title: Control of alternative splicing in immune responses: many regulators, many predictions, much still to learn.
abstract: Most mammalian pre-mRNAs are alternatively spliced in a manner that alters the resulting open reading frame. Consequently, alternative pre-mRNA splicing provides an important RNA-based layer of protein regulation and cellular function. The ubiquitous nature of alternative splicing coupled with the advent of technologies that allow global interrogation of the transcriptome have led to an increasing awareness of the possibility that widespread changes in splicing patterns contribute to lymphocyte function during an immune response. Indeed, a few notable examples of alternative splicing have clearly been demonstrated to regulate T-cell responses to antigen. Moreover, several proteins key to the regulation of splicing in T cells have recently been identified. However, much remains to be done to truly identify the spectrum of genes that are regulated at the level of splicing in immune cells and to determine how many of these are controlled by currently known factors and pathways versus unknown mechanisms. Here, we describe the proteins, pathways, and mechanisms that have been shown to regulate alternative splicing in human T cells and discuss what is and is not known about the genes regulated by such factors. Finally, we highlight unifying themes with regards to the mechanisms and consequences of alternative splicing in the adaptive immune system and give our view of important directions for future studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6059, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: Kristen W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity / Q000235:genetics; D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000276:immunology*; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000639:trends; D008322:Mammals; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D059467:Transcriptome / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007155:Immunologic Factors; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins
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