Genes
Alternative RNA Splicing in Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms, Functional Consequences, Biomarkers and Therapeutic Opportunities
Alternative pre-mRNA splicing is a central layer of gene regulation that enables a limited number of genes to generate a far larger and more context-dependent transcriptome and proteome. In cancer, splicing is disrupted by mutations in cis-regulatory sequences, recurrent lesions in spliceosome components, altered abundance or activity of RNA-binding proteins, and changes in transcription, chromatin, RNA modification, metabolism and stress signalling. These alterations are not merely by-products of malignant transfo …