Transcriptome-Wide Analysis Reveals Modulation of Human Macrophage Inflammatory Phenotype Through Alternative Splicing
Author(s) -
Jennie Lin,
Yu Hu,
Sara Núñez,
Andrea S. Foulkes,
Benjamin Cieply,
Chenyi Xue,
Mark Gerelus,
Wenjun Li,
Hanrui Zhang,
Daniel J. Rader,
Kiran Musunuru,
Mingyao Li,
Muredach P. Reilly
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
arteriosclerosis thrombosis and vascular biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.007
H-Index - 270
eISSN - 1524-4636
pISSN - 1079-5642
DOI - 10.1161/atvbaha.116.307573
Subject(s) - biology , phenotype , transcriptome , alternative splicing , rna splicing , gene knockdown , macrophage , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , gene expression , rna , gene isoform , in vitro
Human macrophages can shift phenotype across the inflammatory M1 and reparative M2 spectrum in response to environmental challenges, but the mechanisms promoting inflammatory and cardiometabolic disease-associated M1 phenotypes remain incompletely understood. Alternative splicing (AS) is emerging as an important regulator of cellular function, yet its role in macrophage activation is largely unknown. We investigated the extent to which AS occurs in M1 activation within the cardiometabolic disease context and validated a functional genomic cell model for studying human macrophage-related AS events.
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