Unlocking the therapeutic potential of RNA splicing in lung fibrosis: Insights from the SRSF7-PKM axis

Affiliations

¹ Key Lab of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Lab of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, West China Second University Hospital, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.

Editorial

Bi-Sen Ding. Acta Pharm Sin B. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;15(6):3351-3352.

doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2025.05.028. Epub 2025 Jun 24.

¹ Key Lab of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children of MOE, State Key Lab of Biotherapy, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Health and Multimorbidity, West China Second University Hospital, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.

No abstract available

Keywords: Alternative splicing; Fibroblast activation; Lomitapide; Lung fibrosis; PKM exon skipping; SRSF7.

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