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An RBPMS-driven splicing regulatory axis including MBNL1, RBFOX2, and QK promotes smooth muscle cell contractile identity.
Nucleic acids research - 26 Nov 2025
Huang Yuling, Kollyfas Rafael, Partridge Ruth, Gooding Clare, Sinha Sanjay, Mohorianu Irina, Jacob Aishwarya, Smith Christopher W J
Abstract excerpt
Phenotype switching of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) between contractile and more proliferative and motile states is associated with cardiovascular disease and is underpinned by transcriptional and alternative splicing (AS) programs. We previously showed the RNA-binding protein (RBP) RNA Binding Protein with Multiple Splicing (RBPMS) to be a master regulator of AS in differentiated SMCs. Although changes in...
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- RNA-Binding Proteins
- RNA Splicing Factors
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle
- Humans
- Alternative Splicing
- Cell Movement
