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Reep6.2 is the canonical isoform that is expressed in non-retinal tissues, whereas Reep6.1 is the only expressed isoform in the adult retina. The Reep6.1 isoform-specific knockout mouse, Reep6E5/E5, is generated by deleting exon 5 and a homozygous deletion phenotypically displayed a rod degeneration phenotype comparable to a Reep6 full knockout mouse, indicating that the Reep6.1 isoform is essential for the rod photoreceptor cell survival. Consistent with the results obtained from a loss-of-function experiment, overexpression of Reep6.2 failed to rescue the rod degeneration phenotype of Reep6 knockout mice whereas overexpression of Reep6.1 does lead to rescue. These results demonstrate that, consistent with the expression pattern of the isoform, Reep6.1 has rod-specific functions that cannot be substituted by its canonical isoform. Our findings suggested that a strict regulation of splicing is required for the maintenance of photoreceptor cells.</jats:p>","journal":"Human Molecular Genetics","year":2021,"id":30622,"datarank":0.5224432381413122,"base_score":2.4849066497880004,"endowment":2.4849066497880004,"self_citation_contribution":0.37273599746820013,"citation_network_contribution":0.14970724067311203,"self_endowment_contribution":0.37273599746820013,"citer_contribution":0.14970724067311203,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":11,"citer_count":10,"citers_with_citation_signal":7,"citers_with_endowment":7,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":165972,"name":"Nathaniel Wu","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":165973,"name":"Smriti Zaneveld","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":165974,"name":"Hehe Liu","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":165975,"name":"Shangyi Fu","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":165976,"name":"Keqing Wang","orcid":null,"position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":165977,"name":"Renae Bertrand","orcid":null,"position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":107696,"name":"Jun Wang","orcid":"0000-0002-4845-4621","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":92283,"name":"Yumei Li","orcid":"0000-0002-4908-8459","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":6713,"name":"Rui Chen","orcid":"0000-0002-4227-7732","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":165971,"name":"Qingnan Liang","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"base_score":2.3978952727983707,"endowment":2.3978952727983707,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"views":0,"has_version_chain":false,"is_dataset":false,"is_oa":false,"pmid":"34104971","pmcid":"PMC8522633","openalex_id":"https://openalex.org/W3172369665","authors":[],"funders":[{"funder_name":"National Institutes of Health","grant_id":"P30CA125123","title":null},{"funder_name":"National Eye Institute","grant_id":"R01EY022356","title":null},{"funder_name":"National Eye Institute","grant_id":"P30EY002520","title":null},{"funder_name":"Retina Research Foundation","grant_id":"S10OD023469","title":null},{"funder_name":"National Institutes of Health","grant_id":"3P30CA125123-09S3","title":"Baylor College of Medicine Cancer Center"},{"funder_name":"National Institutes of Health","grant_id":"5R01EY022356-07","title":"Molecular Basis of Human Visual System Disorders"},{"funder_name":"National Institutes of Health","grant_id":"5P30EY002520-40","title":"P30 - 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