2024
Splicing the Difference: Harnessing the complexity of the transcriptome in hematopoiesis
Maul-Newby H, Halene S. Splicing the Difference: Harnessing the complexity of the transcriptome in hematopoiesis. Experimental Hematology 2024, 104655. PMID: 39393608, DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2024.104655.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlternative splicingAlternative splicing eventsStem cell maintenanceSplicing factor mutationsHematopoietic stem cell maintenanceExpression of beta-globinField of stem cell researchSplicing eventsSplicing factorsFunctional blood cellsAberrant splicingStudy of hematopoiesisComplex regulationCell maintenanceSplicingCellular differentiationBeta-globinMyelodysplastic syndromeMyeloid malignanciesHematologic malignanciesStem cell researchCell sortingMutationsTranscriptomeAberrant expression
2022
The Coming of Age of Preclinical Models of MDS
Liu W, Teodorescu P, Halene S, Ghiaur G. The Coming of Age of Preclinical Models of MDS. Frontiers In Oncology 2022, 12: 815037. PMID: 35372085, PMCID: PMC8966105, DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.815037.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsTranscription factorsEpigenetic modifiersComplex molecular landscapeXenograft modelHematopoietic cellsDeletions/additionsMolecular landscapeRecurrent mutationsCell linesGenetic abnormalitiesMDS cellsXenograft murine modelChromosomal abnormalitiesCellsIneffective hematopoiesisTransgenicHematopoiesisMutationsPreclinical modelsWide spectrumMurine modelHeterogeneous groupLandscapeComing of age
2020
Single-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