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Exome sequencing identifies recurrent somatic mutations in EIF1AX and SF3B1 in uveal melanoma with disomy 3.

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Using exome sequencing, recurrent somatic mutations in EIF1AX and SF3B1 are identified occurring in uveal melanomas with disomy 3, which rarely metastasize and are associated with poor prognosis.
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Michael Zeschnigk and colleagues identify recurrent somatic mutations of EIF1AX and SF3B1 in uveal melanomas with disomy 3. The EIF1AX mutations specifically alter the N-terminal tail of the protein and were found exclusively in tumors lacking SF3B1 mutations.

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Integrative Analysis Identifies Four Molecular and Clinical Subsets in Uveal Melanoma

A. Gordon Robertson, +173 more
- 14 Aug 2017 - 
TL;DR: Within D3-UM, EIF1AX- and SRSF2/SF3B1-mutant tumors have distinct somatic copy number alterations and DNA methylation profiles, providing insight into the biology of these low- versus intermediate-risk clinical mutation subtypes.
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RNA splicing factors as oncoproteins and tumour suppressors

TL;DR: The recent genomic characterization of cancers has revealed recurrent somatic point mutations and copy number changes affecting genes encoding RNA splicing factors, which may create novel vulnerabilities in cancer cells that can be therapeutic exploited using compounds that can influence the splicing process.
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Therapeutic targeting of splicing in cancer

TL;DR: This work presents strategies that exist and that are in development to target altered dependency on the spliceosome, as well as aberrant splicing, in cancer and methods to alter post-translational modifications of splicing-regulating proteins.
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SF3B1 Mutations Are Associated with Alternative Splicing in Uveal Melanoma

TL;DR: It is shown that SF3B1 is recurrently mutated in uveal melanoma, and the mutations are associated with aberrant alternative splicing, a relatively simple genetic disease characterized by recurrent chromosomal losses and gains and a low mutational burden.
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Ribosome Profiling of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Reveals the Complexity and Dynamics of Mammalian Proteomes

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