignancyHigh-frequency mutationsNeoplasmsMolecular effectsSame individual cellsWild-type alleleK700E mutationDistribution of mutationsAmino acid substitutionsMutationsDouble mutationAllele-specific differencesAlleles
2018
SRSF2 mutations drive oncogenesis by activating a global program of aberrant alternative splicing in hematopoietic cells
Liang Y, Tebaldi T, Rejeski K, Joshi P, Stefani G, Taylor A, Song Y, Vasic R, Maziarz J, Balasubramanian K, Ardasheva A, Ding A, Quattrone A, Halene S. SRSF2 mutations drive oncogenesis by activating a global program of aberrant alternative splicing in hematopoietic cells. Leukemia 2018, 32: 2659-2671. PMID: 29858584, PMCID: PMC6274620, DOI: 10.1038/s41375-018-0152-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSplicing factorsRNA processingAlternative splicingGene productsSplicing factor SRSF2Gene regulatory eventsAberrant alternative splicingSplice alterationsRecurrent mutationsSplicing proteinsHITS-CLIPSR familyMRNA splicingSplicing genesHematopoietic differentiationRegulatory eventsImpairs hematopoietic differentiationMolecular explanationWidespread modificationSplicingHematopoietic cellsMutationsBinding eventsOncogenesisProtein
2015
SRSF2 Mutations Contribute to Myelodysplasia by Mutant-Specific Effects on Exon Recognition
Kim E, Ilagan JO, Liang Y, Daubner GM, Lee S, Ramakrishnan A, Li Y, Chung YR, Micol JB, Murphy ME, Cho H, Kim MK, Zebari AS, Aumann S, Park CY, Buonamici S, Smith PG, Deeg HJ, Lobry C, Aifantis I, Modis Y, Allain F, Halene S, Bradley RK, Abdel-Wahab O. SRSF2 Mutations Contribute to Myelodysplasia by Mutant-Specific Effects on Exon Recognition. Cancer Cell 2015, 27: 617-630. PMID: 25965569, PMCID: PMC4429920, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2015.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original Research