Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Quaking promotes monocyte differentiation into pro-atherogenic macrophages by controlling pre-mRNA splicing and gene expression

  • Ruben G. de Bruin,
  • Lily Shiue,
  • Jurriën Prins,
  • Hetty C. de Boer,
  • Anjana Singh,
  • W. Samuel Fagg,
  • Janine M. van Gils,
  • Jacques M. G. J. Duijs,
  • Sol Katzman,
  • Adriaan O. Kraaijeveld,
  • Stefan Böhringer,
  • Wai Y. Leung,
  • Szymon M. Kielbasa,
  • John P. Donahue,
  • Patrick H.J. van der Zande,
  • Rick Sijbom,
  • Carla M. A. van Alem,
  • Ilze Bot,
  • Cees van Kooten,
  • J. Wouter Jukema,
  • Hilde Van Esch,
  • Ton J. Rabelink,
  • Hilal Kazan,
  • Erik A. L. Biessen,
  • Manuel Ares Jr.,
  • Anton Jan van Zonneveld,
  • Eric P. van der Veer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10846
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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Post-transcriptional control of RNA is important in health and disease. Here, the authors show that the RNA-binding protein Quaking guides pre-mRNA splicing and transcript abundance during monocyte to macrophage differentiation, and that Quaking depletion impairs pro-atherogenic foam cell formation.